Out of the 15 female athletes on Sportico’s new list of highest-paid female athletes, five have posed for SI Swim. Here are their steamiest pics — and No. 4 might surprise you!
“These SI Swimsuit featured athletes can do it all, and because of their dominance in their respective sports, they have also each become high earners in their elite careers,” says an article about the women in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. As reported by Sportico on Dec. 3, these five magnetic multihypenates from the fold topped the list of the highest-paid female athletes worldwide this year.”
No. 14 on the list of top 15 top earners? Tennis icon Venus Williams, who posed for SI Swim two decades ago. Interestingly, the list overall skewed very much towards the sport of tennis.
Next up: Olympic gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles, who has posed for the magazine twice, including a strappy bikini look that the outlet chose from her Puerto Vallarta shoot in 2019 (comeback queen Lindsey Vonn and MMA’s Paige VanZant were also on hand in Mexico that year).
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Coming in at No. 10 on the list: tennis star Naomi Osaka, modeling a bright, high-cut yellow suit that flaunted her chiseled athlete’s physique. The steamy look sizzled so much that she made the cover.
The second-highest paid SI Swim model was golfer Nelly Korda — who just got engaged to businessman Casey Gunderson. “Korda shined during her SI Swimsuit debut in her home state [of Florida] and headed on a seaside cruise as part of her inaugural photo shoot with the brand,” writes the outlet. For her photo, she sports a high-fashion red and white top that accentuates her tiny waist and high-cut bikini bottoms.
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And then there’s the highest-paid female athlete who’s posed for SI Swim: No. 4 on Sportico’s list was controversial skier Eileen Gu, who chose to represent China in the Olympics even though she grew up in California. (She has since moved to China full-time.) She sizzled in a red Baywatch-inspired look, with her hair a California blonde. According to Sportico, she earned $23 million in endorsements this past year.
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