{"id":56505,"date":"2022-05-16T22:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T22:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=56505"},"modified":"2022-05-16T22:20:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T22:20:02","slug":"sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-kim-kardashian-ciara-maye-musk-yumi-nu","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-kim-kardashian-ciara-maye-musk-yumi-nu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Makes Her ‘Sports Illustrated Swim’ Debut Alongside Ciara, Maye Musk and Yumi Nu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MIAMI, FLORIDA – MARCH 19: Kim Kardashian visits the SKIMS SWIM Miami pop-up shop on Saturday, March 19, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by J. Lee\/Getty Images for ABA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue<\/em><\/a> was unveiled on Monday, and four dynamic superstars grace this year’s highly anticipated cover. The brand tapped mogul Kim Kardashian, singer Ciara, model\/activist Maye Musk and model Yumi Nu who all posed as the ultimate (and empowering) beach babes for the iconic publication.<\/p>\n

Last year, SI Swimsuit<\/em><\/a> broke boundaries, casting rapper Megan Thee Stallion, transgender actress Leyna Bloom, and tennis champion Naomi Osaka as its cover models. Always one to promote body and age diversity, the stars this year span in ages from 25 (Nu) to 74 (Musk).<\/p>\n

Kardashian commented on being a part of the publication at age 41, telling the outlet she remembers when the magazine featured “really young girls” back in the day. “I don’t want to date myself or sound old. But in my 40s? That’s crazy! I never thought in a million years that I would be shooting one myself.”<\/p>\n

For her cover, the mogul took the opportunity to not only wear her own SKIMS swim pieces (which she also modeled in the SKIMS campaign), but she put her own styling spin on her SI<\/em> look, pairing it with opera gloves, all in a matching beige hue.<\/p>\n

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2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue only, May 16, 2022. Credit: Greg Swales\/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED on newsstands May 19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photographed by Greg Swales in the Dominican Republic, The Kardashians<\/em> star also worked a few futuristic Balenciaga pieces throughout her photoshoot, as well as a tongue-in-cheek wet T-shirt reading, “My lawyer can beat up your lawyer.” (Kardashian passed the baby-bar in December of 2021.)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shot this back in January and it\u2019s been so hard to keep this cover a secret,\u201d Kardashian shared on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cFor the location we went back to one of my favorite places in the world, the Dominican Republic! It\u2019s such an honor and a dream to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Writing a letter to her younger self for the publication<\/a>, Kardashian expressed, “It\u2019s easy to say to just ignore the criticism, but another thing you\u2019ll learn is that at some point it will click in your head that it\u2019s not about you anymore. It\u2019s about family. It\u2019s about helping other people. For years you\u2019ll be putting yourself out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her letter continued, “But you\u2019re going to become a more private person and you\u2019re going to come to realize that the way to get your story out there \u2014 the actual narrative, the truth \u2014 isn\u2019t by engaging but by doing.”<\/p>\n

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2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Credit: James Macari\/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED on newsstands May 19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yumi Nu became the first Asian curve model to be featured in SI Swim<\/em> in 2021. This year, the Japanese-Dutch singer-songwriter, model, and entrepreneur says she couldn’t “sleep, breathe or think straight” when she found out she was going to be on the cover.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never dreamt of this because I didn\u2019t know that I could,” she wrote on Instagram<\/a> of her cover shoot, photographed by James Macari in a Michael Costello x REVOLVE cutout swimsuit in Montenegro. After thanking SI Swim<\/em> editor MJ Day and the rest of the SI Swimsuit<\/em> family, Nu added, \u201cI\u2019m so honored to make history with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Credit: Ben Watts\/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED on newsstands May 19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, founder, and CEO of Beauty Marks Entertainment, Ciara stunned in a leopard-print LaQuan Smith one-piece for her debut cover, photographed in crystal-clear waters, adorning a straw cowboy hat, with her hair blowing in the wind. The 36-year-old performer and mother of three was photographed by Ben Watts in Barbados.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis dream of mine to be on the cover of @SI_SwimSuit<\/a> finally came true! Truly proud to be on the cover of such an Iconic Magazine and to join the elite list of women that have come before me!\u201d the singer posted on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her husband, football quarterback Russell Wilson, expressed his pride on social media writing<\/a>, \u201cYou are not only the most beautiful woman in the world, but your heart, your kindness, your love for others, your ability to make the world dance, you\u2019re a big time CEO, an incredible wife and mother! You Inspire me! There is nothing you can\u2019t do! Worth more than Gold! I love you baby! Congrats Cover Girl!\u201d<\/p>\n

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2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Credit: Yu Tsai\/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED on newsstands May 19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Musk, who’s an author, dietician, activist, and mother to Elon Musk, was photographed by Yu Tsai modeling a\u00a0 Maygel Coronel swimsuit in Belize. \u201cI am so excited to be on the cover of\u00a0@si_swimsuit<\/a> at the age of 74. It\u2019s about time!\ud83e\udd29,” she expressed on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue<\/a> lands on newsstands May 19.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31863,"featured_media":53117,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,16],"yoast_head":"\nSports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Taps Kim Kardashian, Ciara, Maye Musk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The \u2018Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' issue unveiled its 2022 cover stars, including Kim Kardashian, Ciara, Maye Musk and Yumi Nu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-kim-kardashian-ciara-maye-musk-yumi-nu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kim Kardashian Makes Her 'Sports Illustrated Swim' Debut Alongside Ciara, Maye Musk and Yumi Nu\" 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