Bar Rafaeli Sports Illustrated

Jewish model Bar Rafaeli became the first Israeli to be featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, and shortly thereafter, she was featured on the cover of Maxim magazine. She’s made other covers, too, like French ELLE and Italian GQ. Here’s what she has to say about those accomplishments:

I had 4 covers in the French ELLE in two months - one of them had an article about me. That helped very much - people started to know my name. Italian GQ - also cover. In general, editorials are very helpful in this business, especially if you get on the cover.