{"id":168977,"date":"2025-05-15T15:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/salma-hayek-sports-illustrated-cover-topless-photos-and-curvy-confidence\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:01:22","slug":"salma-hayek-sports-illustrated-cover-topless-photos-and-curvy-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/salma-hayek-sports-illustrated-cover-topless-photos-and-curvy-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Salma Hayek Sports Illustrated Cover: Topless Photos and Curvy Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Salma Hayek<\/strong><\/a> is many things: an Oscar-nominated actress (and the first Mexican woman to receive a nod, for 2002\u2019s Frida<\/em>, which she also produced), a director, a philanthropist and an activist.<\/p>\n

Now, Hayek, 58, is also a Sports Illustrated<\/em> swimsuit edition cover model. She recently traveled to her home country of Mexico for the sensational photoshoot, captured by photographer Ruven Afanador<\/strong>, in which she was the picture of sun goddess glamour at the Cuixmala luxury resort.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m nearly 60! At this stage, it wouldn\u2019t have crossed my mind. The first thing you get is \u2014 what is that word? \u2014 imposter syndrome. You have the imposter syndrome immediately,\u201d Hayek said in her cover story published online<\/a> on Tuesday, May 13, and will hit stands on Saturday, May 17.<\/p>\n

Despite looking like a total bombshell in every bikini-clad shot, Hayek told the magazine that she\u2019d considered Sports Illustrated<\/em> to be out of reach for her. \u201cI used to look at this magazine, and all the models that were in it were so perfect and so beautiful,\u201d she explained in the feature.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Salma Hayek Sizzles in a Sexy Push-Up Bikini: See the Pics<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tSalma Hayek is (rightfully so) feeling herself. Hayek, 58, took to Instagram on Sunday, April 20, to show off her bikini-ready body while enjoying a sunset boat ride on a tropical vacation. In the snap, she wore a black-and-white push-up top with a sweetheart neckline and a tie in the middle. She teamed the look [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hayek continued, telling journalist Marshall Heyman<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cThis was the top of the top of the top. It was a landmark for models. It was an iconic space for ultimate beauty, even if it was a magazine that was not about that normally. But each issue was the trailblazer of what is beauty today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Portrait of Salma Hayek Pinault posing during a photo shoot for the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue on newsstands May 17.<\/span> Ruven Afanador \/Sports Illustrated\/Contour by Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And it still is: In newly revealed shots, a topless Hayek lounges on a cushion in nothing but a glinting chainlink bottom by Torso Vintages Collection and a Logan Hollowell golden body chain. Or dripping wet in a metallic bronze Alida Herbst halter bikini top and matching cheeky bottom.<\/p>\n

She followed these and other photos up with a montage of behind-the-sceenes clips<\/a> from the shoot with her strutting down the beach, writhing on the sand and posing topless in a swimming pool (save for an Al\u00e9mais straw sunhat and a Jacquie Aiche turquoise necklace, but of course).<\/p>\n

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