The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Isssue 2015 cover has been unveiled, but we don’t think anyone was more shocked than the magazine’s newest cover girl, Hannah Davis.
The 24-year-old model and girflfriend of former pro baseball player Derek Jeter shared her super sexy cover shot Wednesday on Instagram. Dressed in a black lace embellished bikini, Davis was photographed by Ben Watts on Tennessee’s Blackberry Farm. The rustic scenery is a far departure from previous SI Swimsuit edition beachy backdrops, and a part of the reason she didn’t think she landed the highly coveted cover.
Thank you to my @si_swimsuit and @imgmodels family! I am honored to be your 2015 cover girl! Wow!! >A photo posted by Hannah Davis (@hanni_davis) on Feb 4, 2015 at 8:55pm PST
“I gave her a hug and the only words she could get out were, ‘Are you sure?’ Is it definitely printed already,'” said SI assistant managing editor MJ Day about the day the mag gave Davis the news. In a video on the Sports Illustrated site, you can see the young model in complete shock as she sees the cover for the first time during an appearance on SI Now.
