Something legendary has happened! Sports Illustrated, a popular American sports media magazine, has decided to publish three different covers for the Swimsuit 2016 issues. Their reasoning for doing this? There were too many amazing women to choose just one. For the first time in 52 years, the editors chose three models to represent on their own individual cover. Nick Cannon and Rebecca Romijn hosted the “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2016 Revealed” broadcast, which announced Hailey Clauson, Ashley Graham, and Rhonda Rousey would be the lucky models. It came as a shock to all of these ladies, but they were also humbled by the honor.
There are girls everywhere who find it important to see an example–someone who fits their body type or their personal lifestyle goals–in the limelight, on the covers of magazines. For so long, we have only seen the same body types and it’s a great thingto know that these media outlets are giving their stamp of approval to diversity. All kinds of women are winning! There’s still plenty of growth for our society to do, but at least more women are being featured in their natural state without Photoshop doing too much tummy tucking and butt lifting. The real woman is becoming a popular commodity and we should be okay with it.