VH1 Airs THE MAKING OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT 2012

In celebration of the latest edition of the iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit franchise, released this Valentine's Day, VH1 presents "Sports Illustrated: The Making of Swimsuit 2012" tonight at 8PM ET/PT.

This hour-long special will go behind-the-scenes of the 2012 SI Swimsuit photo shoots from some of the world's most exotic locations with the world-famous SI Swimsuit models. See the models posing for the cameras and hear what excites, scares and challenges them on each shoot.

Familiar faces to SI Swimsuit fans will include - Kate Upton, Julie Henderson, Anne V., Ariel Meredith and Chrissy Teigen. Also featured are the photographers, who together took more than 250,000 photos for Swimsuit 2012, and the SI Swimsuit editors who call the shots - casting the models, choosing the locations and looking at tens of thousands of swimsuits each year.