PHOTO: Giancarlo Stanton flexes in body paint for SI cover
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Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton is making Sports Illustrated history.
Model Slugger: The @Marlins' @Giancarlo818 is the first athlete to be body painted on the @SInow cover. pic.twitter.com/dNxcHMkJnF
— MLB (@MLB) February 25, 2015
It took almost 14 hours to cover Stanton's buff physique in body paint for the March 2 issue's cover shoot.
Stanton, who also took part in ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue photo shoot in 2013, inked a record-breaking 13-year, $325-million contract extension with the Marlins in November.