Chase Carter Traveled to Her Home Country for Her SI Swim Feature in the Bahamas

The model was photographed by Ben Watts for the 2018 issue.

Ananya Panchal | Oct 6, 2023

Chase Carter was photographed by Ben Watts in the Bahamas.

Ben Watts/Sports Illustrated

Chase Carter traveled to her Caribbean island home town in 2018 for her SI Swimsuit feature. The model was photographed by Ben Watts on the gorgeous beaches of Harbour Island, Bahamas—the same year she was featured on the cover of Maxim magazine.

The 26-year-old first entered the industry at the age of 13, when she was scouted at an airport in Australia. She singed with IMG Models within a year and has since appeared in campaigns for major brands like Victoria's Secret PINK, Urban Outfitters, Maybelline, Polo Ralph Lauren, PacSun and more.

The former soccer, softball and track athlete got engaged to Chicago Cubs player Cody Bellinger earlier this summer. The two share their young kids, Caiden and Cy, together.

“I started making money the summer when I was 16 years old. I remember going to Chicago for Seventeen magazine, and Miami for Ralph Lauren. I got to travel by myself, and I got to be independent and out of the house like I always wanted,” she said about the start of her modeling career. “I always said to myself, ‘I’ll go back to school,’ because I missed the routine and playing sports. I would keep up with my team and asked if I could still play games even though I was doing online school. Two years after I graduated, I saw that all my friends were doing was drinking and partying, and I said, ‘I’m fine here. I can live in New York and do whatever I want and not have to depend on my parents for financial support and be my own person.’”

Below are five of our favorite photos from her 2018 photoshoot in the Bahamas.

Chase Carter — Ben Watts/Sports Illustrated

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Published Oct 6, 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.