SI Swimsuit 2017 Launch Week Diary: The Lead-Up

Andy Gray | Feb 15, 2017

Mia Kang, Lais Ribeiro, Myla Dalbesio, Bianca Balti, Vita Sidorkina, Kelly Gale :: Photo courtesy of NYSE

Hello again. It's the middle of February and we're off on another SI Swimsuit adventure. If you missed my exciting Swim Week Diaries from 2013 or 2015 or 2016, feel free to indulge. But my focus is on 2017, which brings us to launch week. Our staff has been hard at work since March and it all comes together over the next three days. No pressure or anything. Onto the photos.  

The first official activity I attended was Monday at the New York Stock Exchange, where the rookies rang The Closing Bell.

MJ Day, Lais Ribeiro, Myla Dalbesio, Mia Kang, Chris Stone, Kelly Gale, Vita Sidorkina, Bianca Balti :: Photo courtesy of NYSE

Courtesy of ABC

Yu Tsai

Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Sailor Brinkley-Cook, Christie Brinkley, Alexa Ray Joel, MJ Day

Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Nina Agdal

Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Bo, Rose Bertram, Samantha Hoopes, Robyn Lawley

Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Barbara Palvin

Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Robyn Lawley joins the red carpet.

Robyn Lawley

Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Lisa-Marie Jaftha, McKenna Berkley, Anne de Paula

Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Samantha Hoopes

Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Kate Bock and Rose Bertram :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Bo and Robyn Lawley :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Hailey Clauson :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Taylor Ballantyne

Lexus Lounge :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Nina Agdal :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Robyn Lawley :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Brinkley Family :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Rose Bertram and Sam Hoopes :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Aly Raisman :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Rose Bertram

Crowd :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Hunter McGrady :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Brinkley family :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Aly Raisman and Hannah Jeter :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Hunter McGrady and Ashley Graham :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

MJ Day and Kate Upton :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Nina Agdal and Barbara Palvin :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Chris Stone, Kate Upton and MJ Day :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne

Nina Agdal :: Photo by Taylor Ballantyne