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finalists for the 2022 Swim Search — and readers are remarking on the diversity of the chosen beauties.The 14 finalists are competing for a single spot in the magazine’s next Swimsuit Issue, where they’ll appear alongside some of the world’s leading models.Among the candidates are a 42-year-old breast cancer survivor, an astrophysicist and an ICU nurse.Sports Illustrated says all the finalists “inspire action throughout their communities,” with fans taking to Twitter to reveal how impressed they were with the line-up. “The diversity here is AMAZING,” one reader cooed.However, one critic moaned that the magazine is attempting to be “woke,” writing: “The Swimsuit Issue is 100% woke again this year.

most diverse group of women to date, which includes a slew of plus-size catwalkers and a 57-year-old stunner.This year’s three cover stars are tennis great Naomi Osaka, Megan Thee Stallion (the first rapper to appear on the cover of the issue) and Leyna Bloom, the first trans woman to appear in the issue and on the cover.While past issues have featured bikini babes posing in exotic locales from Switzerland to China  — Kate Upton even once posed among penguins in Antarctica — the 2020 pandemic

LeBron James' son, LeBron «Bronny» James Jr., is following in his dad's footsteps. The 16-year-old basketball star became the youngest in his family to cover , and James said his son hasn't let him hear the end of it.The Space Jam: A New Legacystar appeared on where he talked about Bronny's major milestone.

steamy swimsuit issue, showed off a rainbow of plus-sized models, moms and entrepreneurs on the poolside catwalk at the luxury Mondrian Hotel on South Beach Saturday.Miami-based actress and model Saje Nicole stunned in a string bikini alongside 57-year-old model Kathy Jacobs, who describes herself on Instagram as the “oldest/shortest Sports Illustrated rookie ever.”Meanwhile, personal chef Chelsea Heath rocked a tan bikini and matching coverup as social media influencer Natalie Mariduena

Rawlins was one of its rookies for the annual Swimsuit Issue that hits newsstands July 19. Her backstory — not to mention her sizzling photos — catapulted the model into the national spotlight.“SI definitely gave me a platform I didn’t have before,” she said during her Post photo shoot at the The Sentry.

Leyna Bloom is a star, but she lives by the moon. «It was a full moon literally last night,» she tells me by Zoom from her Brooklyn apartment.

Wipeout co-host and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Camille Kostek, 29, is a busy gal, but she’s hoping to find time in her schedule to join another reality show. “I actually had an interview about [joining Dancing With The Stars] and I was really, really hoping it was going to happen,” Camille told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY during an episode of TVTalk on Instagram Live on May 19. “You just never know until they do the final casting. You never know if it’s going to be your spot.”

be appearing in the pages of Sports Illustrated’s annual Swimsuit issue, is also gracing the small screen Thursday as an in-the-field reporter on TBS’s revamp of “Wipeout.”“This is a great week, I have to say,” Kostek told The Post on Wednesday.

Staten Island Chuck: Winter is meeting an early end with Sports Illustrated’s peek at this year’s bathing beauties. The mag teased several of their latest lineup of models for the issue, due out July 20.

MJ Day says. «These women are limitless and unstoppable, and collectively represent the next wave of moguls to come out of the franchise.»It has been a long, long wait, but the time has finally come.

shacked up with her boyfriend, Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey in Colorado during the coronavirus lockdown, said she “popped champagne” and “got a little emotional” when she heard the news that she landed the coveted cover.“This is still so exciting for me,” the 28-year-old influencer — who’s been in the mag three years in a row now — told The Post.

Valentina Sampaio just made history! The 23-year-old Brazil native became the first transgender model in to appear in 's swimsuit issue. Sampaio's news and stunning beach-side photos were shared on Friday.«I am excited and honored to be part of the iconic Swimsuit Issue.