Kim Kardashianjust checked off another career milestone with hersexy debut coverforSports Illustrated Swimsuit— and she’s clearly feeling good in herskims.
Kardashian is one of four cover models, joining superstar singerCiara, model and activistMaye Muskand rising modelYumi Nuas part of the 2022 issue launch.
“The journey we’ve been on — to break out of the mold 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,” MJ Day, editor in chief ofSI Swimsuit, said in a statement. “At course, Kim, no stranger to the world’s judgment, continues to live proudly, authentically and unapologetically through the noise.”
The 2022 issue continues to build onSI Swimsuit’s platform of diversity and empowerment, featuring 28 beautiful women includingWNBA stars Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart, newcomers Duckie Thot, Kamie Crawford and Olivia Ponton as well as former cover models Camille Kostek, Leyna Bloom and Kate Bock.
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For her cover story, Kardashian, 41, writes a letter to her younger self about the personal growth she’s experienced.
The mom of four — daughtersNorth, 8, andChicago, 4, and sonsSaint, 6, andPsalm, 3 withex-husband Kanye West— adds that part of her journey is a constant evolution to strive to learn and achieve more.
“But know this. When you get here, to May 2022, you’re not going to be content. You’re still going to be looking for that next “it…And when you find it, you’re going to do it — we’re going to do it —like we always do: to the fullest.”
Commenting on her model moment, Kardashian toldSI, “I vividly rememberTyra Bankson the cover and women with curves, I remember thinking that was just so cool. But I still thought you had to be a professional model and a runway model.”
“It was always really young girls. I don’t want to date myself or sound old,” she continued. “But in my 40s? That’s crazy! I never thought in a million years that I would be shooting one myself.”
On becoming more confident in her skin, she continued, “I’m finally stepping out, like, I can do this.”
The 2022 Issue of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit is available on newsstands May 19.
source: people.com
