How Jordan Chiles manifested SI Swimsuit dream after whirlwind Olympic experience

Just over two years ago, Jordan Chiles was on beach with her friends doing a “pretend Sports Illustrated Swimsuit” photoshoot.“Watch,” the U.S.

gymnast recalled telling her friends in an interview with The Post.“One day, I’m going to be a Sports Illustrated model.” Chiles, 23, traveled to Boca Raton Fla.

earlier this fall for her first photoshoot as a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit athlete for the magazine’s 2025 issue as that dream became a reality.“I actually manifested Sports Illustrated about two and a half years ago when I was on a girls’ trip with my friends,” Chiles recalled while discussing her partnership with Bath & Body Works.

“… [My friend] was just like, ‘Are you serious?’ And I said, ‘watch.'” The SI moment came after Chiles’ incredible summer winning gold in the team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.She was also at the center of a scoring controversy, which resulted in her being stripped of her bronze medal she got in the floor exercise final at the Summer Games.The offer from Sports Illustrated — an email passed along from her publicist that “literally made me cry and melt” — was just what Chiles needed to embrace her beauty on a path to self discovery.

“I got the email from my publicist and I had to reread it..and I was like, there’s no way that this is happening,” Chiles said.

“This is a full circle moment… I was switching in and out of swimsuits, taking photos in the sand, in the water, doing all these crazy things, and it was just — I was happy for myself.“I think in that moment I was finally able to be like, ‘Okay, Jordan, you can let everything go and give this moment your all.

And I was just very proud of myself.“I literally remember running in the sand with one of the swimsuits on, and I yelled to my mom and I said, ‘Mom, I made it!’ That felt like a moment that I made it in the world.This was something that I’ve always wanted to do.

So it was emotional, but also ve...