Just over two years ago, Jordan Chiles was on beach with her friends doing a “pretend Sports Illustrated Swimsuit” photoshoot. “Watch,” the U.S.
gymnast recalled telling her friends in an interview with The Post. “One day, I’m going to be a Sports Illustrated model.” Chiles, 23, traveled to Boca Raton Fla.
earlier this fall for her first photoshoot as a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit athlete for the magazine’s 2025 issue as that dream became a reality. “I actually manifested Sports Illustrated about two and a half years ago when I was on a girls’ trip with my friends,” Chiles recalled while discussing her partnership with Bath & Body Works . “.
.. [My friend] was just like, ‘Are you serious?’ And I said, ‘watch.
'” The SI moment came after Chiles’ incredible summer winning gold in the team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She was also at the center of a scoring controversy, which resulted in her being stripped of her bronze medal she got in the floor exercise final at the Summer Games. The offer from Sports Illustrated — an email passed along from her publicist that “literally made me cry and melt” — was just what Chiles needed to embrace her beauty on a path to self discovery.
“I got the email from my publicist and I had to reread it.. and I was like, there’s no way that this is happening,” Chiles said.
“This is a full circle moment...
I was switching in and out of swimsuits, taking photos in the sand, in the water, doing all the.
