Beyonce SI Swimsuit Backlash

An insider at a prominent New York modeling agency told MediaTakeOut.com exactly how she felt about the decision SI made to have Beyonce on their cover. It's an insult ... There isn't a model alive that doesn’t find [Sports Illustrated's] choice offens

It's not just angry supermodels that the magazine has to contend with. Some Sports Illustrated readers are also upset with the new issue. It is being referred to on sports message boards as the "Ghetto issue." They are not only upset with the Beyonce cover, they're bugged out by the number of Black artists featured inside the magazine as well. The new issue, features Kanye West paired with Caucasian model, Cee-Lo and his band mate from Gnarls Barkley posing with a model, and other such pairings.