Connect with us

Fashion & Lifestyle

Yumi Nu isn’t 'going to let anyone take away' her happiness as the first Asian plus-size Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover star


Yumi Nu isn’t “going to let anyone take away” her happiness after becoming the first Asian plus-size Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover star.

The 25-year-old model didn’t “want to get into much” about the comments made by the right-wing psychologist and YouTuber Jordan Peterson but says the achievement “means so much” to her and others.

During an Instagram Live on Thursday (19.05.22), Yumi told Teen Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief Versha Sharma: “I don’t want to get into it too much and give him more than he’s already taken…I’m just happy right now and I know that this cover means so much to so many people including myself and I’m not going to let anyone take that away from me.”

Jordan – who left Twitter after receiving an outpouring of criticism for his comments – quote tweeted an image of the cover, labelling it “not beautiful” before ruling no “authoritarian tolerance” was going to make him see it as.

The 59-year-old academic tweeted: “Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.”

As a part of her initial response, the Vogue Japan cover star posted a video on TikTok of her lip syncing to Nicki Minaj’s ‘Itty Bitty Piggy’

With Jordan’s tweet in the background, Yumi mouthed along to: “I don’t even know why you girls bother at this point. Give up. It’s me. I win. You lose.”

After the cover was unveiled, the ‘Blueki’ creator called her turn on the magazine – which is preceded by models such as Tyra Banks, Brooklyn Decker, Elle MacPherson and their first plus-size model Ashley Graham – “important” as she had been “tainted” by unrealistic body standards.

Yumi said: “I think my 13 year old self had already been tainted by societal beliefs of what you need to look like to be on a cover. If she would’ve saw it before she saw anything else, I think she would have lived a different life with a different head space.”

Advertisement
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Trending

Hottest Galleries

Follow Us on Facebook

Don’t Miss

Log In

Forgot password?

Forgot password?

Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.

Your password reset link appears to be invalid or expired.

Log in

Privacy Policy

Add to Collection

No Collections

Here you'll find all collections you've created before.