La La Covers Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue

Sandra Rose February 13, 2008

Sports Illustrated, considered the Holy Grail of Sports photography, has released its hotly anticipated Swimsuit Issue. Okay, La La Vasquez didn’t make the cover (as if that would ever happen in our lifetimes). But she is featured in the “Player’s Wives” section as a “model.”

She’s pretty and her equipment is quite impressive, but we wouldn’t go so far as to put the former MTV jock in the model category. One question though: when did La La and Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony get married?

We here at Sandrarose.com strive to be accurate and credible. While checking our notes, we cannot find an invitation to their nuptials which had to be the wedding of the year. I’m confidant that one of my loyal readers will come up with a date and maybe a few pics from their wedding.

In the meantime, check out La La and the other player’s wives in Sports Illustrated.

http://highbridnation.com Mike Belgrove

there must be more than one cover to this mag because one of the bloggers on my site posted the SI swimsuit cover and it had a white woman on the cover.
http://www.myspace.com/birdshu Bird

Sandra didn’t you know baby mama means wife if the woman is well-known enough, the man is rich enough, and is still with the woman at the time of the story? Remember Kim was profiled on the rapper’s wives special.
http://www.straightfromthea.com ATLien

It’s photoshopped… read the paragraph below the pic!
J Gats Juice

Mike Belgrove, u’re right. La La did not make the cover…. Marisa Miller did (only 2 women of color have had the SI cover; Beyonce & Tyra).

Standra, they’re engaged. Have been for about 50/11 years now. And is it just me or is she looking like a space cadet on this spread? Something seems off about her….
realistic

NO COMMENT! THIS IS OLD AND TIRED NEWS!
Dt2

She snatched Carmelo (thats a plus it self) she looks good in this ad. I like LaLa and Carmelo together there cute. Why is Sandra even making a deal that they called her his wife. It does sound better than babymama Go LaLa she looks nice..So what happened with TRL
Negrito

@J Gats Juice

I could be wrong but didn’t Bahamian model Shakara Ledard also had the SI cover once?….and she was like the first black model that made the SI cover?
J Gats Juice

let me do my research… I thought only Bey and Tyra did it because everybody made such a big deal out of it. Let me check… I could be wrong
kat

well right underneath carmelo’s picture when you click the link, it says FIANCE’ big as day….
la la always looked boring to me….as she does in these pictures. something about her smile…or lack there of….
J Gats Juice

@ Negrito, she was featured in the mag in 01, 02, 03 and 05 (i believe it said), but wasnt on the cover…. Kat, I thought i was the only one who thought that
prettybrwngrl

she’s a cute girl…but lay of the smoke la la.
candy

She looks different and not in a good way
LB

thats phootshopped. she’s not on the cover, she’s on the inside… and for good reason i see
http://www.smokiesays.blogspot.com/ Smokie

Common law wife. And dammit, her eyes are always…weird.

Is she fine???? I don’t quite think so.
chat bout

and so what? if “SI” did their photo shoot with only the white wivies that would have been a problem. so lets just be happy for another black woman.she had a baby not too long ago she looks ok and ppl at “SI” thought so also. nuff respect and big everytime lala.
pinkvirgo

Shes just not cute to me
http://notenoughrealmen.blogspot.com 2thick4u

Congrats on getting more exposure!!!
Mz_Magnificent1

Player’s wives? Umm yeah…when did Lala and Carmelo get married. I must have missed the memo…last time I checked she was still on BM status.
http://necolebitchie.com Necole Bitchie

Sandra they are married by default. You ain’t know?? lol You scared me with that cover, i was like, there is no way that white men are having that..
Yanaja

She looks damn good for someone who gave birth within the past year. I’m glad she had the confidence to do it. I’m not a fan of her relationship with ‘Melo (out of jealousy really lol) but they seem to be in it for the long haul at least by industry standards.

Career wise, her voice is annoying as hell ot me and I don’t think she’s that cute, but I’m always willing to big up a Black-Latina making moves…

FYI shes 100% boricua…
HeyNow

She looks like Kermit the frog and fragile rock. I do have to give her props for losing that baby weight.
hellava10

She’s kinda like that one curl that won’t curl just quite right. You keep looking at it like “huh?” and you can’t put your finger on what exactly it is. She does look great for just having a baby, or is that photoshopped too?
http://www.beautyinbaltimore.blogspot.com BEAUTYINBALTIMORE

I was about to say, this celebrity stuff is getting out of hand. She is cute and all but most def not ready for the cover of that magazine. I wish they would stop all this celebrity as models stuff anyway. Models and models for a reason.
http://www.beautyinbaltimore.blogspot.com BEAUTYINBALTIMORE

models are models for a reason.

sorry
http://myspace.com/mullatos SnootyPooty1

@BEAUTYINBALTIMORE… I concur models have earned that title.
She is a pretty woman, just not a model…
plushlush

and wives are wives for a reason is she married to carmello or is he just her babydaddy??? when did they get married oh ok and now its more profitable for her to be latina at this point since she has hoed and pimp the black man and the black community now she latina—aint he to young for her anyway couldn’t get nobody on her own level
tricked the child into parenthood…
la chica mala no es negra ya ella es latín latina latina
http://www.myspace.com/millyly milly

Shes very pretty, and I think they are infact engaged, I remember him mentioning that on an episode of cribs.
Coo Coo Bananas

Besides her milkjuggs, Lala got no damn body.
RichieDomino

Nice. I love her eyes, contacts or not. Sexy is as sexy does.
Krysi – yes the same one

Yes she looks good for someone who recently gave birth, a model she is not, Wifey either, and thank GOD she is not on the cover of that magazine. Congradulations La La!!!
MZN

Not a good look for La La at all. She just better stick with TRL or whatever she does.
Mia

While she is not cute at all, this is the best I’ve seen her look in a while. Too bad they can’t photoshop her ass in real life. It must’ve taken hours to get rid of those black eyes that she sports on the regular.
MZN

She looks tired.
free

lala, keep your swimsuit strings tied up. those melons are looking flatter than pita bread. nice skin though.
ms.peaches

OMG Somebody call Carmelo & tell him to come get his Baby momma(lmao) what was she thinking when she looked like she was about to drop the top on those jugs!!! I think she looks GREAT for just having a baby but— I will leave it alone. I do want to know if she is really suppose to be Ludacris sister she use to always say that I know how people talk in the biz but she said it too much!! especially if she is 100% as someone stated
LeAnn

@Plushlush

Not even that serious. She’s made it more than clear that she is a latina.

She looks…like La La.
hairsmystory.com
dblaq

Did yall know that Stephanie and Pookie got married????
My dog learned how to roll over today and I am thinking about switching from verizon to cingular so I can get the I phone
dj_dceezy

got dayum her knockers are huge…’Melo be face first all up in there!
ms.peaches

Dblaq ur funny as hell I agree though something more interesting Sandra you slippin girlfriend
Maxdan

LaLa is just a glorified baby mama. Ain’t no marriage around here…Sorry but that’s called “settling”. Oh well, long as they understand it then i don’t really care cause Melo ain’t cuttin me checks or showing off our big bed on Cribs.

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