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Te’a Cooper Serves Stunning Edgy Mermaid Vibes in Ultra-Plunging High-Leg Black One-Piece

The WNBA free agent is thriving on her latest tropical vacation.

Ananya Panchal

Te’a Cooper.

Te’a Cooper just dropped the most magnificent Instagram post and we have absolutely no words for how stunning she looks.

The WNBA free agent donned a ultra-plunging, high-leg classic barely-there black one-piece as she waded thigh-deep in a clear blue-green lagoon. The former Los Angeles Sparks guard accessorized with a long black-and-gold Van Cleef necklace and diamond earrings. She was captured looking off into the distance and adjusting her swimsuit. Her long dark locks were wet and slicked back and she flaunted her gorgeous sun-kissed glow, toned arms and legs, glass skin and hourglass figure.

“MADE FOR YOU 🌊,” she captioned the Jan. 22 carousel she shared with her 1.8 million followers.

“girl!!!!” fellow athlete and SI Swimsuit model DiDi Richards commented. “YOU DID NOT HAVE TO DO US LIKE THIS!!”

“te’aaaaa THEY CLOCKINGGGG👅😍you eating,” NCAA star athlete Angel Reese added.

The 2022 SI Swimsuit model, who was photographed for the magazine by Yu Tsai alongside fellow female basketball players, posed for a series of pics on the beach with gorgeous blue skies and a small coastal town behind her.

“You look at [SI] Swimsuit and it’s like natural bodies, or whatever you chose to do. [Models] are authentically themselves [and] you just see that in the photos,” Cooper said while on location in St. Thomas. “I think seeing that with every color, shape, size is really great representation for kids growing up. Like ‘that could be me,’ everybody’s different in their own way and seeing that is inspiring. When you don’t see [anyone who looks] like yourself somewhere, it’s hard to dream it.”

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit. Before joining SI Swimsuit in 2022, she worked at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. When she is not writing or doom-scrolling on social media, Panchal can be found playing sudoku, rewatching One Tree Hill or trying new restaurants. She's also a coffee and chocolate (separately) enthusiast. Panchal has a bachelor’s in communications and journalism from Boston University.

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