Jena Sims offers sneak peek into highly anticipated Sports Illustrated Swimsuit shoot
The time has come for Jena Sims’ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit feature.
Ahead of her highly anticipated Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut in the May 2024 issue, the 35-year-old model and philanthropist shared behind-the-scenes photos from her first picture shoot on Instagram on Tuesday.
“That feeling when you no longer have to gatekeep your @si_swimsuit Rookie shoot content!!!!” is what the caption for the post says. On-site in Mexico, Sims was spotted posing in front of a sun-kissed backdrop while showcasing a line of swimwear.
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A large portion of social media, including Sims’ spouse and five-time major golf champion Brooks Koepka, drooled over the photos.
“That’s my wife!!! Hell yeah!!!!!” Koepka, 33, left a remark on the page that included four emojis with hearts on them.
Another former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, Paige Spiranac, said of Sims, “You look unreal.”
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After making three prior tries to be featured in the illustrious Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, Sims was chosen as a co-winner of the yearly Swimsearch casting call alongside six other ladies.
“I think you can learn so much with rejection,” In a recent interview, Sims told Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. “I’m a Capricorn, I’m very stubborn. So if I have a goal, I’m gonna go after it. I’m big on making the first move. I made the first move on my now husband, some of my biggest opportunities in life, some of my collaborations … I made the first move.”
This past December, four months after giving birth to her first child with Koepka, son Crew, Sims posed for the magazine in Cancun.
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In a recent interview, Sims said to The Post, “I was so proud of how I looked. I worked my ass off.”
Sims celebrated the momentous occasion with the group by raising a bottle of Clase Azul tequila, which she had bought from the pool bar at her hotel.
“[The bartender] was like, ‘Are you sure you want this whole bottle,’ and I’m like, ‘Trust me, yes,’ and I brought it to the shoot and I made everyone a shot and we all took a shot together,” she said.
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Sims, who recently assisted Koepka at the 2024 Masters, has had an exciting month.
The couple met during the tournament in 2015 and will celebrate their second wedding anniversary in June.
Koepka, the runner-up at the Masters last year behind Jon Rahm, finished the week at nine over par and tied for 45th.
