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Sports Illustrated announces new gender equality advertising mandate

To mark its 58th publication anniversary, Sports Illustrated (SI) Swimsuit has announced a new advertising mandate that will see only brands helping to drive gender equality be featured in the magazine’s annual print issue and digital presence. To implement the mandate, the company has introduced the Pay with Change platform which will celebrate...

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In first, Sports Illustrated will feature burkini-clad model

Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue, best known for its racy covers of scantily clad bikini models, will feature for the first time a Muslim model wearing a hijab and burkini, the magazine said Monday. Somali-American model Halima Aden's rookie spread will be set in Kenya, where she born in a refugee camp and lived until the age of seven....

Fashion

Christie Brinkley graces the cover of Sports Illustrated at 63

Supermodel Christie Brinkley, 63, has become the oldest woman to appear in the famous Swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated, posing in a red bikini and black one-piece alongside her daughters. The annual magazine, which typically features young women with the impossible to attain perfections of fashion models, is legendary in the United States,...