For cover girl Bar Refaeli, life is about to change

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mnboz

Isanti 97466

19 where is marissa miller at? how does she get left out of the SI swimsuit issue and how did Brooklyn Decker not get the cover? Bar is pretty hot, but Brooklyn looked the best in her pics by far. I'd say Mr. Roddick is the luckiest, most underachieving tennis player alive. 4287481

2009-02-10T15:44:42-05:00

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Shortstop

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where is marissa miller at? how does she get left out of the SI swimsuit issue and how did Brooklyn Decker not get the cover? Bar is pretty hot, but Brooklyn looked the best in her pics by far. I'd say Mr. Roddick is the luckiest, most underachieving tennis player alive.

21 I agree. How could Marisa Miller not even be in the Swimsuit Issue? And yes, Brooklyn Decker should've been on the cover. 4289860

2009-02-10T06:05:22-05:00

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beerndrums

Bloomington 515519

10 If my old lady calls.....tell her I'm in the Bar again. 4281613

2009-02-10T13:25:53-05:00

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The Mighty "B"

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If my old lady calls.....tell her I'm in the Bar again.

20 Nice!!!!! 4287614

2009-02-10T13:16:23-05:00

mnboz

Isanti 97466

2009-02-10T00:38:28-05:00

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Ghost89

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1 Ok, so if no one knows until hours before it comes out... why do we know already? The magazine won't be out until Wednesday. 4281182

2009-02-10T11:23:12-05:00

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Jabril1217

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Ok, so if no one knows until hours before it comes out... why do we know already? The magazine won't be out until Wednesday.

17 They also announced on Letterman on Monday night with the full backing of SI; thus, the Wednesday thing is sort of irrelevant 4285319

2009-02-10T11:12:32-05:00

luvthegame

West Des Moines 700004

15 There's more to life than being on the cover of S.I. 4285008

2009-02-10T11:17:45-05:00

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Steel Curtain: is a Rugger

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There's more to life than being on the cover of S.I.

16 not really... 4285216

2009-02-10T11:12:32-05:00

luvthegame

West Des Moines 700004

15 There's more to life than being on the cover of S.I. 4285008

2009-02-10T10:38:46-05:00

bostonbob

Springfield 577308

14 The country is collapsing and some pretty air-head was all bohoo because she thought she wouldn't be on the SI cover.Now she's all happy ,like " getting married ",isn't she lucky?I stopped the SI swimsuit issues just for this reason.Of course I'm getting senile too. 4284149

2009-02-10T10:34:05-05:00

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Babyboynyy

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13 God she's hot. 4284097

2009-02-10T10:03:53-05:00

KAZMAN

Cudahy 311579

12 how is this sports reporting??????????????? 4283367

2009-02-10T06:05:22-05:00

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beerndrums

Bloomington 515519

10 If my old lady calls.....tell her I'm in the Bar again. 4281613

<div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/23781/refaeli.jpg" alt="Refaeli" width="298" height="400" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">Despite her new fame, Bar Refaeli remains a private person. AP </div> </div> SI.com's Arash Markazi is spending the week reporting on this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit launch. The issue hits newsstands on Feb. 10. NEW YORK -- The only secret more guarded at Sports Illustrated than the identity of the annual swimsuit cover model is how that secret is finally revealed to the cover model. Most models think they will be told a week or so in advance in order to prepare them for the upcoming media blitz and travel demands that come with being that year's cover girl. The truth is the model isn't told until a few hours before the cover is revealed. When Bar Refaeli walked into her modeling agency, located in a quaint office on the second floor of a nondescript building in New York, on Monday afternoon she thought she was there for an audition and fitting for an upcoming MTV show. It was a meeting she was hoping to postpone because she was still upset about not getting the cover, figuring like most, if it was going to happen she would have known by now. As soon as she opened the door of her agent's office, however, she was greeted with a blown-up picture of this year's cover sitting on a chair and Sports Illustrated swimsuit editor Diane Smith, who handed a speechless Refaeli a bouquet of flowers. "Oh my god," said Refaeli, welling up with tears after seeing herself on the cover. "Wow, wow…wow." "Isn't it gorgeous?" asked Smith. "Aren't you gorgeous?" Refaeli was then congratulated by her agent, Scott Lipps, and everyone else at her agency, One Management, who had done their best to contain their excitement before finally letting go as if they were at a surprise party. As she received one congratulatory hug after another, she exclaimed, "I feel like I'm getting married." While she might not be getting married, Refaeli knows that she will be fielding countless questions about her significant other, Leonardo DiCaprio, in the upcoming days as she embarks on an exhaustive media tour. That doesn't necessarily mean she will answer any of those questions. As tightly as the secret of the cover model is kept, Refaeli seems just as adamant about keeping her relationship with the actor private. That much was evident as she deflected questions about DiCaprio with the same skill as a politician while talking to Entertainment Tonight and other outlets just minutes after being shown the cover. "I've been getting those questions for years," she said. "I always answer them the same way. I don't talk about my private life." Her life, however, changed forever at 5:16 pm EST, about five hours after she was first shown the issue, when a 20-foot billboard of this year's cover was unveiled on the corner of 53rd and Broadway, across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theatre where the Late Show with David Letterman was being taped. Letterman later officially revealed the cover on his show about six hours later Monday night with Refaeli set to appear as a guest on the show Tuesday. "What? I'm going to be on Letterman? Wow!" Refaeli said when being briefed on her upcoming schedule. "I can't believe this. It's been my dream to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated since I was 15 and I finally got it. I still can't believe it."  As Refaeli was being toasted with glasses of champagne in her agent's office, Smith gave her one last piece of advice about the life-changing journey she was about to embark on before she left. "Get ready Bar," she said. "It's going to be a whirlwind week."   http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/7/thumb/markazi_arash.jpg 118 CA

Arash Markazi

Los Angeles 3987 48821 <div class="photo_container image_right"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/23781/refaeli.jpg" alt="Refaeli" width="298" height="400" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">Despite her new fame, Bar Refaeli remains a private person. AP </div> </div> SI.com's Arash Markazi is spending the week reporting on this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit launch. The issue hits newsstands on Feb. 10. NEW YORK -- The only secret more guarded at Sports Illustrated than the identity of the annual swimsuit cover model is how that secret is finally revealed to the cover model. Most models think they will be told a week or so in advance in order to prepare them for the upcoming media blitz and travel demands that come with being that year's cover girl. The truth is the model isn't told until a few hours before the cover is revealed. When Bar Refaeli walked into her modeling agency, located in a quaint office on the second floor of a nondescript building in New York, on Monday afternoon she thought she was there for an audition and fitting for an upcoming MTV show. It was a meeting she was hoping to postpone because she was still upset about not getting the cover, figuring like most, if it was going to happen she would have known by now. As soon as she opened the door of her agent's office, however, she was greeted with a blown-up picture of this year's cover sitting on a chair and Sports Illustrated swimsuit editor Diane Smith, who handed a speechless Refaeli a bouquet of flowers.