Blonde ‘SI’ Swim Search 2026 finalist welcomes summer in string bikini

Abby Tegnelia

Blonde ‘SI’ Swim Search 2026 finalist welcomes summer in string bikini image

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The 2025 Sports Illustrated Swim Search finalists have just been released, and one immediately took to social media to show off her flawless figure in a black string bikini.

Ally Mason, 25, a fresh-faced blonde model, is one of six finalists. Fans are voting now, with the winner landing a spot as a Rookie in the 2026 issue.

“Hello summer ☀️,” Mason captioned her Thursday, June 26 Instagram post.

The carousel post featured four stunning photos of the model in the same two-piece, with the lead pic showing her gazing off into the distance with the ocean behind her.  She is kneeling in the water in the second photo with her eyes closed, and lounging seductively in the next pic. She smiles up at the sun in the last image, where she’s also kneeling in the water. She looks tanned and toned.

“And this suit on you!!” raved one of the other finalists, Leticia Martinez.

“Such a natural beauty,” agreed Dolcessa Swimwear.

In the photos, Mason is wearing the same black Vesey swimwear set — including the Margot Triangle Mesh top and Liz Mesh bottoms — that influencer Alix Earle wore in one of her images in the 2025 magazine.

The other five finalists are track athlete Dominique Ruotolo, 25; recording artist and Boss Babe entrepreneur Jilly Anais, 29; personal trainer Martinez, 27; body positivity activist Raeann Langas, 31; and Peloton instructor/Fitness Flipped podcaster, 37.

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Abby Tegnelia

Abby is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. She has been a prolific lifestyle and celebrity news writer and editor for more than 15 years. She has served as News Director at In Touch, reporter/writer at Us Weekly, reporter at New York magazine, and has written for national and international titles including Marie Claire, Glamour, Huffington Post and Expedia.