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Cintia Dicker Was a Fiery Beauty During Her 2013 SI Swim Shoot in Namibia

The Brazilian model was photographed for the magazine five years in a row.

Ananya Panchal

Cintia Dicker

Cintia Dicker was photographed by Kayt Jones in Namibia.

Brazilian model Cintia Dicker made her SI Swimsuit debut with photographer Steve Erle in 2009 and just kept coming back. She was photographed for a total of five consecutive years, and has traveled to several exotic locations with the magazine including Tenerife in the Canary Islands in Spain, Portugal, Peter Island in the British Virgin Islands, Livingstone in Zambia, and Namibia.

The 36-year-old moved to New York City at the age of 15, after being discovered in a shopping mall in her hometown, to pursue modeling and revealed to the magazine in 2013 that she wanted to some day have a bikini brand of her own and some day get married and have children.

Looks like the Dicker Swimwear founder’s dreams came true. She is a mom to one daughter, Aurora, whom she welcomed with professional surfer and husband Pedro “Scooby” Vianna, last December. 

“Whenever Pedro and I thought of a possible name, Aurora came up. She thought it was strong, with a beautiful meaning [from Latin, it represents the sunrise, the dawn of the day, and Pedro always liked it too. So we had no doubts about our choice,” she said about their daughter’s beautiful name.

“I dream of having a bed and breakfast when I stop modeling,” she also listed in the SI Swimsuit interview. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that Dicker breaks into the tourism and hospitality industry and we’re hoping she’ll save us a spot when she does.

Below are five of our favorite photos from her most recent SI Swimsuit shoot with Kayt Jones in 2013 in Namibia.

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Cintia Dicker
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Cintia Dicker
Cintia Dicker

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Ananya Panchal
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.

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