Asian model Lauren Chan makes history as first out lesbian on SI swimsuit issueShe had no idea she was going to be its cover model — the news brought her to tears of joy.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Asian and Middle Eastern plus-sized model Lauren Chan has made history as the first out lesbian model ever to grace the cover of the annual Sports Illustrated (SI) swimsuit issue ... The honor brought her to tears, she said, and has helped continue her quest of "dismantling the beauty ideal," she recently told People magazine.
The issue came out on May 13. Chan had no idea that the photos she took for it (back in March) would end up as one of the edition's four different cover shots, each featuring a different model.
"My whole career has been based on representation and inclusion," she told the aforementioned publication. "Although my career has taken different forms, the same North Star has been followed, and that is to represent people like me who have felt marginalized and left out to have them feel not just included but celebrated."
"It's not just being included, it's that extra step of celebration," Chan said of her cover model appearance in SI's swimsuit edition . "It's that extra platform to represent people like me who haven't been here before and now they can see themselves somewhere like this platform and imagine that they can be there too."----------------------------------
"Although my career has taken different forms, the same North Star has been followed, ..."
I think she is a fan of Danielle. (Northern Star Girl)
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