Miss Alabama USA Katherine Webb Lands Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Miss Alabama USA Katherine Webb Lands Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

By Nicolle Keogh Jan. 14th, 2013

Photo Courtesy of Patrick Prather/Miss USA

Thanks to ESPN announcer Brent Musburger and the power of social media, Katherine Webb shot to the forefront of celebrity news last week. Miss Alabama USA 2012 gained an incredible 90,000 Twitter fans during the Alabama and Notre Dame football game when Musburger spent a surprising amount of the game focusing on Webb, who was in the audience supporting her boyfriend, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron. And it looks like the surge of attention on the Southern beauty isn't slowing down yet— she tweeted last Thursday that she will be featured in Sports Illustrated's prestigious swimsuit issue.

Nicolle Keogh

Nicolle graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX in 2011 with degrees in Journalism and French. Originally from the East Coast, she is a recent San Diego transplant who is trying to take advantage of all that this sunny city has to offer. She was a contributor to her campus newspapers at SMU and was previously the Editor of San Diego-based start-up DailyCrowdsource....(Read More)