Irina Shayk 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover Girl

Football fans seem to want to see Irina Shayk, Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend - dating since May 2010. Cristiano Ronaldo is international soccer star, stars soccer player of Real Madrid and Portuguese national team. She will be the cover model for the 2011 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.

Though the announcement was supposed to wait until the end of Letterman's show, word of Shayk's cover got out on Twitter late on Monday afternoon. A sun-kissed Irina Shayk in a tiny pink-and-yellow halter bikini has landed her first cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue on the beaches of Maui, Hawaii. Her other photo shoot for this year's issue was in the Philippines.

Irina Shayk 2011 SI Swimsuit photos

The 25-year-old Russian has posed for the magazine include GQ Spain, GQ South Africa, and Elle Spain for the past four years in addition to work with Armani and Guess. Irina Shayk made her SI swimsuit debut in 2007 and has appeared in every swimsuit issue since.

Although not as prestigious as it used to be, being an Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl can provide a major boost to a model's career. Previous SI cover girls include Brooklyn Decker, Bar Refaeli, Tyra Banks, Elle Macpherson, Rebecca Romijn, Heidi Klum, Christie Brinkley, and Cheryl Tiegs.


Here are some Irina Shayk 2011 SI Swimsuit photos include Photoshoot in Boracay Island, Philippines and Maui, Hawaii.