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These 6 Photos of Haley Kalil Will Make You Book a Ticket to Belize ASAP

The four-time SI Swimsuit model was named co-winner of the Swim Search in 2018.

Cara O’Bleness

Haley Kalil

Haley Kalil was photographed by Yu Tsai in Belize.

Before she was named co-winner of the 2018 Swim Search, Haley Kalil traveled to Belize for her first-ever SI Swimsuit photo shoot alongside photographer Yu Tsai. The 30-year-old model and media personality returned to the publication the following year and reunited with the same photographer in Kenya.

In 2020, Kalil was photographed by Josie Clough in the British Virgin Islands, while her most recent magazine feature with the brand was in ’21, when she posed for James Macari in Hollywood, Fla.

“I never wore things like that before just because I didn’t really have a reason to... because it was Sports Illustrated and because I was shooting [with] Yu Tsai, it’s just so comfortable and it’s so natural to embrace who you are as a woman and your sex appeal,” Kalil told SI Swimsuit of her time on location in Belize. “It really just came naturally to me. I didn’t feel forced, I didn’t feel uncomfortable. It was just kind of like this amazing transition where it just felt like, ‘this is the moment that I’m supposed to be sexy,’ and I took that moment and ran with it and loved every part of it.”

Below are six of our favorite photos from Kalil’s 2018 feature.

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Cara O’Bleness
CARA O’BLENESS

Cara is a trending news writer/editor for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. A passionate writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience in print and online media, she loves storytelling and believes that words have the power to change the world. Prior to joining the team, Cara worked as a writer and editor across a number of content verticals, including food, lifestyle, health and wellness, and small business and entrepreneurship. In her free time, Cara loves reading, spending time with her family and making her way through Michigan’s many microbreweries. She is a graduate of Michigan State University's School of Journalism.

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