Kim Kardashian graces the cover of Sports Illustrated‘s 2022 swimsuit issue, and in an accompanying video she marvels at being chosen to model swimwear in the magazine’s iconic annual issue.
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Yumi Nu is having the last laugh after conservative YouTuber Jordan Peterson criticized her Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover.
The model, 25, clapped back at Peterson after he tweeted that her SI cover — one of four covers published for the magazine’s hallowed swimsuit edition — was “not beautiful.”
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Nu posted a video on TikTok in which she lip-syncs to Nicki Minaj’s “Itty Bitty Piggy” in front of a screenshot of Peterson’s tweet, appearing unbothered the entire time.
“I don’t even know why you girls bother at this point,” she mouths in the video. “Give up. It’s me. I win. You lose.”
The video has amassed over 625,000 views.
Peterson, the author of “12 Rules for Life” with a following of 5 million on YouTube, began the brouhaha on Monday. “Sorry. Not beautiful,” he tweeted. “And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.”
Peterson added that including Nu on one of SI‘s covers represented “a conscious progressive attempt to manipulate & retool the notion of beauty, reliant on the idiot philosophy that such preferences are learned & properly changed by those who know better.”
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However, many on TikTok and Twitter begged to differ. “You did win cuz Jordan b. Peterson is leaving Twitter (hopefully) after he got blasted on the thread,” someone commented on Nu’s TikTok post, alluding to Peterson saying he’s leaving the platform. “Single handedly got Jordan Peterson off Twitter. & looked AMAZING while doing it. Queeeen,” another said.
Over on Twitter, many
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Ciara is celebrating her latest career milestone!
Ciara, getting to appear on the cover of the Swimsuit 2022 Issue has been a dream nearly two decades in the making. Now, as the mom of a 5-year-old daughter, Sienna, the opportunity means even more.The 36-year-old songstress walked the red carpet at the Swimsuit issue launch party at the Hard Rock Hotel Times Square in New York City on Thursday, and she spoke with ET about her inspiration behind being on the cover.«I always think about my daughter, you know?» Ciara shared «I always think that when she gets to see me in moments like this, she can see herself and have something to look forward to or believe in, and to have hope in.»When it comes to the advice Ciara hopes to bestow upon her little girl, the singer explained her guiding motto: «Never give up.»«You know, the craziest thing is I started my career 18 years ago… and I think about that journey since my album, I think about all the things I aspired to achieve and this is one of those moments,» she shared. «And18 years later.
Look, Yumi Nu already won this fight before she even laced up her gloves. But it’s still fun to see her do a victory dance.
Jordan Peterson’s negative comments about her appearance in a TikTok clip that has amassed over 560,000 views.Lip-syncing to Nicki Minaj’s “Itty Bitty Piggy,” she mouths the lyrics to the song in front of a screenshot of Peterson’s tweet.“I don’t even know why you girls bother at this point,” she mouthed. “Give up. It’s me.
Well, if this is what passes for intellectualism in some circles, we guess we’re happy to stay low-brow!
Maye Musk, the mother of billionaire Tesla owner Elon Musk, is quite the celebrity herself. The 74-year-old has a long career in modeling and this year she is making history as one of selected women to be featured in the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.
Kate Bock has officially made the pages of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit for a decade. The model is making her 10th appearance in the 2022 issue, which features Kim Kardashian, Maye Musk, Ciara and Yumi Nu as the latest cover girls. "It feels wild," the 34-year-old admitted to Page Six Style on Monday.
Yumi Nu didn’t know what to do with herself after she learned that she made the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. The model and recording artist made a splash this year alongside Kim Kardashian, Maye Musk and Ciara as the latest cover girls. "I could not speak," the 25-year-old told the New York Post on Monday following the announcement.
shaming the newest “Sports Illustrated” Swimsuit Issue cover model Yumi Nu in controversial tweets on Monday — has bailed on Twitter.The University of Toronto professor announced he was leaving on the social media platform, where he boasts almost three million followers — just hours after the uproar.While his account is still active, the 59-year-old wrote he will be “departing” the Twitterverse following the backlash he got for hating on Nu’s magazine photo shoot.“The endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else,” the “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” author tweeted Monday night. “I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.”While his account is still active, Peter said he’s instructed his staff to keep him off social media.“I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation and am departing once again,” he added.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue have been revealed.The iconic magazine unveiled the beautiful covers on Monday, May 16, announcing four women as the models for this year’s highly-anticipated release: Pop culture icon Kim Kardashian, singer Ciara, model Maye Musk, and singer Yumi Nu.A post shared by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@si_swimsuit)Of course, the SI Swimsuit covers mean we get to see these ladies in a plethora of stunning suits, but along with the photoshoots come interviews with the stars. In Kardashian’s feature, the SKIMS founder wrote a letter to her younger self, revealing that she is currently on the road to becoming a “more private person.”“When you get here, to May 2022, you’re not going to be content,” Kim wrote.
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