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Salma Hayek Goes Topless for SI; Star Thought She Was Too ‘Short,’ ‘Curvy’

Salma Hayek graces the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover, posing topless and sharing how she embraced her curvy beauty and confidence

She recently traveled to her home country of Mexico for the sensational photoshoot, captured by photographer Ruven Afanador, in which she was the picture of sun goddess glamour at the Cuixmala luxury resort. She followed these and other photos up with a montage of behind-the-sceenes clips from the shoot with her strutting down the beach, writhing on the sand and posing topless in a swimming pool (save for an Alémais straw sunhat and a Jacquie Aiche turquoise necklace, but of course). On Wednesday, SI Swimsuit ’s cover dropped on Instagram, and Hayek wore a glitter-flecked green bikini by Johanna Ortiz in a pool — one of the publication’s trademark backdrops.

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