Sport's Illustrated Swim 2020 : Kate Bock, Jasmine Sanders & Olivia Culpo

[Benn98]

Shot by Yu Tsai

Kate Bock, Jasmine Sanders & Olivia Culpo



Kate Bock


Jasmine Sanders


Olivia Culpo

 

[JPineapple]

Valentina Sampaio has a spread inside! .

That's definitely the highlight of the issue.

 

[FashionMuseDior]

Given she was a Miss Universe you would think Olivia would look the prettiest but she photographs kind of harsh. I love Jasmine Sanders here.

 

[Benn98]

The group cover just doesn't work, Jasmine's hair and makeup styling looks off, and Olivia looks like a Kardashian.
The other girl is pretty, but it could really have been anyone. They'd have been better Valentina the cover, OG. Not just to make a statement, but she's prettier than all these girls combined. Some would have hated that but this brand is dead anyway. May as well drum up some controversy.

 

[SLFC]

I dont get it, Yu Tsai work outside of SI Swim is fine, but he just drops the ball when it comes to SI. His color grading, and retouching is utterly terrible, and SI just chose the worst group shot. As for the magazine who the hell knows what it even is anymore, is it targeting men? Is it targeting women? They've caused themselves a pretentious bag of identity crisis. The whole thing is more or less a money grab, they aren't selling the sexy models, and good photography anymore, they are selling the swimsuits which is probably why the images look so bad. I hope Valentina Sampaio's, Robin Holzken's, and Josephine Skriver's sets aren't completely awful. May they should have put all three of them on the cover, why not?

 

[Benn98]

Sports Illustrated Swim 2020



Bali

Photographer: Yu Tsai
Hair: John Ruggiero
Makeup: Tracy Murphy
Cast: Hunter McGrady, Kate Bock, Jasmine Sanders, Olivia Culpo, Hyunjoo Hwang, Brooks Nader










Sports's Illustrated Swim Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

Sports Illustrated Swim 2020

Dominican Republic

Photographer: Kate Powers
Hair: Rick Gradone
Makeup: Tracy Murphy
Cast: Josephine Skriver, Halima Aden, Anne de Paula, Camille Kostek, Anita Marshall, Kelsey Merritt











Sports's Illustrated Swim Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

Sports Illustrated Swim 2020

Wyoming

Photographer: Ruven Afanador
Hair: Anthony Christiano
Makeup: Christine Cherbonnier
Cast: Danielle Herrington, Vita Sidorkina, Myla Dalbasio, Kim Riekenberg, Emily DiDonato, Marquita Pring,











Sports's Illustrated Swim Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

Sports Illustrated Swim 2020

Scrub Island, British Virgin Islands

Photographer: Josie Clough
Hair: Adam Maclay
Makeup: Toby Henney
Cast: Samantha Hoopes, Lorena Duran, Robin Holzken, Valentina Sampaio, Olivia Brower, Haley Kalil











Sports's Illustrated Swim Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

Sports Illustrated Swim 2020

Swim Search: Turks & Caicos

Photographer: James Macari
Hair: John Ruggiero
Makeup: Paul Blanch
Cast: Tanaye White, Brielle Anyea, Clarissa Bowers, Christie Valdiserri, Kathy Jacobs, Jamea Lynee






Sports's Illustrated Swim Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

Sports Illustrated Swim 2020

Rookies 2020

Cast: Marquita Pring, Kim Riekenberg, Valentina Sampaio, Lorena Duran, Josephine Skriver, Anita Marshall





Sports's Illustrated Swim Digital Edition

 

[tigerrouge]

In their inclusive attempts to reach out to audiences both old and new, next year's cover will probably feature a Klingon, a CGI character, and Kate Upton.

 

[Lola701]

Those 80´s inspired swimsuits makes me uncomfortable.
The way they accentuates skinny girls’s bones is kinda disgusting.

That being said, nobody can say the issue isn’t diverse.

 

[plutonium]

again fake nudes and horrible Swimsuit who hidde the body !

 

[KateTheGreatest]

I am mesmerised by the shot of Robin in the pink swimsuit with her head back, wow! She looks great.

Anyway I think SI at least deserves credit for ID-ing the models. I wish all magazines would always credit them, they deserve it!

 

[fluxxx]

I really like Wyoming’s stories. It reminds me of good old days of GQ

 

[MulletProof]

3rd cover... that is seriously the saddest, cheapest-looking bikini top I have ever seen on a cover. Makes me want to take her shopping. Just, why... who could've styled that?

I don't know who the majority of these women are, some just look so pedestrian in that sorority type of way but I guess it keeps the mechanics and carpenters active so that's okay. I do notice some mild improvement from previous years in terms of, again, bikinis sizing and less raunchy poses.

Honestly the only standout for me is maybe Kelsey Merrit, Emily DiDonato and of course Hyunjoo Hwang.. I didn't know who she was so I looked her up.. turns out these pics (as expected) don't do her much justice, she is much nicer to look at while training (ballet).

 

[Benn98]

3rd cover... that is seriously the saddest, cheapest-looking bikini top I have ever seen on a cover. Makes me want to take her shopping. Just, why... who could've styled that?

I don't know who the majority of these women are, some just look so pedestrian in that sorority type of way but I guess it keeps the mechanics and carpenters active so that's okay. I do notice some mild improvement from previous years in terms of, again, bikinis sizing and less raunchy poses.

Honestly the only standout for me is maybe Kelsey Merrit, Emily DiDonato and of course Hyunjoo Hwang.. I didn't know who she was so I looked her up.. turns out these pics (as expected) don't do her much justice, she is much nicer to look at while training (ballet).

I don't mind the bikini's that Lola is referring to, just glad we are seeing less of this bikini bottom which I find quite hideous:

Also, I hope this is just a photoshop blunder and not the actual cut of Huynjoo's bikini because it looks like it could very easily result in a wardrobe malfunction.

I do agree that the entire issue seems more tamer this year, but Wyoming is stunning. Love the styling and setting maybe because it's such a departure from the usual 'sun and sea' setup. Also, Robin Holzken is a cutie! All her shots are winners. Not that impressed with Valentina's shots. The hair!

And I believe Kim Riekenberg also did ballet training......

Sports's Illustrated Swim Digital Edition

 

[SLFC]

The photography and the retouching, and color grading is just so bad.

 

[kenndale]

The cover edit isn’t that good, but I like the rest. A big upgrade in quality compared to past issues imo.