Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

Sports Illustrated unveils 2016 Swimsuit Edition

The three cover girls of the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition – Hailey Clauson, Ashley Graham and Ronda Rousey.

Sports Illustrated has unveiled its 2016 Swimsuit Edition, and for the first time in history, Ashley Graham, a plus-size model, will share the limelight with two others – Hailey Clauson and Ronda Rousey.

“All three women are beautiful, sexy and strong. Beauty is not cookie cutter. Beauty is not ‘one size fits all”, remarked Assistant Managing Editor of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue M.J. Day on their website, regarding the groundbreaking decision to feature three models, instead of one, for this year’s issue.

Although the magazine has featured curvaceous model Kate Upton twice on its cover in the past, Ashley is the first ever size-16 girl to be endowed with such an honour. A model by profession, Ashley is also a motivational speaker and body activist.

Nevertheless, Ashley hates the tag ‘real woman’, for she believes beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, and thinks that labels of any sort should be discouraged.

Ronda Rousey is no stranger to us. The 29-year-old MMA fighter, has posed on the cover au naturel; she had a swimsuit painted on her body.

The third model, Hailey Clauson, the skinniest among them all, is a ramp model. The 20-year-old can be seen topless on the magazine cover.

In her Instagram account, the blonde bombshell has written that she could hardly sleep at night because of being excited about her SI Swimsuit cover.