LA: It's her second year running as the Sports Illustrated belle of belles, but cover girl Kate Upton has a bigger treat for fans inside the swimsuit bible.
The stunning 20-year-old poses against an Antarctic backdrop with just purple paint protecting cleavage.
According to the Daily Mail report, Kate Upton's second Sports Illustrated was officially unveiled on Monday - enlarged into a huge Billboard on the front of the David Letterman studios in New York.
It's Upton's third appearance in a Swimsuit issue. She was first chosen as rookie of the year in 2011, when Irina Shayk was on the cover.
This year for the first time, the fashion shoot covers the entire world, with 17 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models journeying to all seven continents. Photo sites include African dunes and Asian cliffs.
Upton got the surreal and beautiful landscape of Antarctica where the cover shot displays her clad only in a white, fur-lined parka and bikini bottom.
Kate was joined by a bevy of stunning Sports Illustrated models as she arrived at Letterman ahead of Monday night's show, looking fantastic in an asymmetrical tight black dress.
Upton led the way as she whipped off her padded and fur collar-lined coat to reveal a one arm mini dress.
Although the blonde looked great in the fitted frock – which she wore with Christian Louboutin heels – she appeared to have some bruising on her slender legs.
On Friday, it was revealed that Upton had landed the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover for the second year in row.
Newly-released photographs from the shoot show her posing against an icy backdrop, spilling out of her bikini.
On Monday Upton tweeted a picture of herself backstage with fellow SI stars Chrissy Teigen, Katherine Webb and Hannah Davis who all similarly flaunted their pins.
Despite showing some skin, many of the ladies were rather smart about staying well and covered up from the cold with a snug coat.
Nina Agdal – who goes topless to eat a fish burger in the new Carl’s Jr. commercial – wore a beige hooded jacket over her orange zigzag trim frock.
Emily DiDonato fashioned a dark coat with fur lining on the inside as she wore a dress with crochet top and white pleated skirt. Plus Katherine covered up with a glitzy navy blue cardigan
Hannah Davis stood out in a cobalt blue number and added some extra sex appeal with a cut out area on her chest.
She wasn’t the only one to sneak a peek at her cleavage as Alyssa Miller donned a white frock with a daring whole in between her breasts.
Julie Henderson’s black sequinned dress featured scoop detail in the back while Chrissy showed hints of flesh with the sheer material over the arms.
She joked around for photographs on the street with pal Ariel Meredith who a black and white dress with red heels that matched her lipstick.
The fiance of musician John Legend had tweeted about the inconvenient weather when she arrived on America's East Coast.
She posted on Twitter: 'Hello new york, you cold little monster.'
# The new issue of Sports Illustrated is released on Tuesday 11 February.
