5 Phenomenal Photos of Mom of Two and Podcast Host Hunter McGrady in Bali

The Model Search alumna has been photographed for the magazine five separate years.

Ananya Panchal | Oct 4, 2023

Hunter McGrady was photographed by Yu Tsai in Bali.

Yu Tsai/Sports Illustrated

Southern California native Hunter McGrady was discovered through the Model Search in 2017. She was captured in bodypaint in Anguilla by photographer Josie Clough for the SI Swimsuit Issue that year and returned the following year for a special in-studio photoshoot titled “In Her Own Words” with Taylor Ballantyne.

The mom of two, who shares her 2-year-old son Hudson and 6-month-old daughter Ava with husband Brian Keys, traveled to Costa Rica in ’19 and worked with photographer James Macari, the same year she landed the cover of The Knot. McGrady was featured in Bali in ’20 and was photographed by Yu Tsai in Belize last year.

The 30-year-old is the cohost of the Model Citizen podcast, which she hosts with her older sister, fellow model Michaela McGrady. She also runs a fashion line, All Worthy, ranging in sizes XXS to 5X. The model first entered the industry at the age of 19 and has been a strong advocate for body diversity and size inclusion since day one.

“I started as a straight-size model, which means you’re a size 2 or 4,” she told SI Swimsuit. “Today, I’m a size 20. I looked very different. But it was just something that I couldn’t keep up with. Every agency I was going to kept telling me to lose weight. I was 114 pounds and six feet tall. I had nothing else to lose. Every day there was someone saying I couldn’t live my dream unless I looked different. That’s hard as a teenager."

Below are five of our favorite photos from her 2020 photoshoot with Yu Tsai in Bali.

Hunter McGrady — Yu Tsai/Sports Illustrated

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Published Oct 4, 2023

ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit. Before joining SI Swimsuit in 2022, she worked at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. When she is not writing or doom-scrolling on social media, Panchal can be found playing sudoku, rewatching One Tree Hill or trying new restaurants. She's also a coffee and chocolate (separately) enthusiast. Panchal has a bachelor’s in communications and journalism from Boston University.