Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model is Russian Irina Shayk, Meet Her Here! (Photo Links)

Carol Whyte
In case you missed it on 'The Late Show' with David Letterman last night, the cover model for the highly-coveted spot on Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue is Irina Shayk (pronounced 'shake').

The 24-year-old model has already appeared five times in the much awaited annual Swimsuit edition, but this is her first time on the cover which was unveiled in Times Square on a huge billboard.

In case you haven't heard of her before, she is also Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend.

Click here to watch link to David Letterman's show last night.

Click here to see the Sports Illustrated cover that Irina Shayk graces.

Shayk told the Associated Press after the announcement that, "Nobody knows until the last minute who the cover will be. And then I saw it, and I couldn't believe it."

In the 2011 issue, you'll also get to ogle over Brooklyn Decker who stars in 'Just Go With It', the new Adam Sandler flick.

Click here to view link of Bleacher Report's slideshow of Irina.

Sources: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/02/15/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-2011-cover-model-irina-shayk-revealed-on-letterman/, http://bleacherreport.com/articles/603287-irina-shayk-50-hottest-pictures-of-ronaldos-wag#page/1, http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/02/video-irina-shayk-grace-cover-2011-si-swimsuit-issue

Published by Carol Whyte

Previous freelance writer for two business magazines, on-line contributor for Yahoo! Contributor Network, and National Examiner. Consistently awarded YCN's Top 100/500 and listed as Top 1000 for 2009 and 2010.  View profile

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