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5 Breathtaking Photos From Alexis Ren’s Trip to Aruba

The model was named Rookie of the Year after her 2018 SI Swimsuit feature.

Martha Zaytoun

Alexis Ren poses with her arm above her head and smiles for the camera.

Alexis Ren was photographed by Yu Tsai in Aruba.

California native Alexis Ren has been putting her modeling skills on display since a young age, and she began documenting her career on social media at 14. Her online presence gave her the chance to show her personality as well as her skill in front of the camera. 

Ren was featured in the 2018 SI Swimsuit Issue after a stunning photoshoot in Aruba. She accompanied photographer Yu Tsai to the idyllic tropical location and brought her sparkling personality, too. Having practiced ballet for many years, the model took the chance to show off some of her incredibly impressive skills on the bright sand beaches of the Caribbean. Several of her photos from the session featured Ren’s skilled poses and ballet-inspired outfits, and posing in swimwear was comfortable for her, too. 

“I’ve lived in a bikini my entire life, and so modeling bikinis was just so natural to me,” she said on set.

While ballet may have been her passion at the beginning (and is yet very dear to her, she expressed in a recent Instagram post), modeling has also become a skill that she has cultivated into an impressive career, which has featured spots on the cover of Grazia and Ocean Drive, among others. Her resulting résumé is one that her SI Swimsuit feature fit nicely into. 

Ren certainly proved herself a natural in front of Yu Tsai’s lens. Below are some of the incredible snaps from her photoshoot, which earned her Rookie of the Year honors.

Alexis Ren poses on the sand in a white string bikini.
Alexis Ren poses in front of the ocean in a gold bikini.
Alexis Ren stands on the sand in a pink bikini and black leg warmers.
Alexis Ren lays in the shallow water in a pink bikini.

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Martha Zaytoun
MARTHA ZAYTOUN

Martha Zaytoun is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit. Before joining SI Swimsuit in 2023, she worked on the editorial board of the University of Notre Dame’s student magazine and on the editorial team at Chapel Hill, Durham and Chatham Magazines in North Carolina. When not working, Zaytoun loves to watercolor and oil paint, run and water ski. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a huge Fighting Irish fan.

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