McGrady hopes that it will help “take back the narrative” when it comes to certain aspects of motherhood.Seven years later, Kimberly appears in this year’s SI Swimsuit wearing a number of teeny-tiny swimsuits with Barbados as her backdrop, but achieving this was no easy feat for the model. Mom of 4, Kim Kardashian, is the cover model, Kelly Hughes proudly shows her C-section scar, and even visibly pregnant Katrina Scott can be found in the glossy pages. McGrady is one of several notable moms in the 2022 Swimsuit Issue. And I have such a deep appreciation for it.” “So I've shifted my whole perspective on my body as a whole, me as a whole, this industry as a whole. And how could I sit there and bash it anymore? How could I look at my body and say something wrong about it when that was his home for nine months and created his life,’” she shares. And now my focus is really on, ‘Oh my God, this body of mine was the first home to my son, gave life to the most important thing in my world. “Before I would really focus on the way it looked outwardly and every mark and scar and this, that, and the other thing. “I have a whole new respect for my body and I really admire my body postpartum,” she says. Being a mom to Hudson, who will turn 1 next month (despite her husband’s suggestion of keeping it low-key, McGrady’s going all out with a dinosaur theme and 50-person guest list), is her “favorite job.” And despite the narratives and pressure about “getting your body back” (even worse in the modeling industry), McGrady’s relationship with her body has only improved since pregnancy and birth. Yu Tsai/SPORTS ILLUSTRATEDĪnd yet when it comes to motherhood, little can dim her joy. Hunter McGrady appeared in her fifth Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, six months postpartum. And I thought, ‘Whoa, I feel very alone in this.’” “It's like once you get pregnant and you're plus-size, forget it, this just doesn't exist. “I was taken aback at how little representation there was,” she says, from maternity clothes to pictures in brochures, to media coverage. This includes, she says, plus-sized representation in pregnancy. I think that we still have a long way to go.” “When I first started in this industry, plus-size modeling was really still like the very bottom of a rise, and I think it takes these big brands, like Sports Illustrated, to really take that chance on somebody and say, ‘You know what? I'm going to put my money where my mouth is and I'm going to make the change happen.’ So in the last seven years, we have seen that massive jump. “They've really honestly accepted me and honored me and championed for me from the very beginning,” says McGrady. Since then, the brand has continued to include greater body diversity, expanding beauty standards while maintaining the glamorous, sexy tone of the classic issues. At the time, plus-sized models had only just begun to grace the pages of the iconic annual issue. McGrady made her SI debut in 2017 when she was just 22. “I have changed in so many ways: I’m a mom now, my body looks completely different,” she tells Romper, “and I’m so proud.” Even five-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Hunter McGrady hadn’t imagined it for herself after the birth of her first child, Hudson, but she’s a pro. Most new parents probably wouldn’t be thrilled about the idea of doing a bathing suit photo shoot six months postpartum.
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