Sports Illustrated Swimsuit shared a video this Thursday, showing some of their models for the 2025 edition. The short reel shows the likes of Olivia Dunne, Christen Goff, Cameron Brink, Lauren Chan, and Achieng Agutu, who make up the roster of the 2025 edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.
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The video shows the models dancing in the swimwear they wore during their photoshoots. The magazine added the following caption:
“1520 x 1080 straight from the mood board. ✨This is what our dream day looks like 🫶.”
The cover girl for this year’s edition of the magazine is Olivia Dunne, the 22-year-old former LSU Lady Tigers gymnast and media darling. While at Baton Rouge, she helped her school win a gymnastics national championship and became the female face of the NIL revolution. Dunne was the highest-valued female student-athlete during the latter half of her time with LSU, getting $4.1 million in NIL deal endorsements.
She’s also the girlfriend of the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes. They met while attending LSU, where Skenes transferred from the Air Force Academy in 2022.
I’m officially a sports illustrated swim cover model!!!🩵👙 @SI_Swimsuit @SInow pic.twitter.com/uwn4yQBElM
— Olivia Dunne (@livvydunne) May 13, 2025
Olivia Dunne Reacts to Being a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Girl
Earlier in 2025, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit invited Dunne for an interview. It was a ruse to surprise her about their decision to make her this year’s cover girl, but she was told it was only for her to share her experience of being part of previous editions of the magazine.
When she was informed that she was to be the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl, she said:
“Are you kidding me? Thank you so much. Oh my god, MJ, this is a dream come true. I can’t believe it. Oh my god. That photo is so good. That is crazy, I am a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model. This bikini… this was the one. I felt like such a baddie in it. This is the best day of my life. This is so exciting.”
This was her third shoot with the magazine, having participated in photo shoots in Puerto Rico in 2023 and a second one in Portugal in 2024, all with photographer Ben Watts, who also led the 2025 shoot.
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