About this episode

Alix Earle shares her incredible experience as the cover girl for Sports Illustrated Swim after a whirlwind trip to Botswana.

I genuinely still cannot believe this happened. After 5 flights, 3 hours of sleep, a 3:40 am call time, and thunderstorms all morning while we literally prayed for the sun to come out, we somehow made it to our Sports Illustrated Swim shoot in Botswana!! We shot nearly 20 looks, got the BEST behind the scenes footage ever, and then somewhere in the middle of it all I found out I was the Sports Illustrated Swim COVER GIRL?!?! You guys seriously have no idea what this means to me. The next day, we went on safari and saw lions, elephants, zebras, hippos… the whole trip honestly felt like a crazy dream. I’m so grateful I get to share moments like this with you guys. XO Alix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Alix Earle

Topics covered

• modeling
• travel
• behind the scenes
• sports
• safari
• personal experience

Keywords

• Sports Illustrated
• cover girl
• Botswana
• safari
• modeling
• behind the scenes
• travel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sports Illustrated

Places: Botswana, Africa

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