Look, I can’t imagine anyone is upset about the decision to put Candice Boucher on the cover of the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine. I mean, having recently KILLED in the US edition of Playboy magazine, she IS one of our hottest exports!

You can check out a couple shots from the latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue below, and then, when you’re done, you can CLICK HERE for her NSFW Playboy spread.

Here’s the release:

CANDICE BOUCHER SCOOPS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMWEAR COVER

The most anticipated magazine issue of the year, the Sports Illustrated Swimwear Edition 2010 brought to you by Nashua Mobile, hits shelves today, 18 October 2010.  Readers will be delighted to see South African supermodel, Candice Boucher, gracing the cover.

Candice has become one of the most highly regarded and sought after fashion, lingerie and swimsuit models in South Africa and the world.  She has graced the pages of many world-renowned magazines including FHM, GQ, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan and Elle.  She is currently one of the faces of Guess Jeans, and made headlines worldwide in April when she appeared in the “Nude In Africa” pictorial and on the cover of the April 2010 issue of Playboy magazine.

The 27-year-old showcases some of this summer’s hottest bikinis in what is one of the sexiest, most stylish and sophisticated SI Swimwear shoots in the magazine’s proud history.

Sports Illustrated and Nashua Mobile have set new standards with this year’s offering.  Shot on location in beautiful Mauritius, the sizzling 2010 edition features 10 of the world’s sexiest models gracing 260 pages of pure paradise.  The gorgeous local line-up is made up of Candice Boucher, Michelle Oosthuizen, Olivia Garson, Rosette Mogomotsi, Shane van der Westhuizen, Tarryn Kim and Jessica Roffey, joined by international models, Dani Freitas, Lonneke Engel and Tamiris Souza Freitas.

“The Sports Illustrated Swimwear Edition is one of the world’s best known magazine supplements,” says Sports Illustrated Editor, Brendan Cooper. “It’s a classic, iconic issue that captures the imagination of South Africans every year and we are sure that the 2010 issue will more than satisfy our readers.”

Get your hands on the Sports Illustrated Swimwear Edition 2010 Edition – on sale now.

Go behind the scenes of the Sports Illustrated Swimwear photo shoot on Monday, 18 October, at 21:30 on M-Net.

To see more images of the Swimwear models, go to www.sportsillustrated.co.za

Stunning!