After Manifesting Big Dream, Olivia Dunne Divulges on Her Chaotic SI Swimsuit Turnaround

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One of the first college athletes to be included in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is Olivia Dunne. Without Name, Image, and Likeness, it would not have been feasible.

A gymnast for LSU, Dunne is one of the most well-known figures online. She enjoys seven million TikTok followers and more than four million Instagram followers.

 

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Dunne has turned her brand into a company in addition to her meteoric rise to stardom. She has concentrated on making thoughtful judgments that can assist her advance herself beyond gymnastics and beyond social media ever since the first day that NIL came into being, July 1, 2021.

Dunne most recently worked at Sports Illustrated. She had been longing for the opportunity, and it had taken a great deal of effort to get it.

 

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At the On3 NIL Elite Series in Nashville on Wednesday, Dunne spoke with many of the top 2024 college football recruits. It is a unique occasion that is concentrated on giving recruits the abilities necessary to prosper in the Name, Image, and Likeness space.

Olivia and her mother Katherine discussed a range of subjects during their talk.

Olivia Dunne discussed how she managed to land the SI spread.

It was a concentrated effort with a lot of manifestation. She believed that the values of Sports Illustrated and her own were a perfect match.

 

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“Sports Illustrated was a dream come true for me. It’s something that was manifested into my life and something that I worked really hard for, rather than it just coming on a whim. I put in hours on social media, and they saw that.

I felt as though they saw the message that I try to say in my social media posts, that you’re more than just your sport. Our visions aligned, they reached out to me, and it was an honor,”  said Olivia.

Dunne is constantly considering her next step in between classes and practise. It dawned on her one night.

She said,

“Sports Illustrated. I told my mom. I told my sister. We spoke it into existence.

My sister made me a picture with the Sports Illustrated logo. She created a mental picture, and helped put a vision in my head.

You have to believe it to see it. That’s something that I believe fully.”

Dunne found it difficult to put everything together once he received the call. Typically, Sports Illustrated requests a six-day shoot. The season was about to start, and Dunne was a college student. It was just impossible to be gone for six days.

Her coach gave her one day instead. never two. One.

Olivia Dunne accepted what she could, boarded a plane for Puerto Rico, and hoped for clear skies. When the good weather arrived, she shot the spread in a single day (which is much harder than it seems), and then she promptly boarded a flight to Baton Rouge.

Although it might have appeared to be all sparkle and glamour, it was a whirlwind. But if Dunne hadn’t developed her brand to its present state and seen herself in the publication, it would not have taken place.

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