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Maven – Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Hollywood veteran and all around multi-hyphenate Salma Hayek is adding yet another title to her résumé this spring: swimsuit model.
Sports Illustrated announced May 13 that Hayek would grace the cover of the magazine’s flagship Swimsuit Issue. She is one of four cover stars along with Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, model and former NCAA gymnast Olivia Dunne and model and entrepreneur Lauren Chan.
Shot in Hayek’s native Mexico, the cover features the actress semi-nude in some shots and sporting various bikinis in others. She’s pictured laying on the beach, in front of zebras grazing, and frolicking in a pool.
At 58, she is among a newer trend adopted by the magazine of featuring older models. In 2023, the Swimsuit Issue featured Martha Stewart in a white one-piece at age 81 and in 2022, 74-year-old Maye Musk, a model and mother to Elon Musk, graced the magazine pages.
“I remember when I was young, a long, long time ago, I was always excited to see the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated, and (thinking) ‘Who’s going to be in it?’” Hayek told SI while on location for the shoot. “Of course, I didn’t look like a model, so it never crossed my mind that one day I would be in it.
“If somebody had told me I was gonna be in it at 58, I would have sent them to the madhouse, but the world has changed, and that’s exciting,” she continued.
Last year’s cover stars included Sports Illustrated veterans Kate Upton and Chrissy Teigen as well as journalist Gayle King.
Hayek, who has been in the entertainment industry for more than three decades, also lauded the magazine for allowing her to feel “sexy” at a later stage in life.
“I could retire, but I don’t want to miss out on this time. I fought for it, you know, and I’ve been part of it,” she told the outlet. “I think it’s really remarkable that a magazine like Sports Illustrated says that it’s OK, maybe even cool, to be past 50 and still be able to feel not just sexy, but for me, to be free and not be self-conscious of your body like you have to hide.”
The magazine is set to hit newsstands on May 17.
(This story has been updated to add a photo.)
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