Christie Brinkley, 71, channels former Sports Illustrated Swim persona in red bikini

Model Christie Brinkley gained prominence after appearing on three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swim covers

Published April 8, 2025 5:33pm EDT

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The 71-year-old model channeled her inner Sports Illustrated Swim energy as she modeled a red bikini during a boat day over the weekend.

"Feeling Optimistic and Hope your [sic] are too!" Brinkley, whose memoir will be released April 29, captioned the post.

"Wishing everyone bright sun shiny days ahead!"

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Brinkley rose to prominence as a model in the 1970s. She posed for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit and landed three consecutive cover shoots in 1979, 1980 and 1981.

The model landed over 500 magazine covers worldwide throughout her career and was photographed in more than 30 countries.

Brinkley was first discovered at the age of 20 outside a phone booth in Paris. The model's most iconic photos were taken for Sports Illustrated.

In 2017, Brinkley returned to the cover of Sports Illustrated — this time with her

Model Christie Brinkley smiles and wears a bikini swimsuit in a still from "National Lampoon's Vacation." (Getty Images)

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Sailor also chose to follow in her supermodel mother's footsteps.

Sailor said her mom's advice to her was to "be as kind as humanly possible to everyone around me that I'm working with." (Fairchild Archive/Penske Media via Getty Images)

"That's sort of the biggest piece of advice that I think makes the best mark on anything that I'm doing and on the world that I live in and on the career that I have, [it] is just being sure that I maintain a reputation where people feel safe and comfortable and loved and happy around me and appreciated."

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