Tyra Banks is not playing with y’all today! The 45-year-old super model came out of retirement to rock the cover of the 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue . And man, does she look better than ever! View this post on Instagram This is for everybody that has been told that they are not good enough because of their body, their age, their everything. #BanX is here to tell you that you ARE friggin’ fierce no matter what anybody says! Drop mic now! @si_swimsuit 2019 A post shared by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on May 8, 2019 at 9:54am PDT “Since Tyra’s first cover in 1996, she’s transformed herself into nothing less than a mogul, a cultural force and a supernova of inspiration and empowerment,” SI Swimsuit Editor MJ Day told PEOPLE . “She’s kind of the Swimsuit Issue ethos come to life, everything we know this franchise can be.” Tyra said that for this issue, she tried to recreate her famous shoot she did back in 1997 during her Bahamas photoshoot. “We couldn’t find the exact one in the archives — it was the polka dot bikini so we recreated that bikini,” she said. “I recreated it [the shoot] — 25 pounds heavier.” #TyraBanks looking amazing pic.twitter.com/xdPBAo2p04 — TsBlondieNYC XBIZ Miami 2019 (@TsBondienyc) May 8, 2019 She looks better now, than she did back in the day! Tyra made history in 1997 being the first African-American model to grace the SI Swimsuit issue by herself, sharing a cover in 1996 with model Valeria Mazza. View this post on Instagram #Thankful for your fierce love and support all these years. #BanX A post shared by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on May 8, 2019 at 9:54am PDT As we previously reported , the 2019 issue of SI Swimsuit features a diverse group of 34 women and continues to put focus on female empowerment and inclusivity, with a photos from Halima Aden . The Somalian-American, who is also Muslim, is officially the first woman to rock a hijab and a burkini in SI Swimsuit issue history. View this post on Instagram Don’t change yourself .. Change the GAME!! Ladies anything is possible!!! Being in Sports Illustrated is so much bigger than me. It’s sending a message to my community and the world that women of all different backgrounds, looks, upbringings… can stand together and be celebrated. Thank you so much @si_swimsuit & the entire team for giving me this incredible opportunity. A post shared by Halima (@halima) on Apr 29, 2019 at 11:21am PDT Oh, and don’t forget about Olympic gold medalist, Simone Biles : View this post on Instagram @simonebiles is back in #SISwim, and she's here to prove that STRONG IS SEXY. • • • @casavelas @visitpuertovallarta @vallarta_adventures #MyVelasExperience #PuertoVallarta A post shared by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@si_swimsuit) on May 8, 2019 at 7:14am PDT Congrats to all of these women! Keep shining queens! RELATED NEWS: Slay! Halima Aden First Woman To Rock Burkini In Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Serena Williams Slays In 2017 ‘Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue’ #BlackExcellence: Colin Kaepernick Wins Sports Illustrated ‘Muhammad Ali Legacy Award’ [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”2661203″ overlay=”true”]
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At 45, Tyra Banks Comes Out Of Retirement For The 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover
