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SI Swimsuit Model Brooks Nader Reveals Embarrassing First Date Story

She married the lucky guy despite the messy incident involving sushi.

Ananya Panchal

Brooks Nader. 

SI Swimsuit model Brooks Nader got candid about her most embarrassing first date story, and she just happens to be married to the lucky guy now.

Billy Haire, vice president of digital sales and partnerships for The Arena Group, invited Nader to Bond Street Sushi in New York, and the 26-year-old showed up 20 minutes late. But that’s not the worst part.

“I ate like my first bite of sushi—he already had everything ordered—and I sprinted to the bathroom and I was projectile vomiting everywhere,” she recalled. “Because I got really sick, I had a stomach disease that I didn’t know about.”

Nader has been featured in the SI Swimsuit Issue every year since she was discovered through Swim Search in 2019.

“The waitress went back to the table and said, ‘Your date’s in the bathroom having a really rough time,’” Nader explained. “Didn’t specify throw up or what it was. Then I sprinted out of the date and he thought that I just didn’t like him, and that was my way of getting out of it.

“But I did like him at the time, and I do now. There were many dates after that—he was totally hooked after I sprinted out throwing up.”

Nader and Haire got married on Dec. 14, 2019, at St. Mary’s Church in New Orleans, a cathedral that was built in 1727. She wore a gorgeous strapless gown from Pronovias featuring a dramatic mermaid silhouette and a button-detailing down the back.

Her whole family was there when Nader said yes to the dress.

“My dad came to the dress fitting, which was so special to have him there for that process,” she told Brides. “The girls were making jokes about who was going to shed the first tear. When I came out in the dress, my dad ‘fainted’ when he saw me. I knew it was the right dress!”

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit, where she covers fashion, beauty, pop culture and the internet’s favorite personalities and trends. She joined the brand in 2022 after roles at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. Panchal loves to write about fashion in all its forms—from standout runway moments and evolving street style to the best accessories to elevate each season’s wardrobe (she rarely goes anywhere without a stack of jewelry and a coffee in hand). A self-proclaimed beauty fanatic, she’s always on the hunt for must-have products and loves breaking down viral trends. Her favorite series at the moment is spotlighting female founders and the stories behind the brands they’ve built—especially those shaping the future of fashion, wellness and tech. She is based between New York City and San Francisco and, when she’s not writing, can be found rewatching One Tree Hill, playing sudoku, trying new restaurants or ranking her favorite Disney Channel Original Movies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism with a minor in criminal justice from Boston University.

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