Is Kate Upton Devastated She Wasn’t In Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition This Year? [PHOTO]

For some ungodly reason, Kate Upton was not in this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition.

The 220 pages of the bikini-clad issue are full of models wearing nothing but sand, flowers and foliage — but there’s no Upton.

And it seems like the 22-year-old is pretty devastated about not making it.

I mean, why else would she pose topless for this picture, knowing it wasn’t intended for her alma mater, Sports Illustrated? (RELATED: Now Even The SI Cover Girl Isn’t Wearing A Bikini [PHOTOS])

(Photo: Instagram)

Fashion photographer Sebastian Faena posted it late Thursday with the caption, “Kate Upton brushing her hair. Home NYC.”