Meet Sports Illustrated Swimsuit's first ever black and Asian transgender star: Model Leyna Bloom makes history in stunning beach shoot as she reveals how she overcame homelessness to achieve her fashion 'dream'

UK Daily Mail ^ | March 16, 2021 | Carly Stern

[C19fan]

Sports Illustrated has revealed the first ever black and Asian transgender model to grace the pages of its annual Swimsuit Issue.

Though the iconic magazine doesn't launch until July, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Instagram account has been unveiling one model a day throughout the month of March — and this morning, they made waves with the announcement that Chicago-born model, dancer, actor, and activist Leyna Bloom, 27, is joining the likes of Lais Ribeiro and Josephine Skriver in the 2021 edition.

Leyna, who is the second trans model to pose for SI Swim, opened up to Good Morning America about her boundary-breaking accomplishment, gushing: 'I never imagined that I would be born in a time when something like this would happen for someone with my skin tone and for someone with my background.'

[SamAdams76]

These fake girls could fool me in a bar, that is for sure.

[Fledermaus]

Uh, it’s still there.

[tbw2]

Women aren’t good enough to be women’s standard of beauty anymore.

This is why homosexual men shouldn’t be in charge of anything in the fashion industry.

[liberalh8ter]

Get woke, go broke.

[EEGator]

No argument from me.

[wbarmy]

I guess with enough surgery and plastic, you can make anybody look like anything. But eventually ?she? gets old, stops taking the drugs and Estrogen, and turns into George Floyd.

[lurk]

Dishonest.

[Impy]

He looks like a cross between LeBron James and Sarah Jessica Parker. 😂🤢

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Why is blackface taboo, but womanface is celebrated?

[NetAddicted]

Man with implants.2nd transgender swimsuit issue model? Here’s hoping it does a Grammy in sales.

[NetAddicted]

Boob implants and male hips. Guess the swimsuit issue is going to lose money this year.

[NetAddicted]

Homely. Needs Bruce Jenner’s make up person.

[NetAddicted]

Read thoroughly, later.

[NetAddicted]

Viewership rates? Shouldnt it be subscription rates?

[NetAddicted]

Well, when she detransitions, she’ll be happy she didn’t cut anything off or add anything.

[NetAddicted]

Before his lopitoffame.

[NetAddicted]

Besides the fact that his boobs don’t lie down when he does, and his kinda-male face, eh.

[NetAddicted]

First time I realized that.

[patriotspride]

Shows how Moo belle could semi look like woman but is really Michael

[Trillian]