Sports Illustrated unveils ‘diverse’ Swim Search finalists

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finalists for the 2022 Swim Search — and readers are remarking on the diversity of the chosen beauties.The 14 finalists are competing for a single spot in the magazine’s next Swimsuit Issue, where they’ll appear alongside some of the world’s leading models.Among the candidates are a 42-year-old breast cancer survivor, an astrophysicist and an ICU nurse.Sports Illustrated says all the finalists “inspire action throughout their communities,” with fans taking to Twitter to reveal how impressed they were with the line-up. “The diversity here is AMAZING,” one reader cooed.However, one critic moaned that the magazine is attempting to be “woke,” writing: “The Swimsuit Issue is 100% woke again this year.

Who is the readership of Sports Illustrated? Are regular guys like ‘bring on the ’empowering changemakers!'”But there’s no denying that the magazine has picked 14 finalists whose beauty is only matched by their interesting and varying backgrounds.Here are the competitors:Steffan, who hasn’t revealed her age, hails from Argentina.

The curvy beauty trained as a lawyer before leaving her lucrative legal career to pursue modeling full time. The stunner told People that Ashley Graham’s 2016 Swimsuit Issue cover was eye-opening for her.“I couldn’t believe my eyes because I wasn’t used to seeing curvy models in my home country or pretty much anywhere,” she marveled.Robinson, 23, is an American content creator who boasts a huge following on TikTok.

The USC grad is also a health advocate who suffers from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) — a rare illness that affects the connective tissue in the body.