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