Bar Refaeli and Friends Celebrate SI Swimsuit Launch

Held at 7 World Trade Center in New York City, Sports Illustrated made a splash with the launch of the 2008 Swimsuit issue on Tuesday night.

Bar Refaeli and all of the other SI models were on hand to help usher in another year of beautiful ladies in the tiniest bathing suits imaginable.

According to FOX reports, "A seven-year veteran of the Swimsuit Issue, Marisa Miller made her first cover appearance in a photo taken by Raphael Mazzucco during a two-day shoot on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, last October."

"Joining Miller in the issue are several other swimsuit favorites, such as Brooklyn Decker, Selita Ebanks, Bar Refaeli, Tori Praver, Daniella Sarahyba, Irina Sheik, Anne V and Jessica White each featured in unique pictorial essays," the FOX report adds.

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