Olivia Dunne posts SI swimsuit polaroid photos for Miami swim week
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Olivia Dunne is excited for Miami Swim Week.
The star LSU gymnast and influencer, who made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut in the magazine’s 2023 issue, shared never-before-seen polaroid shots from her photoshoot.
Dunne can be seen modeling several bikinis and cutout swimwear in 14 behind-the scenes snaps, which were take by photographer Margot Zamet.
“In honor of Miami Swim Week here are my @si_swimsuit polaroids from my shoot,” the 20-year-old gymnast wrote.
Dunne dropped the intimate photos just a few hours before the 2023 SI Swimsuit runway show at Miami Swim Week.
This year’s runway show, which will be DJed by rising Miami-based DJ XANDRA, returns to the W Hotel South Beach, where SI Swimsuit models including Brooks Nader, Camille Kostek, Christen Harper, and more will be walking the runway.
It’s unclear if Dunne, who is entering her senior year at LSU, is walking in the show.
She shared the polaroid photos a day after she launched “The Livvy Fund” on Thursday, created to help women-athletes at LSU secure NIL deals in the male-dominated field.
Dunne, who announced her NIL deal with SI Swim in April, was one of two college athletes featured in the 2023 SI Swimsuit Issue, a first for the publication.
The other is fellow LSU star basketball player, Angel Reese, who led the Lady Tigers top their first championship in program history after defeating Iowa in the NCAA tournament in April.
Dunne traveled to Puerto Rico earlier this year for her first-ever editorial photo shoot with visual artist Ben Watts.
She modeled a number of stylish swimsuits, including a cut-out designer GG Stretch Jersey Swimsuit, worth $720, which she felt confident in.
“My favorite shot was this one of me on my knees in the sand with the water coming up from the ocean and I’m in that suit, and it just made me feel really awesome,” told SI Swim while at the brand’s launch events in May at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
The New Jersey native is the NCAA’s highest paid female athlete, with an NIL valuation of $3.3 million, according to On3.
During a recent appearance on the “Full Send Podcast,” Dunne revealed the largest check she’s gotten on a sponsored post was over $500,000.
The 2023 SI Swimsuit runway show will include this year’s cover star, Brooks Nader, Camille Kostek, who’s making her sixth appearance in the swimsuit issue, and Christen Harper, the magazine’s 2022 co-Rookie of the Year with Katie Austin.
Harper, engaged to Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, was a co-winner of the Swim Search the previous year.
The SI Swimsuit runway show at Miami Swim Week begins at 9:30 ET, and fans can watch it via live stream.
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