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SI Swimsuit Issue (pics)

I'll never forget that fishnet shot of Cheryl Tiegs in 1978 (read Michael Gross's book Model : The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women). She was just as hot on the cover of the 1983 issue.

"That was the first softcore pic I ever saw, it was just great," says an ex-porner. "I loved how they slipped it into SI and I was able to get it past my mom. Thats how porn should be, hidden, taboo, repressed, it makes the forbidden fruit all the more sweeter. That pic is sexier than anything in porn today."

I ran into Cheryl at my therapist's office in 2001. She wanted to know the location of the bathroom.

While I Googled images for "'Cheryl Tiegs' nude", I listened to Lee Strobel's The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God, published by Zondervan, as an atonement for my sin.

I did not want to spend my Sunday morning looking for pics of Cheryl Tiegs. I called (well, actually, I tried to IM) Holly for moral support and she wasn't there. Some SAA (Sex Addicts Anonymous) sponsor she is.

I did not want to spend my Sunday morning looking for pics of Cheryl Tiegs. I called (well, actually, I tried to IM) Holly for moral support and she wasn't there. Some SAA (Sex Addicts Anonymous) sponsor she is.

I fear that I've lowered the moral tone on my website by posting these photos.

I call another woman. She's not there. I leave a wailing message that I am in the grip of forces greater than myself.

She calls me back. "I went to bed at 5am. At noon, there's a buzzing on my cell phone. I think, who the hell could be calling me this early?"

"You said I could call you any time if I was struck sinfull desires."

"And I would point you back to your moral path."

"Yes. I've just spent the last hour scouring the internet for pictures of Cheryl Tiegs and Morgan Fairchild."

I do not add that I've been scouring the net for nude pictures of these celebrities.

"I knew I was going to fall. I knew I was going to relapse."

"And I wasn't there. I'm ashamed of myself. You'll have to find a new sponsor."

"Now I'm stronger. I can turn my back on those alluring photos. I was a more vulnerable person in 1978."

"And you're not at all vulnerable now."

"I'm practically an island. I feel no pain and I never cry. But the call of history. History echoes."

"You can be seduced by history."

"I'm sure you think less of me now."

"I do. Why did you have to tell me this and just destroy the grand illusion of you that I had?"

"Have you bought your new bathing suit for the Spring?"

"It's zero degrees here."

"You have to have faith."

Fake

According to AskMen.com:

Cheryl Tiegs is the Queen of the modern supermodel. The trail she blazed in her heyday has translated into astronomical earning potential for present runway stars. In fact, if we had our way, every millionaire supermodel would be on her knees -- not to gratify our most deviant wish, but to give praise to the ageless Tiegs.

In an era when many models donned the glam look and were caked in three layers of cosmetic foundation, Tiegs was a breath of fresh California air. Her clean, classic American beauty captured the fashion world and spawned a new age of model adulation, which evolved into the current craze of model celebrity.