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(12 Feb 2015) SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT MODELS MEET FANS IN NASHVILLE
Music City's honky-tonk highway was transformed into Swim City on Wednesday (11 FEB. 2015) as swimsuit models celebrated the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
If fans thought they'd be rubbing elbows with models clad in bikinis, they were disappointed as all the models were fully clothed.
But the issue's cover model -- Hannah Davis -- did address the backlash about her provocative photo, which some critics have suggested is, well, overly suggestive.
"There's controversy every year, so I think it's kind of just silly that they're making it out to be the big thing; I mean it's the swimsuit issue," said Davis, who poses on the cover with her thumbs hooked into her bikini bottom, pulling it slightly down.
"It comes out once a year. There are far more scandalous pictures in the magazine if you open it up. It's a girl in a bikini and I think it's empowering; I've been hearing it's degrading. I think the people who are saying that aren't feminists, because I think when you're a woman and you look at that picture and if you over-analyze it as anything more than just a full picture it's just silly to me," she added.
Fellow model and Nashville resident Lily Aldridge spoke up for her friend.
"I think people are totally over-reacting over the cover," said Aldridge, who is married to Kings of Leon lead singer Caleb Followill. "It's a beautiful picture. Her bikini bottoms are in the perfectly placed position. It's fine. It's sexy and that's what Sports Illustrated is."
While the models signed autographs and posed for pictures, musicians took to the stage to keep fans entertained while they waited in line.
Nashville native and musician Will Hoge says the event puts Nashville even more into the public's eye.
"It's a real boon for Nashville. I mean it shows the continued growth locally of what Nashville is about, which is awesome," he said.
Once the sun set Wednesday, the Kings of Leon headlined a few doors down at the home of the Nashville Symphony. The two-day event ends Thursday, February 12th.

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