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From rookie to cover girl!
Model, dancer and all-around ray of sunshineCamille Kostekcan now add 2019Sports Illustrated SwimsuitCover star to her growing resumé.
The 2018SI SwimsuitModel Search winner andSI SwimsuitRookie this year,joinsSIvet Tyra Banksand soccer star Alex Morgan as one of three covers forSports Illustrated‘s hotly anticipated swimsuit issue.
“I’m one to be the biggest blabber mouths ever and this is one that’s left me shaking in my shoes and speechless like I’ve never been before,” Kostek said onGood Morning AmericaWednesday morning, when her cover was revealed to the world,alongside Banks’ photo shoot.
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She also gave a shout out to herNFL star boyfriend, retired New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski.
“Camille Kostek, only a year after we discovered her in our annual Model Search casting, marks the launch of a career swimming in potential,”SI Swimsuiteditor MJ Day says.
“The three women that make up the covers of the 2019Sports Illustrated SwimsuitIssue represent the brand in the most powerful way possible,” adds Day, who is celebrating her seventh year as editor and 22nd year working at the brand. “While each individual woman is so unique, they come together cohesively to tell a spectacular story.”
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Earlier this year, PEOPLE caught up with Kostek, who revealed that one of her favoriteSI Swimsuitcovers of all time was2014’s 50th anniversary issue starring Lily Aldridge, Chrissy Teigen and Nina Agdal.
“There’s always personalities behind theSI Swimwomen,” she shared. “MJ [Day] wants to know you inside and out — not just see shots of your body from every angle. MJ wants to know who you are. You may be the most beautiful, stunning person, but what do you believe and what do you stand for. Is about what else do you do in your life and what other passions you have.”
“I’m going to keep posting bikini photos when I feel like it,” she said. “And it’s just the cherry on top when I get emails and messages from you saying that I inspire you and I encourage you to love the skin that you’re in. That’s why I do it.”
SI Swimsuithits newsstands on Wednesday, May 8.
source: people.com
