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.'

[eyeamok]

Does He even know he is really a he?

Welcome to the Twilight Zone

[setter]

Definitely not tucking it in. Chop off special.

[stevem]

I think I’ll pass...

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

I don’t think Sports Illustrated’s fan base is going to want to look at a man in a woman’s bathing suit.

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When porn is so readily available - even the icky stuff - why even bother to look at the SI cr@p?

[T.B. Yoits]

Can you imagine how sick and mentally defective the owners and staff of 'Sports Illustrated' are?

I understand a financially failing company gets desperate but how much bounce can they get out of this kind of a dead cat?

[Rurudyne]

I remember when calling a guy dickless was an insult. Now it gets you on the cover of Vomiting Illustrated.

[Da Coyote]

There is no low below which they will not go.
And this will continue until we make them wish they did not go there.

[gathersnomoss]

Bwahahahahahahaha

Liberals are either willful idiots or mentally deranged.

In either case, they cannot be trusted.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Proud: Leyna says their presence in the magazine refutes criticism that the brand is just about objectifying women

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Yeah. Right.

Now, it’s about objectifying people in general. No different from the ‘little people’ shows, the ‘hoarders’ shows, the ... well, you know where I’m going with it. All for the prurient interests, all for the ad revenue.

Always remember that every publication’s #1 goal is to get you to pay money to look at their ads.

[OttawaFreeper]

Elle MacPherson and Kathy Ireland were the ones I remember well, lol.

[Kozak]

LOL. I'm sure men everywhere will rush to buy that issue of SI

[Kozak]

Got to be Plus Sized too.

[Leep]

And he over came “her” penis?

[gathersnomoss]

Bwahahahahahahaha

Liberals are either willful idiots or mentally deranged.

In either case, they cannot be trusted.

[VeniVidiVici]

LOL! Right! I forgot about that. Must have been my implicit racism.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I hope whatever normal folks are left cancel their Sports Illustrated subscriptions. Sick and disturbed.

[Hot Tabasco]

If that's a real tranny then I want to see her surgeons and doctors since I identify as a world champion body builder.......

I don't see any male characteristics on her whatsoever, including her lack of any noticeable adams apple in the throat.

I think she is a real she and playing the trans card to get attention.........

[Tell It Right]

If your idea of a real woman is someone who isn't really a woman ... you might be a Democrat. LOL

[I want the USA back]

NO thanks. That’s a [an ugly] guy. It has 5 victimhood membership cards: black, asian, transgender, homeless, “female.” And that’s the end of SI.

[1Old Pro]

Black and Asian, She attacks herself on the NYC sidewalks?