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SI Swimsuit Models Take Over Mets-Pirates Game Ahead of 2025 Issue

It was a star-studded evening at Citi Field as the 2025 SI Swimsuit launch week kicked off.

Natalie Zamora

XANDRA, Ellie Thumann, Olivia Dunne and Camille Kostek at the Pirates-Mets game at Citi Field on May 12.
XANDRA, Ellie Thumann, Olivia Dunne and Camille Kostek at the Pirates-Mets game at Citi Field on May 12. / SI Staff

We’ve made it to launch week ahead of the 2025 SI Swimsuit issue, which hits stands on Tuesday, May 13. All week long, we’ll be celebrating the release of the annual magazine with special events, including a launch party at Hard Rock Hotel New York and an extra exciting, members-only Social Club full of fun events.

On the eve of the big release day, multiple SI Swimsuit models headed out to Queens, N.Y. to watch the New York Mets take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at Citi Field, posing in their best baseball attire for the eventful outing. Seen on the field were Camille Kostek, Ellie Thumann and XANDRA, three returning models for the 2025 issue, who earned the honors of throwing the first pitch. They were joined by fellow returning model Olivia Dunne, who attended the game to support her longtime boyfriend, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes.

XANDRA, Ellie Thumann, Olivia Dunne, Camille Kostek at Pirates-Mets game on May 12.
XANDRA, Ellie Thumann, Olivia Dunne, Camille Kostek at Pirates-Mets game on May 12. / SI Staff

Near the dugout ahead of the game, XANDRA, Kostek and Thumann tossed a baseball back and forth with the Mets players and created content with Dunne as they waited for their big moment.

Dunne and Skenes were first linked back in 2023 after meeting at LSU, where Skenes played for the Tigers’ baseball team and Dunne competed on the women’s gymnastics team. Skenes’s height and mysteriousness caught the three-time SI Swimsuit model’s eye and the rest is history—though they nearly never got together due to Skenes not following Dunne back on Instagram.

“[I] would see him around every now and then. I was like, ‘Who is this tall, mysterious man that never smiles?’” Dunne recalled in their GQ feature from April. “He was shy.”

It’s an exciting week to be a fan of these incredible ladies. While Dunne and Thumann traveled to sunny Bermuda for their 2025 SI Swimsuit shoot, photographed by Ben Watts, XANDRA’s shoot saw her posing in the tropical Jamaica for photographer Yu Tsai and Kostek went for cold weather with a trip to Switzerland, captured by Derek Kettela. Along with the magazine release on Tuesday, the models’ full galleries of images will be released on the website. Make sure to check back in with us tomorrow.

With a temperature of about 65° in Queens, it was a great night for a baseball game.

Pre-order the 2025 SI Swimsuit issue here and secure your membership for the Social Club, taking place May 16 and May 17, here.

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Natalie Zamora
NATALIE ZAMORA

Natalie Zamora is a leader in the digital media space who specializes in entertainment and lifestyle topics. After graduating from Rutgers University where she majored in English and minored in Cinema Studies, she currently works as the VP of Entertainment Content, FanSided/SI Swimsuit at Minute Media. In addition to SI Swimsuit, her work can also be found on sites such as Winter is Coming, Mental Floss, and more. With a deep passion for pop culture, Natalie has her finger on the pulse of trending topics and loves to keep up with her favorite celebrities.

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