Whew! Kim Kardashian And Ciara Cover Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue!
On Monday, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit revealed the cover of its 2022 edition featuring reality star Kim Kardashian, singer Ciara along with two other cover models, Maye Musk and Yumi Nu. Kim graced the front mag rocking her own SKIMS brand for the cover (shot by Greg Swales in the Dominican Republic). Ciara looked stunning in her cheeky swimsuit with her long water wave hair.
In an interview with the magazine, Kim shared how excited but shocked she is to be on the cover at her age. “I vividly remember Tyra Banks on the cover and women with curves. I remember just thinking, That was cool. That was cool!” Kardashian says in a sit-down video interview for the new issue. “But I still didn’t think that I would ever— I thought you had to be a professional model and a runway model.” She adds, “And it’s always really young girls. I don’t wanna date myself or sound old, but in my 40s? Like, that’s crazy. I never thought in a million years that I would be shooting one myself.”
MJ Day, editor-in-chief of SI Swimsuit, said in a statement to People, “the journey we’ve been on — to break out of the mould the world put us in — may sound familiar. It’s certainly familiar to the women we’ve chosen to be our cover models: Maye, Ciara, Yumi, Kim. Of course, Kim, no stranger to the world’s judgment, continues to live proudly, authentically, and unapologetically through the noise.”
While speaking about her inaugural appearance, Ciara, 36, who is married to Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson also discussed what it’s like to be married to the NFL star in an exclusive interview with SI.
“I met my Boo back in 2015. I’ll never forget the day that he and I met … It’s like, when you know, you know. What I love is my husband’s heart and how he thinks of us. He’s always thinking of us. He loves serving at heart. That’s just who he is in general. He will go from football practice to taking Future to baseball practice or taking Sienna to ballet. He doesn’t want to miss a moment,” she said.
“He and I share the same vision for our babies, which I think makes the world of a difference, that we’re on the same page. It’s important that our kids—you know, they have way more access than we had growing up—so we want to make sure we keep them humble in the process to make sure they do things like having to pick up after themselves and knowing that life isn’t going to be handed to you.”
Yumi Nu is a Japanese-Dutch recording artist, model and entrepreneur. She made her SI Swim debut in last year’s issue and returned with another breath taking photoshoot. Maye Musk, a world renowned dietician is a veteran in the modeling world and slayed her cover as well!