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SI Swim Model Georgina Burke’s 8 Best Photos From Barbados

The two-time brand star was featured as a rookie in last year’s magazine.

Cara O’Bleness

Georgina Burke was photographed by Ben Watts in Barbados.

Georgina Burke was photographed by Ben Watts in Barbados.

Georgina Burke didn’t let short notice keep her from becoming an SI Swimsuit rookie last year. When the Australian model had only 24 hours to get to Barbados, she hopped on a plane immediately. 

“I was actually in Montana at my boyfriend’s place and received a call,” she reflected during the magazine’s New York City launch events last year. “They’re like, ‘How can you get to Barbados?’”

The Burke NYC founder made a splash posing on the beach in the Caribbean, and returned to the publication this year for her sophomore feature. She traveled to Puerto Rico, where she posed for photographer Ben Watts, the same visual artist she worked with for her magazine debut.

“Finding out I was gonna be in Sports Illustrated [was] a huge milestone in my career,” Burke admitted in an IMG Models interview earlier this year. “I was stuck in Montana and they gave me 24 hours to get out to Barbados. So it was kind of cool that I didn’t get to freak out. I didn’t do any crazy diets or anything silly that you think you’d want to do for this shoot.”

Below are eight of our favorite photos from Burke’s rookie SI Swimsuit photoshoot in Barbados.

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Cara O’Bleness

CARA O’BLENESS

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.