Ellie Thumann Turns 22, Dazzles in Sparkly String Gold Bikini

The YouTube star and model celebrated her big day in style.

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Ellie Thumann is feeling “22” and celebrating her birthday in “Style.” The 2023 SI Swimsuit rookie, who happens to be a major Taylor Swift fan (she and her boyfriend even dressed up as the singer and NFL star Travis Kelce for Halloween) turned 22 over the weekend and donned the perfect glamorous birthday bikini for her special day.

The social media influencer, who is best known for her lifestyle, fashion and beauty YouTube channel that has more than 2.1 million subscribers, donned a super sparkly, sequined gold two-piece featuring a classic triangle top with side-tie cheeky string bottoms. She accessorized with fun red heart-shaped sunglasses and a stack of necklaces.

To show off her look, the Arizona native, who now lives in Charleston, S.C., with her older sister, Erin Thumann, posed in her kitchen, sundeck and in a pool on top of a massive Corona bottle floaty. She sipped on a Corona Light and showed off her modeling skills and super toned figure and long legs for a series of digital camera pics.

“dare I say… I don’t know about you but I’m feeling 22,” she captioned a carousel that she shared with her 1.6 million Instagram followers on Oct. 30. Behind Thumann was a glittery gold sign that read “Feeling 22,” in reference to Taylor Swift’s hit song from the Red album.

“happy birthday princess,” fellow influencer and SI Swimsuit model Olivia Ponton commented.

“TERRIBLE 2s,” beauty influencer Ava Jules added. “THERE SHE IS.”

“Yesss happy birthday queen,” Miami-based DJ and TikTok star XANDRA wished.

“CANT WAIT FOR THE BIRTHDAY VLOG!!” one fan chimed.

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