Her meteoric rise to stardom came when she appeared on Sports Illustrated magazine for the first time.
Anything Kathy Ireland has put her hands on, it flourished.
After retiring from acting career she founded a successful and highly profitable brand marketing company, kathy ireland Worldwide.
She fronted the covers of various famous publications, including Cosmo and Vogue, but the peak of her career occurred when she was featured on the cover of the twenty-fifth edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.