Denise Bidot is the latest model added to Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s roster of new rookies. The longtime model debuts on the cover of the magazine in May, wearing a green two-piece courtesy of French swimsuit label Eres.
Bidot will be featured in the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, starring in photographs captured in Jamaica, seen here. Eres, the French label that provided Bidot’s bikini for the shoot, was founded in 1968 and features swimwear, loungewear and lingerie.
Bidot signed with talent agency CAA in August 2020. Throughout her career, Bidot has done a variety of ad campaigns and runway shows. The model appeared in campaigns for Lane Bryant, Target, Dove and Olay and has worked for brands that include American Eagle Outfitters, Savage x Fenty and Nasty Gal. In 2015, Bidot made her runway debut for swimsuit and bodywear label Chromat.
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As her impressive modeling career has grown, Bidot has used her platform to advocate for more body diversity in the fashion industry and inclusion. Bidot founded “The No Wrong Way Movement,” a venture that works to spread body acceptance and individual beauty in 2016.
Bidot joins an impressive roster for Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit edition. Ming Lee Simmons, the daughter of model Kimora Lee Simmons and Russell Simmons, is among the other rookies that were recently announced.
Lee Simmons joins Bidot for the May issue of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit edition. Other famous faces gracing the S.I. Swimsuit edition include Cameron Brink, Jordan Chiles and more.
For its 2025 issue, Sports Illustrated focuses on the intersection of athletics and fashion, tapping several notable athletes and models for an inclusive spread. Additional stars may yet be announced ahead of the swimsuit edition’s official release this spring.
