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Sports Illustrated and Model Kate Upton Went Down Under for the 2012 Swimsuit Issue

Where: Australia
February 14, 2012 at 10:16 AM | by | Comments (0)

And now to answer the big question of the week...nay, month: Where did Sport Illustrated shoot the cover of their swimsuit issue?

The annual mag, which just hit newsstands and features 19-year-old cover model Kate Upton in very low-cut bikini briefs, was photographed in several places around the world, but Sydney, Australia wins the cover. Past SI:Swimsuit Issue shoot locations have included the Dominican Republic, Maldives and Maui.

While there's no Opera House or Harbour Bridge behind Upton to make it really obvious, Sydney owns that blue water background. Further intel on the issue reveals that the Sports Illustrated crew, including models Crystal Renn, Michelle Vawer, and Adaora Akubilo (all new to the Swimsuit issue) also shot spreads out on the Great Barrier Reef and on Palm Cove in Queensland. The lucky, scantily-clad ladies holed up at the Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney and Shangri-La Hotel, The Marina, Cairns last year, when the issue was photographed.

So while you can still head down under to view the scenery featured behind the girls in the issue, the bikini'd supermodels have long left town...until later this year, when they head out to another (currently undisclosed) locale for the 2013 issue!

[Photo: Walter Iooss, Jr./Sports Illustrated]

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