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Serena Williams Tops the 4th Annual Sports Illustrated Fashionable 50
Is it just us, or is Serena Williams everywhere as of late? Just last week, we were in awe of the tennis phenom in all her unretouched golden glory on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar, and now she’s once again killing the game, covering Sports Illustrated’s fourth annual Fashionable 50 issue. The tagline for the…
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Smize on the Prize: Tyra Banks Is Back on Top With Sports Illustrated Comeback Cover
Tyra Banks is back like she never left. The first black woman to ever land a solo cover of Sports Illustrated’s iconic swimsuit issue came out of modeling retirement to unveil her 2019 cover on Wednesday. The High Priestess of Smizing, the Pope of “Kiss my ‘fat’ ass,” and One of the O.G. Capital S…
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'Change the Game': Halima Aden Makes Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue History in a Hijab
Halima Aden has been changing the game since 2016, when she became the first contestant in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant to wear a hijab—and made it to the semifinals. In the years since, the Somali refugee-turned-burgeoning supermodel has been lighting up runways and magazine covers alike, reinforcing the fact that modesty can be glamorous,…
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Sports Illustrated's Latest Show Was Inclusive of Everyone—Or Was It?
Sports Illustrated’s presentation at 2018 Miami Swim Week aimed to give all women a chance to be models, whether they had a prosthetic leg or were a breastfeeding mother. As a result, there were many unexpected appearances on the SI runway on Sunday after Sports Illustrated held its first ever in-person open casting call, which…
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‘Hip Cleavage’ Is Not a New Trend
As a woman of a certain size, I have a clever name for almost every single part of my body. I’m sure we all do. The soft, fleshy roll around my midsection is my “muffin top” or my llanta (Spanish for “tire”). The extended lower belly is my FUPA—or, as my cousin and I lovingly…
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She Got Game: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Rookie Ebonee Davis Plays by Her Own Rules
For 25-year-old model Ebonee Davis, her breakout moment was a 2016 TED Talk titled “Black Girl Magic in the Fashion Industry.” This was not your typical advice on beauty or how to get into modeling but, rather, a scathing indictment of the fashion business and its soul-crushing standards of beauty with regard to black women.…
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She Got That Glow: Danielle Herrington Is the 3rd Black Woman to Grace the Cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue!
We’re not crying, you’re crying! We’re not typically short on #BlackGirlMagic here at The Glow Up, but there was something extra special about watching Sport Illustrated’s first black Swimsuit-cover model—some relative unknown named Tyra Banks—pass the torch to the latest up-and-comer (and part of the 2017 Swimsuit issue’s “Rookie Class”) Danielle Herrington. The Compton, Calif.,…
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Beyoncé Makes Surprise Appearance to Present Colin Kaepernick With Muhammad Ali Legacy Award
On Tuesday night, activist and professional football player Colin Kaepernick was presented with the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, and the person to present that prestigious award to him was none other than superstar Beyoncé, who made a surprise appearance to praise Kaepernick for his accomplishments. Beyoncé thanked Kaepernick for his “selfless heart” in…
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Media Document Failings in Puerto Rico
Data Show How Long Crisis Wasn’t Given Its Due Like Air Force Academy, Writers Confront Racism Kaepernick Left Off Cover Homage to His Movement Russia-Linked Tweets, Postings Exploited Race Hugh Hefner Left Mark on Civil Rights Era Fox Business Network President Shuns ‘Politics’ St. Louis Paper Backs Outside Probe of Police Reggie Lavong, Philly Station…
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Sports Illustrated Whitesplains Why It Left Colin Kaepernick Off ‘Sports United’ Cover
Imagine being a major sports magazine doing a cover story on the players and team leaders who spoke up and spoke out on the issues of race and inequality, and the right to freedom of personal expression—just to leave out the player who is the reason these discussions are being had in the first place.…