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‘Sports Illustrated’ Swimsuit Issue to Feature 56-Year-Old, Plus Sized, and Bald Finalists
www.breitbart.com ^ | 13 Feb 2020 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 02/14/2020 6:53:10 AM PST by Red Badger

Sports Illustrated has introduced its next slate of finalist models for its upcoming swimsuit issue, and a plus-sized model, a 56-year-old model, and a bald fitness trainer will be among them.

The magazine introduced the six finalists that the magazine touted as its most diverse ever. The finalists were winnowed down from seventeen hopefuls unveiled last October, the Daily Mail reported.

Before this year’s winner is announced, the magazine is set to send the finalists to a photo-shoot conducted in the Turks & Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory southeast of the Bahamas.

The finalists include Philadelphia native Christie Valdiserri, a 25-year-old fitness instructor and dancer whose personal style includes are bald head.

“I was inspired to attend the Model Search in Miami when I finally had enough strength and confidence in myself as a bald woman,” Valdiserri recently said.

Valdiserri added that she wanted to “educate the next generation that beauty comes from who you are, not from what you look like.”

Kathy Jacobs from Calabasas, California, is also a member of the group, but at 56 and silver-haired, is an even more unconventional finalist for the magazine’s most glamorous photo-shoot.

“I’ve entered the SI Swimsuit Model Search and flown to Miami twice,” Jacobs said. “The first time I didn’t make it past the first round. But I didn’t give up! I felt a burning desire to try again and to be part of a change in the way society views women over 50.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; fat; feminism; getwokegobroke; homosexualagenda; obesity; prstunt; sportsillustrated
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There is nothing the Left won't screw up......................
1 posted on 02/14/2020 6:53:10 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Wow

I gotta have that...

(Not)


2 posted on 02/14/2020 6:54:52 AM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: Red Badger

Next up, all the swimsuit models will be transgender “women”.


3 posted on 02/14/2020 6:54:53 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Red Badger

And will wonder why no one buys their magazine anymore...


4 posted on 02/14/2020 6:55:13 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: Red Badger

Sure to be a top selling edition....NOT


5 posted on 02/14/2020 6:55:20 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Red Badger
Well, to be honest - a 56 year old woman would be like cradle stealing to a person my age. 😃
6 posted on 02/14/2020 6:55:55 AM PST by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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To: Red Badger

I didn’t know Sports Illustrated was still a thing.


7 posted on 02/14/2020 6:56:34 AM PST by KevinB ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
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After this, It won’t be......................


8 posted on 02/14/2020 6:57:10 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Red Badger

I have a friend who is 60+ who is a 9 all day.
Another who is 55 and probably the hottest woman I have ever met.
SI is going to die very quickly as no one pays attention to them anymore.


9 posted on 02/14/2020 6:57:16 AM PST by Zathras
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Oh joy joy....I better go get in line at the newsstand lest I miss out...what no tranny???


10 posted on 02/14/2020 6:57:33 AM PST by TnTnTn
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To: Red Badger

Can’t wait until they have a model with a bulge in the front of “her” bikini. Yuk!


11 posted on 02/14/2020 6:59:08 AM PST by Londo Molari
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To: Red Badger

‘Beauty comes from who you are, not what you look like’

Although I do agree with this, the swimsuit edition was never about ‘who you are’......it was ALWAYS about ‘what you look like’. My husband used to buy the swimsuit edition, but hasn’t for several years. Looks like this year won’t include a purchase either. (I enjoyed the swimsuit edition, too. The body painted models were always interesting)


12 posted on 02/14/2020 6:59:55 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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Sports Illustrated is doing the photo shoot from an old folks home.

Saves travel costs.

13 posted on 02/14/2020 7:01:26 AM PST by caltaxed (ake)
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To: originalbuckeye

This will be a ‘collector’s edition’..............collecting dust...................


14 posted on 02/14/2020 7:01:48 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Red Badger

It’s tough being a 13 year-old boy these days.


15 posted on 02/14/2020 7:02:35 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: Londo Molari

16 posted on 02/14/2020 7:02:49 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Red Badger

So, you’re saying, I have a chance??


17 posted on 02/14/2020 7:03:52 AM PST by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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In today’s world, yeah.........................


18 posted on 02/14/2020 7:04:52 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: NEMDF

Playboy already did, 2017:

Playboy to Feature Its First Transgender Playmate:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/arts/playboy-playmate-transgender.html


19 posted on 02/14/2020 7:06:36 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: ro_dreaming

Not that there's anything wrong with that....

20 posted on 02/14/2020 7:06:37 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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