Robbie Nevil's song "C'est la Vie", which includes the line, "That's just the way it goes," plays during Cheryl Tiegs' segment. Cheryl puts on one swimsuit backwards. When she opens the door to her dressing room after putting the swimsuit on correctly, editor Jule Campbell says, "That's the way it goes."
That year's Swimsuit Issue, the first with Kathy Ireland on the cover, remains the biggest-selling Swimsuit Issue to date.