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When Olympic athlete Lindsey Vonn traveled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for her 2019 SI Swimsuit Issue photoshoot, it used to be her 3rd function with the emblem. She made her debut with the mag 9 years prior, when she posed within the snow in Whistler, Canada. Vonn returned to the fold for the second one time in Petit St. Vincent, the place she took section in a singular bodypaint function in 2016.
The 38-year-old former skilled skier, who retired from her recreation the similar 12 months she posed for the mag in Mexico, advised SI Swimsuit previous this 12 months that she used to be “lovely fearful” for her first photoshoot with the emblem again in 2010.
“I wasn’t completely assured with how I seemed on the time,” Vonn admitted. “I believe being featured within the mag made me take a look at myself in a distinct, extra sure mild.”
While we by no means would’ve guessed that the three-time Olympic medalist used to be the rest however confident, because of the poised nature she turns out to naturally challenge, Vonn additionally shared that her self belief grew every time she stepped in entrance of the lens.
“In many ways, it boosted my self belief and made me really feel that having a powerful and athletic frame used to be now not simply O.Ok. however one thing to be pleased with and celebrated,” she mentioned. “Each factor I used to be in, I used to be an increasing number of assured, and it’s wonderful to look that transformation within the photos and in myself.”
Below are a couple of of our favourite bikinis from Vonn’s SI Swimsuit photoshoot in Mexico, wherein the pro athlete tasks not anything however grace and self belief from the interior out.
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