Ciara took to Instagram to share her excitement about being featured on the cover on Monday. “Wow Wow Wow!!! This Dream of mines to be on the cover of @SI_SwimSuit finally came true,” she wrote. “Truly proud to be on the cover of such an Iconic Magazine and to join the elite list of women that have come before me! Thanks to MJ_Day and the SI team for choosing me to be your Cover Girl. I’m definitely gon be poppin and makin that thang JUMP today! It’s a celebration :)” MJ Day, the editor in chief of SI Swimsuit, is thrilled to feature Ciara. “The journey we’ve been on—to break out of the mold the world put us in—may sound familiar. It’s certainly familiar to the women we’ve chosen to be our cover models: Maye, Ciara, Yumi, Kim,” Day said in a statement. Ciara’s husband, Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson,also expressed how proud he is of his wife. “As you can probably tell, I’m incredibly proud of my wife,” Wilson said. “And now that she’s on the cover of SI Swimsuit, that’s one more thing for me to take pride in. I know it’s something she’s always wanted. And I know she’ll use the visibility that comes with being on the cover to inspire even more people—not only as a mother and the beautiful angel and the powerful woman that she is.” There’s no doubt about it: This cover made a serious splash. Next up: See Yumi Nu Learn She’s an SI Swimsuit Cover Model
