The 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is finally out in the US, the one that features our very own Kelsey Merritt as a rookie, and it has a voluptuous Tyra Banks on the cover. Look at how she is killing it!
There are a lot of landmark things Tyra Banks has achieved in this very special issue, but let us pick out the one thing that elevates her to godlike status: Tyra is all of 45 years old showing her goods. How is this even humanly possible?
Tyra has already retired from modeling but SI was able to sign her up for another go at the Swimsuit Issue. People.com reports that Tyra was the first black woman to grace the cover of the magazine alone in 1997. Doing the math, she would have been 22 at the time. This is that 1997 SI Swimsuit Issue cover:
Another special thing about the 2019 SI Swimsuit issue is that it is a three-cover extravaganza. Also getting their cover is American football star and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan and 2018 SI Swimsuit Model Search winner Camile Kostek.
We will try our best to get a glimpse of the Kelsey Merritt shoot in the current issue, but already we can see how huge a break this is for her. Kelsey’s debut on SI Swimsuit is in an issue that is bound to be a classic.
