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Sailor Brinkley Cook Models Strappy Black Swimsuits in Turks and Caicos

The model posed for the 2017 SI Swimsuit Issue alongside her supermodel mother, Christie Brinkley, and sister Alexa Ray Joel.

Cara O’Bleness

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Sailor Brinkley Cook was photographed by Emmanuelle Hauguel in Turks and Caicos.

Sailor Brinkley Cook first posed for the SI Swimsuit Issue in 2017, when she took part in a mother-daughter photo shoot featuring her supermodel mom, Christie Brinkley. The SI Swimsuit legend modeled for the magazine alongside both of her daughters, Brinkley Cook and Alexa Ray Joel.

The trio traveled to Turks and Caicos for the feature, where they posed for photographer Emmanuelle Hauguel. The 25-year-old entrepreneur impressed so much in the tropics that she returned to the fold as a rookie in 2018. That year, Brinkley Cook traveled to Aruba and was photographed for a special, in-studio project called “In Her Own Words.”

Today, Brinkley Cook is signed with IMG Models and is the founder and creative director of Sacred + Divine, a company that creates candles, jewelry and clothing.

“I could not be more grateful to the beautiful and strong @mj_day for including me in this years Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 😭😩❤,” Brinkley Cook wrote on Instagram in 2017. She noted that while she had struggled with body image since she was a young girl, she had recently entered a season of life in which she began truly embracing self-love. “This is more than a magazine to me and always has been. As a growing young woman SI showed me all bodies are different and all bodies are worthy of celebrating. Thank you thank you @si_swimsuit for celebrating my beautiful mama, my beautiful sister, I, and ALL WOMEN!!”

Below, find a few of our favorite photos of Brinkley Cook from the 2017 SI Swimsuit Issue in Turks and Caicos.

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Cara is a trending news writer/editor for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. A passionate writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience in print and online media, she loves storytelling and believes that words have the power to change the world. Prior to joining the team, Cara 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, Cara 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.