Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Announces 57-Year-Old Rookie Model
Nina Cash
Ben Watts/SI Swimsuit.
On Wednesday morning Sports Illustrated Swimsuit announced the latest rookie who will appear in the 2024 issue.
Retired university associate dean turn model Nina Cash is making her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut. The 57-year-old was a co-winner of the 2023 Swim Search before landing the opportunity to be an SI Swimsuit rookie.
Nina Cash was photographed by Ben Watts in Porto and North of Portugal. Swimsuit top by Natalia Fedner and bottoms by Hunza G.
Ben Watts/SI Swimsuit.
“This whole experience has just been nothing but magic to me. It’s been magical,” Cash said of her experience. “I’ve said this a gazillion times and I will keep saying it because it’s truly a way to express how I’m feeling, but I feel like a child the night before Christmas and it’s like, now it’s Christmas day today and I’m opening up all my presents and I’m filled with such happiness and gratitude and excitement. It’s just, it’s been wonderful.”
Cash took to Instagram to share a behind the scenes look at her shoot.
Cash said she's loved the evolution of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.
“It’s really nice to see the magazine and what it has evolved into and what MJ has done as editor in chief,” she said. “To be really honest, I don’t think my look or my age or my hair color would have been in the magazine 10, 15, 20 years ago, certainly not when the magazine started. So it is really awesome to see that a [Gen X–er] is being represented.”
Cash's full interview and photos can be found here.
