It's okay to stare. That's what The Body Issue is here for and twenty athletes have featured in this year’s edition.
According to dailymail.co.uk, Kerri Walsh Jennings is the latest
sports star revealed to have stripped off for this year's ESPN
Magazine's 'The Body Issue' - and she's done so during pregnancy and
just two months after giving birth to her third child.
The Body Issue is an edition of ESPN The Magazine that featured
over 30 athletes in nude and semi-nude photographs. It reached
newsstands on October 9, 2009. It attempts to rival Sports Illustrated′s
Swimsuit Issue.
The issue was a response to the decline in advertising spending
resulting from the financial crisis of 2007–2010 and late-2000s
recession that saw a 24% decline in ad revenues for the first six months
of 2009 compared to the same six-month period in 2008.
The 2009 issue was a financial success, achieving double the normal
edition sales, greater sales than any bi-weekly issue in over two
years, and 35% more ad sales than comparable issues, which led to plans
for extended marketing of the 2010 edition.
The Body Issue has now become a regular feature of the ESPN The
Magazine. The pictures are taken in a very exquisite manner and show the
beautiful and athletic body of sports icons.
Kerri Walsh Jennings is the latest sports star revealed to have
stripped off for this year's ESPN Magazine's 'The Body Issue' - and
she's done so during and after her pregnancy
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick also appeared on one of the eight covers for 2013
The heavily tattooed footballer looked perfectly toned as he posed at the beach for the issue
Carly Booth, who already has two wins on the Ladies European Tour under her belt, poses at the driving range.
The beautiful Scottish golfer turns 21 this summer
The magazine's most polarizing issue may be including an appearance from 77-year-old golfer Gary Player
The native South African, Player won nine majors from the late 1950s to late 1970s, including three Masters championships
In the fifth annual 'The Body Issue,' blonde NHRA car racer Courtney Force graces one of eight covers
Force, 25, is certainly a force to be reckoned with, appearing nude carrying a red gas can down the middle of an empty road
Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried shows off his chiseled form as he grips a basketball with his fingertips
Faried also appears on one of eight covers, mid slam dunk
Miesha Tate, the 26-year-old No. 1 bantamweight contender on the
women's Ultimate Fighting Championship circuit, posing in nothing but a
pair of pink boxing gloves on the beach
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