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WNBA star Sophie Cunningham is featured in the upcoming Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, and her photos are going viral on the Internet.
Cunningham spoke to Sports Illustrated about how confident and beautiful she felt after her SI Swimsuit photo shoot.
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“When you grow up as an athlete, you always feel like you’re bigger than everyone else, and you know you’re beautiful on the inside, you know you’re beautiful on the outside, but you have to convince yourself of that sometimes,” Cunningham explained.
“But after [this] photo shoot, it’s like ‘Wow, I wish every little girl and every little boy could just feel what that felt like.’ I feel so confident, I feel so beautiful, I feel so amazing in my own skin and what my body has to offer and … I just felt so good just to be myself. When people see these photos, I hope they’re blown away, but I really hope that like, in some way, people can find something that will give them that feeling that I had while doing this shoot.”
Sports Illustrated shared behind-the-scenes footage of Cunningham’s photo shoot, which took place in Ft. Myers, Florida.
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Cunningham was asked about what her Indiana Fever teammates think about her SI cover shoot.
“Honestly, I don’t think anyone is gonna be fully surprised, I think the majority of them are gonna be like, ‘Where are your clothes?’” Cunningham. “But they also know it’s me. I think everyone’s gonna be super stoked and I think just proud because this really is an iconic moment and an iconic shoot and brand to be a part of.”