Beyonce has made history, well Sport Illustrated history, by becoming the first non-model to grace the cover of their coveted swimsuit issue. The 25-year-old singer posed for a photo spread for the issue, appearing on the magazine’s cover in yellow-and-pink bikini designed by House of Dereon, the singer’s clothing line she started with her mother, Tina Knowles. The 2007 swimsuit edition is being called the music issue, and sticks with the theme throughout, featuring models posing alongside music’s best - artists such as Kanye West, Gnarls Barkley, Aerosmith, Kenny Chesney and Panic! At the Disco can be seen on the magazine’s pages.

Beyonce’s five page spread was on a Florida beach recently. Beyonce admits she watched what she ate leading up to the photo shoot. She says found the experience nerve-wracking. ‘It takes a lot of guts. I’m really a shy person,’ she said. ‘But in my everyday world, as a musical performer, I’m playing a character. I had to tap that same character.’

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