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The Sisterhood is in the house. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, a tidal wave of glamour and substance has secretly touched down in Hollywood, Fla.
The Legends have arrived, more than two dozen in total, along with their entourages of publicists and social media managers. An aura of badassery fills the inner sanctum of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which has been overrun with photography studios and video sets, glam stations for hair and makeup, and a well-guarded fittings area stocked with a staggering array of bling.
Right now the action is in the fittings area, where the Legends go to be styled for their portraits, disappearing into dressing rooms with their handlers. All that’s visible are rows and rows and racks and racks of beaded and bejeweled gowns, megawatt jewelry and embellished stilettos—all intoxicatingly glamorous in a palette of sophisticated neutrals (café au lait, platinum, gold, oyster, vanilla, blush).
SI Swimsuit all-stars from back in the day are here, looking flawless—Christie Brinkley, Paulina Porizkova, Roshumba Williams and Tyra Banks—as well as those recently initiated, multihyphenate icons Martha Stewart and Maye Musk, the brand’s oldest and second-oldest cover models, respectively.
Here too is a coterie of SI Swimsuit millennials who over the past decade have represented the brand’s new face of diversity, inclusivity and empowerment, including actress and LGBTQ activist Leyna Bloom, the first transgender woman of color on the cover of the magazine; curve model and body inclusivity activist Hunter McGrady; golf influencer and anti-bullying advocate Paige Spiranac; and Brenna Huckaby, gold medalist Paralympian, amputee and disability advocate.