{"id":1831,"date":"2026-05-12T16:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alix-earle-poses-in-a-tiny-string-bikini-for-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-2026-cover\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:15:59","slug":"alix-earle-poses-in-a-tiny-string-bikini-for-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-2026-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/alix-earle-poses-in-a-tiny-string-bikini-for-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-2026-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Alix Earle poses in a tiny string bikini for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2026 cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/newspress-collage-zo21ghpr6-1778602590471.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alix Earle is one of four cover stars for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2026. <span class=\"credit\">Ruven Afanador\/Sports Illustrated<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alix Earle is giving new meaning to the phrase \u201clogged on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The influencer, 25, scored her third consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue photoshoot, photographed by Ruven Afanador in Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>This time, however, Earle <a href=\"https:\/\/swimsuit.si.com\/swimnews\/alix-earle-is-moving-outside-her-comfort-zone\">landed herself a cover<\/a> \u2014\u00a0joining <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/12\/style\/hilary-duff-wows-in-white-on-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-2026-cover\/\">Hilary Duff<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/12\/style\/tiffany-haddish-wears-itty-bitty-bikinis-on-cover-of-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-2026\/\">Tiffany Haddish<\/a> and Nicole Williams English as the 2026 leading ladies.<\/p>\n<p>While she shows off her cures on the cover in a teeny Andi Bagus string bikini, inside the glossy the Reale Actives founder wears a bikini top carved from African acacia wood.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lapaz.in\/products\/acacia-top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">bikini top<\/a> ($381) by La Paz features two sculpted cups strung together with wooden beads, which also run up the halter strap. Earle paired it with beaded crochet thong bottoms by Andi Bagus and posed alongside elephants, zebras and a giraffe.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve learned to push myself out of my comfort zone \u2014 in fact, I\u2019d say that getting uncomfortable is how you start feeling more comfortable,\u201d Earle told the magazine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Inside the pages, she wore a bikini top made out of wood. <span class=\"credit\">Alix Earle \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Photographer Ruven Afanador captured the 25-year-old on safari in Botswana alongside zebras and elephants. <span class=\"credit\">alixearle\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>This is Earle\u2019s third consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue appearance since her 2024 debut. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The TikTok star \u2014 who has amassed over 14 million followers across platforms \u2014 first joined the SI Swimsuit franchise as its <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/05\/31\/style\/alix-earle-makes-history-as-first-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-digital-cover-model\/\">inaugural digital cover star<\/a> in 2024, then <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/13\/style\/alix-earle-glows-in-crocheted-bikini-for-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-2025-photoshoot\/\">made her print debut<\/a> the following year in Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Unconventional swimwear has become a calling card for the University of Miami grad; her 2026 spread also features a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/17\/style\/alix-earle-poses-in-pearl-covered-bikini-for-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-2026\/\">$3,700 pearl-covered bikini top<\/a> by Audrey Blake hand-sewn with 1,000 real pearls.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the shoot, the \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d alum \u2014 who placed second in Season 34 \u2014 lounged at a safari lodge in neutral-tone bikinis by Norma Kamali and \u00c1gua de Coco, accessorized with bandanas and lug-soled boots.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>At a safari lodge, the TikTok star modeled neutral-tone bikinis by Norma Kamali and \u00c1gua de Coco. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/alixearle<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Earle recently launched her skincare line, Reale Actives, and landed a Netflix reality show. <span class=\"credit\">alixearle\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also channeled fashion history in a version of the 1968 Yves Saint Laurent safari tunic, made famous by supermodel Veruschka in French Vogue.<\/p>\n<p>Earle admitted she still felt some nerves before the shoot, even the third time around. \u201cI doubt myself, I worry \u2026 I\u2019m human,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a big year for the content creator; in addition to her \u201cDWTS\u201d run, she launched <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/25\/style\/alix-earle-wants-to-make-acne-care-fun-and-sexy-with-new-skincare-line-reale-actives\/\">\u201cfun, sexy\u201d acne skincare line Reale Actives<\/a> in March and landed a Netflix reality show, set to premiere later this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/12\/style\/alix-earle-poses-in-a-tiny-string-bikini-for-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue-2026-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alix Earle is one of four cover stars for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/newspress-collage-zo21ghpr6-1778602590471.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}