Ciara covers Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2022: ‘A big dream come true’
Ciara is about to “Level Up” her swimsuit game.
The singer, 36, is joining the likes of Kim Kardashian, Maye Musk and Yumi Nu as a cover model for the 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.
Posing in a sexy leopard print one-piece by LaQuan Smith and a cowboy hat, the mom of three looks confident in the water on her cover shot, as photographed by Ben Watts in Barbados.
In another photo, the “1, 2, Step” singer rocks a distressed denim two-piece as she kneels in the island sand.
Describing the moment she got the call to be on the cover as “a special day,” Ciara told the publication she had “always dreamt of being on this cover, ever since I was really young,” citing Tyra Banks’ famous covers as inspiration.
“It’s always been pretty significant in the entertainment space,” she said. “So it’s a big dream come true for me.”
The star is fresh off her Met Gala 2022 appearance when she wore a sparkling black-and-silver Michael Kors gown complete with 40-inch hair extensions to the glamorous event.
Back in March, Ciara twinned in orange with her family when husband Russell Wilson was traded to the Denver Broncos, and the NFL player was quick to share his excitement for Ciara’s SI cover, calling his wife “a ray of light.”
“She tilts rooms when she walks into them; it really seems like all the furniture just slides her way,” he told the magazine.
“As you can probably tell, I’m incredibly proud of my wife,” Wilson said, adding she will “use the visibility that comes with being on the cover to inspire even more people.”
The couple knows plenty about inspiration; the duo runs the Why Not You Foundation, a nonprofit that enables young people to access education and health programs to empower them to change the future.
“I always say I’m a woman of ambition on a mission,” Ciara told Sports Illustrated. “I’m going to go after what I want and believe I can get it.”
