Kim Kardashian is blown away after landing her first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover

The 41-year-old star paid tribute to the iconic magazine but insisted she always assume the honor of fronting the Swimsuit edition was reserved for ‘young’ models and runway stars.

‘I vividly remember Tyra Banks on the cover and women with curves, I remember thinking that was just so cool. But I still thought you had to be a professional model and a runway model,’ she told.

‘It was always really young girls. I don’t want to date myself or sound old. But in my 40s? That’s crazy! I never thought in a million years that I would be shooting one myself.’

For the 2022 issue launch, Kim joins singer Ciara, rising model Yumi Nu and model and activist Maye Musk as the four cover stars.

In a statement, MJ Day – SI Swimsuit’s editor in chief – said: ‘The journey we’ve been on — to break out of the mold the world put us in — may sound familiar. It’s certainly familiar to the women we’ve chosen to be our cover models: Maye, Ciara, Yumi, Kim.’

She added: ‘Kim Kardashian, no stranger to the world’s judgment, continues to live proudly, authentically, and unapologetically through the noise.’

For her own cover story, Kim has penned a letter to her younger self and used the opportunity to reflect on her own personal growth.

‘It’s easy to say to just ignore the criticism, but another thing you’ll learn is that at some point it will click in your head that it’s not about you anymore,’ she wrote.

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