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Hilary Duff, Alix Earle Among Four Cover Models for 2026 SI Swimsuit Edition

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Hilary Duff, Alix Earle, Nicole Williams English and Tiffany Haddish are this year's cover models.
Hilary Duff, Alix Earle, Nicole Williams English and Tiffany Haddish are this year's cover models. | Kat Irlin, Ruven Afanador, Ben Watts, James Macari/Sports Illustrated

Here at Sports Illustrated, swim season has already begun.

The 2026 SI Swimsuit Issue officially dropped Tuesday morning, bringing with it four new covers and cover models: comedian Tiffany Haddish, singer-actor Hilary Duff, model Nicole Williams English and influencer Alix Earle.

In total, this year’s issue features 34 different women, including the debuts of Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, Lynx forward Napheesa Collier and track and field world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.

For an up close look at all four of this year’s covers and models, keep reading below:

Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish, SI Swimsuit cover model
Haddish’s cover was shot in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. | James Macari/Sports Illustrated

Haddish is a 46-year-old stand-up comedian and actor best known for her star-making turn in the 2017 comedy Girls Trip. Since then, she has appeared in a number of different projects, including Apple TV's The Afterparty, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Haunted Mansion and more.

Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff, SI Swimsuit, woman in bathing suit
Duff was photographed in South Caicos. | Kat Irlin/Sports Illustrated

Duff’s comeback year continues. The former Lizzie McGuire star, now 38, returned with her sixth studio album (and first musical project since 2015’s Breathe In. Breathe Out.) in February, to the delight of millennials everywhere.

Nicole Williams English

Nicole Williams English, sports illustrated swim, mode
Williams English was photographed in Montauk, N.Y. | Ben Watts/Sports Illustrated

Williams English, 41, is no stranger to the SI Swimsuit Issue—she has been featured in each annual edition since 2023, after having announced her pregnancy during the Swim Week runway show in 2022.

Alix Earle

Alix Earle, SI swimsuit, woman in bathing suit
Earle was photographed in Botswana. | Ruven Afanador/Sports Illustrated

Earle—a 25-year-old influencer and perhaps the most famous of her kind—is everywhere: She’s on your TV, she’s on your phone and now she’s on the cover of SI Swimsuit. Curious about her content? Start with a “Get Ready With Me” and go from there. The obsession will follow shortly after.

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BRIGID KENNEDY

Brigid Kennedy is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.

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