Angel Reese Brings Bayou Barbie Vibes to the Water in Silver Two-Piece

The Chicago Sky forward drove around Turks and Caicos in style.
Angel Reese was photographed by Yu Tsai in Los Angeles
Angel Reese was photographed by Yu Tsai in Los Angeles / Yu Tsai/Sports Illustrated

Last week, WNBA rookie Angel Reese amazed her 3.9 million Instagram followers with a series of bikini mirror photos as she modeled a silver Chanel two-piece. On Saturday, Aug. 3, she followed up with a carousel of pics that truly embodied her Bayou Barbie persona out on the water.

Reese was photographed in the same bikini as she posed in a luxury hot pink Onyx Charters JetCar while on a body of water. She sat perched atop the drivers seat in the first few photos, and her post featured a video in which she jetted across the water in Turks and Caicos.

Tons of Reese’s fans chimed in to the comments section to provide feedback on the fitting and unique ride.

“Sis got the malibu barbie car jet ski special 😭😭🔥,” one person noted.

“it’s giving life size Barbie in real life 😍🎀💕,” someone else noted.

“Just a Barbie girl in Angel’s world 🫶🏾🫶🏾,” a follower stated.

When Reese posed for last year’s SI Swimsuit Issue in Los Angeles, she revealed exactly where her Bayou Barbie nickname came from.

“The name Bayou Barbie came from a fan in Baton Rouge. She just called me the Bayou Barbie, and my mom heard it and we just ran with it,” Reese, who was the No. 7 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, stated. “I mean, it kind of fits me. I’m in Baton Rouge, which is the bayou, and then the Barbie part is my nails, lashes, hair [which are] always done on the court, so yeah, it went together.”


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Cara O’Bleness

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Cara O’Bleness is a writer and editor on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit. Prior to joining SI Swimsuit in 2022, she worked as a writer and editor across a number of content verticals, including food, lifestyle, health and wellness, and small business and entrepreneurship. In her free time, O’Bleness loves reading, spending time with her family and making her way through Michigan’s many microbreweries. She is a graduate of Michigan State University’s School of Journalism.