Jena Sims

Jena Sims, a 2023 Swim Search co-winner, walked the runway for SI Swimsuit’s Show at Miami Swim Week while nearly eight months pregnant and welcomed her baby boy, Crew, just a few weeks later in July. The Georgia native is the founder and president of HBBQs, Inc. (Has Been Beauty Queens), which puts on the Pageant of Hope™, an international event that focuses on confidence, self-esteem and appreciation of inner beauty for children and teens in challenging environments—now considered the most inclusive pageant in the world.

She also created a line of swimwear with OneOne, is an investor in DIBS Beauty, and recently partnered with Steve Madden to help design the brand’s debut golf shoe collection.