Kate Upton covers the 2017 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue

The 2017 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl was finally revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday.

This year, the honor goes to Kate Upton! She joins the illustrious list of models who have covered the famous issue, which includes names like Kathy Ireland, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Chrissy Teigen, Elle McPherson, and Brooklyn Decker.

This will be Upton's third time fronting the Swimsuit Issue, and she told Kimmel the magazine didn't let her know she would be the 2017 cover model until just a day before the big announcement.

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"They're very difficult to read," she said with a laugh. "They just completely ghost you...They finally gave me a call yesterday."

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Inside the pages of this year's issue, fans will also find photospreads of Teigen, Christie Brinkley, Bianca Balti, Nina Agdal and Hannah Davis Jeter, as well as Olympic gold medal gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman.

"I've been wanting to do SI swim for years," Raisman, 22, told ET of appearing in the issue. "I love how they feature beautiful women from all over the world and celebrate how all women are special and unique in their own way."

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Jeter, 26, stunned in her photo shoot just weeks after learning she was pregnant with her and husband Derek Jeter's first child. Meanwhile, Teigen, 31, posed only six months after giving birth to her first child, Luna, with husband John Legend.

Brinkley, 63, returned to the magazine this year to pose with her two adult daughters -- Alexa Ray Joel, 31, and Sailor Brinkley Cook, 18.

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In an Instagram post, the legendary model thanked the magazine for "sending a powerful message that good things come in packages of every size and we do not come with an expiration date!"

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue hits stands Wednesday.

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