Alix Earle Returns to ‘Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’ in Sizzling Bikini

Alix Earle returned to Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in the hottest way.

On Monday, February 17, the publication and Earle, 24, announced via Instagram she’ll be featured in the magazine’s May 2025 issue in nothing but the sexiest bikinis. The first swimsuit she modeled was a Lybethras Manu set including an ivory crochet triangle top equipped with reflective gold straps and matching string bottoms.

Earle added more eye candy to the swimsuit with a gold body chain that lined her curves and wrapped around her toned bodice. The TikTok star also accessorized with a statement necklace featuring a stone pendant.

Photographed by Yu Tsai, Earle donned a full beat as she gazed into the camera while posing off a dock at Jamaica’s Round Hill Hotel & Villas. Thanks to celebrity makeup artist Jodie Boland, she rocked bronzy eyeshadow that complemented her tanned skin, rosy cheeks, flirty lashes and glossy lips.

Hairstylist Paul Norton made sure Earle’s golden locks were perfect for the shoot by parting her mane down the middle and gently curling her ends.

Elsewhere in the photo shoot, Earle looked sultry in a black Vesey halter top and thong bottoms. She walked to the edge of a dock while wearing a black bathrobe and then spun around to the camera and revealed her slinky set.

Earle’s boyfriend, Braxton Berrios, and friends were quick to support the social media star in the comments section.

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“Let’s go!!” Berrios, 29, wrote, as fellow SI Swimsuit model and Earle’s former University of Miami classmate, Xandra Pohl, added, “Yayyy <3.” Jake Shane gushed, “OH MY GOD,” while Kennedy Eurich commented, “Beautiful gorgeous stunning amazing.”

This isn’t the first time Earle has posed for SI Swimsuit. In May 2024, she made her debut on the magazine’s first-ever digital cover while wearing a metallic swim set and orange-tinted shades.