She wants people from different backgrounds with different stories to tell, of all sizes, shapes, and from all walks of life. “She isn’t just looking for a perfect model. “MJ is truly an angel she represents love, light, and inspiration,” says Bloom. It wasn’t the cliché conversation of ‘make sure you diet.’ It was real and human, totally not what I was expecting, but more than I could have dreamed.” Day’s inclusive vision for the magazine is part of what drew Bloom in. “We talked about space, motherhood, the power of bodies, activism, issues within our bodies that we’ve grown to appreciate and accept. “We spoke for about two hours but we didn’t talk about the magazine,” says Bloom. After her agents at CAA connected her with Day and her team, the pair sat down for a conversation about modeling for SI that touched on everything from social justice to self-acceptance. Our family celebrated those milestones in Black entertainment.”īloom’s journey to the cover began when she met Sports Illustrated’s Editor-in-Chief MJ Day in the summer of 2020. I even remember the first time I saw Tyra’s cover in 1997, because my dad had the copy.
“You’d see how surprised and grateful they were to have this. “I was one of those people who would follow the castings, the way the girls trained and prepared for their shoots,” says Bloom. “I wasn’t expecting it to happen to me I didn’t think it was possible.” Still, growing up, Bloom followed the casting process each year, and seeing women like Tyra Banks and Beyoncé Knowles-the first African American star and first non-model or athlete to land on the swimsuit issue’s cover, respectively-seize their moments in the spotlight was inspiring. “When I was in the model apartments, getting a SI cover was what my roommates dreamed about it’s the Olympics of modeling,” she says. The achievement is something Bloom never imagined for herself. “This moment represents that we’re going into the future, and this is what the future looks like.” Any woman of color being on the cover of this magazine means that the world is evolving, and I’m part of that evolution process,” shared Bloom on the phone from Los Angeles. “We all know that the world is in this compassionate space of transformation. As the first trans person to land on the front page of SI’s annual special issue, Bloom is breaking new ground, a fact she’s well aware of. Tennis champion Naomi Osaka represents groundbreaking athletes, hip hop star Megan Thee Stallion continues her pop culture dominance by snagging her first SI appearance, and model-actor Leyna Bloom shines in an ivory one piece. Each of its three covers spotlights an inspiring woman. Photo: Yu Tsai, Courtesy of Sports IllustratedĮvery year the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue releases to considerable fanfare, but 2021’s edition is something special.
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