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Check out the hot bod on Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover

February 05, 2015 17:08 IST

Hannah Davis

Model Hannah Davis. Photograph: Facebook

Sports Illustrated magazine said on Wednesday that model Hannah Davis, 24, will appear on the cover of this year's annual swimsuit issue.

This year's edition will launch online on Feb. 9 and in print on February 10, the magazine said. It is the most widely read edition each year of the magazine.

Model Hannah Davis

Model Hannah Davis attends Club SI Swimsuit at LIV Nightclub hosted by Sports Illustrated. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated, which was first published in 1954, developed the swimsuit edition to help the magazine's slow sales in the wintertime.

It has previously featured the likes of Heidi Klum, Elle Macpherson, Tyra Banks and Kate Upton early in their careers.