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Jimi Hendrix became a rock legend in the 1960s thanks to his undeniable guitar skills. Despite his lasting impact on music over half a century after his death, Hendrix’s own career in the spotlight was actually short-lived.

Jimi Hendrix | Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images Jimi Hendrix’s rise to fame

Jimi Hendrix’s love of music was apparent from an early age. He started out playing an acoustic guitar before creating his own electric guitar, and eventually got his first real electric guitar, naming it after his girlfriend at the time and painting her name on it. Hendrix was a music fan from a young age, watching artists like Little Richard perform however he could.

Hendrix’s affinity for guitar interfered with his duties when he was in the military, eventually leading to his honorable discharge from the army. While in the service, he formed a band called The...

Javier Báez (Javy) Espn Body Issue. Javier Báez is photographed by photographer Dylan Coulter at the Coolidge Municipal Airport in Coolidge, Arizona on Friday, March 24, 2017. Espn the Magazine Body Issue: See Julian Edelman, Javier Baez, Caroline Wozniacki and More Pose Nude (Photos) Isaiah Thomas is photographed by photographer Walter Iooss at the Charlestown Club, in Charlestown Ma, on April 9, 2017. The ninth annual issue features athletes at the top of their sport stripping off for Espn the Magazine Ezekiel Elliott is photographed by photographer Kwaku Alston at Studios 1019 in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday, May 17, 20 Caroline Wozniacki Espn Body...

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Ronda Rousey is no stranger to magazine spreads, having turned up in Espn’s The Body issue in the buff, and making the Maxim Hot 100, but she’s set the internet ablaze again thanks to an appearance in this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

The spread leaves little to the imagination, and will no doubt bring even more eyeballs to Rousey, who is already basking in the spotlight thanks to her status as an undefeated Ufc champion, and appearing in several big Hollywood properties, including The Expendables 3, Fast 7, and the Entourage movie.

The full photoset has now been released online, and you can check it out here.

Meanwhile, speaking to USA Today’s For The Win about the Swimsuit special, Rousey said that

The Espn Body Issue is about celebrating the peak of human potential and the kind of form the human body,...

It's not the annual swimsuit edition, but Sports Illustrated couldn't pass up a chance to get Kate Upton on their cover again.

In the latest issue, the 21-year-old model sports an Atlanta Braves uniform with brothers B.J. and Justin Upton for the Mlb playoff preview.

Shot by Walter Iooss Jr., the session took place last month in New York. Making history, it's the first time a swimsuit model appeared on a regular Si cover.

Meanwhile, the busty blonde is busy at Paris Fashion Week, making her way down the catwalk at the Louis Vuitton show on a carousel horse on Wednesday.

New York, Jun 28: Jake Gyllenhaal and his girlfriend Alyssa Miller are reportedly getting serious about their relationship.

According to eyewitnesses, the 'Brokeback Mountain' star, 32, helped the Sports Illustrated model move out of her Chelsea apartment building on Wednesday even though they are not moving in as of yet, the New York Post reported.

Sources said that Miller, 28, and her former beau and iconic photographer Walter Iooss Jr.'s son Bjorn Iooss, lived in the same building, and at one point in the same flat.

The insiders asserted that the former couple is still amicable towards each other, and she was.

We have added a new set of pictures showing the cover shot for the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue featuring Kate Upton. You can also see some other shots of Kate Upton in the gallery below. The issue is available on news stands and online at Si.com. In this image released by Time Inc model Kate Upton is seen featuring on the cover of Sports Illustrated 2012 Swimsuit Issue. The issue is on sale now and available at Si.com/Swimsuit. (Walter Iooss Jr./ Sports Illustrated) In this image released by Time Inc model Kate Upton is seen featuring in the Sports Illustrated 2012 Swimsuit Issue. The issue is on sale now and available at Si.com/Swimsuit. (Walter Iooss Jr./ Sports Illustrated) American...

If you thought Kate Upton's Sports Illustrated cover was unbelievable -- wait until you see the video from the shoot!The magazine has just released behind-the-scenes video from Upton's photo shoot ... and it's beyond hot.This is the 19-year-old's second appearance in the issue, an issue she says is an American institution. "It's always what I talked about, I grew up in an American family so it always was on the coffee table," Kate says of the magazine. "So to be that girl on the magazine on the coffee table is really groundbreaking for me." The cover shoot was photographed in Australia by Walter Iooss Jr., his 12th Swimsuit cover.The 49th edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit is on newsstands, Si.com, tablet and iPhone today. Read more...

Sports Illustrated Magazine has revealed model Irina Shayk (Shaykhlislamova) as the cover model for the 2011 "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue":

"...Shayk graces the cover under the headline 'Paradise Found in Hawaii'. She is the first Russian cover model and joins an elite group of Swimsuit models to grace the cover, one that includes Kathy Ireland, Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, Heidi Klum, Elle MacPherson, Tyra Banks, Petra Nemcova, Marisa Miller and Brooklyn Decker. This year's cover was shot by Bjorn Iooss—son of long-time Sports Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss Jr.—who captured the iconic image with the first shot on his first-ever Sports Illustrated shoot..."

Also joining Shayk in this year's issue is 2010 Swimsuit cover model Brooklyn Decker, currently appearing in the feature "Just Go With It".

Other familiar faces in the 2011 Issue include models Cintia Dicker, Esti Ginzburg, Jessica Gomes, Julie Henderson, Damaris Lewis, Genevieve Morton, Hilary Rhoda, Chrissy Teigen,...

Model Brooklyn Decker is featured on the cover of the "2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit" Issue shot by photographer Walter Iooss Jr.

Decker joins Kathy Ireland, Cheryl Tiegs, Hiedi Klum, Elle MacPherson, Tyra Banks and Petra Nemcova as Si cover models.

Today (February 9) also marks the multiplatform debut of the "2010 Si Swimsuit" franchise, featuring more than 1,400 photos and 100 videos of swimsuit models taken during shoots spanning Chile, Portugal, India, the Maldives, Canada and the Us.

"Our readers will enjoy the many surprises in the latest installment of this renowned franchise," said Si Group Editor Terry McDonell. "This year's Swimsuit issue features both familiar faces and exciting newcomers and photography that fans have come to expect, transporting them to a new array of exotic locations."

Decker's swimsuit was made by Italian designer Delfina Swimwear, necklaces by Lana Jewelry /Camilla Dietz Bergeron, her ring created by Isaac Prado, solid gold bangles featuring eight diamond bezels by Sara Weinstock,...

Every February, like clockwork, the hearts and minds of young men turn to one thing: the new Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. It has the strange power to turn dark, gray Winter days warm and bright.

2010 cover model Brooklyn Decker was photographed by legendary photographer Walter Iooss Jr. (side note: how does someone get that job??) in the picturesque Maldives islands. The cover was revealed on Monday night's "Late Show with David Letterman," and is also available for public oggling on a large billboard in New York, just up the street from MTV HQ.

We may have to actually find time to go out and get lunch today.

The gorgeous blond is, regrettably, newly married to tennis star Andy Roddick. The full cover image, of course, is after the jump....

Si.com is also running a greatest swimsuit model ever poll, Ncaa tournament style. Who's your favorite of all time? Where...