{"id":447982,"date":"2022-05-16T20:21:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yumi-nu-shaking-over-si-swimsuit-cover-reveal\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T20:21:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:21:09","slug":"yumi-nu-shaking-over-si-swimsuit-cover-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yumi-nu-shaking-over-si-swimsuit-cover-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yumi Nu &#8216;shaking&#8217; over SI Swimsuit cover reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2513c39767f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2513c39767f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yumi-nu-shaking-over-si-swimsuit-cover-reveal\/#%E2%80%9CYumi_Nu_%E2%80%98shaking_over_SI_Swimsuit_cover_reveal%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Yumi Nu &#8216;shaking&#8217; over SI Swimsuit cover reveal&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CYumi_Nu_%E2%80%98shaking_over_SI_Swimsuit_cover_reveal%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Yumi Nu &#8216;shaking&#8217; over SI Swimsuit cover reveal&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Last week, model Yumi Nu visited her agent for what she thought was a routine interview and career check in. <\/p>\n<p>But while she was answering questions earnestly, \u201cMy agents were in on this little plan,\u201d the 25-year-old told The Post. Midway through the \u201cinterview,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/swimsuit.si.com\">Sports Illustrated Swimsuit<\/a> honcho MJ Day and other staffers from the bikini bible popped out with a camera crew as the cover of this year\u2019s magazine, featuring Nu, filled a nearby monitor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was processing the surprise of it not being a real interview and that this was actually the SI cover reveal. I could not speak. I had full body chills. I was shaking, I was crying. They really got me good,\u201d said Nu.<\/p>\n<p>Her first call was to her boyfriend Dimitri Dinas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was freaking out. He was like, \u2018If I were a teenage boy, I\u2019d have a poster of you in my room. Now I\u2019m dating an SI cover star.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/1397569989.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Yumi Nu and Editor In Chief at Sports Illustrated Swimsuit MJ Day attend the Yumi Nu 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Reveal on May 11, 2022 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-22287355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/1397569989.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/1397569989.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/1397569989.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Yumi Nu at the cover real on May 11.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for SI Swimsuit<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He has many reasons to be proud of his girlfriend. It\u2019s been a stretch of career highlights for the plus-sized model and singer who is of Dutch and Japanese extraction. (Her mother is the daughter of Benihana founder Rocky Aoki, and she is the niece of DJ <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/09\/22\/steve-aoki-wants-to-be-cryogenically-frozen-with-family-after-death\/?_ga=2.212913108.1789194112.1652668695-13376124.1649352637\">Steve Aoki<\/a>). She was part of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/08\/05\/vogue-shot-its-september-cover-at-the-conde-nast-offices\/?_ga=2.154724600.1789194112.1652668695-13376124.1649352637\">an ensemble of supermodels to grace the cover of the iconic September Vogue <\/a>issue, and in April, she was the first Asian curve model to land the cover of Vogue Japan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing. I\u2019m on cloud nine. This is nothing I could prepare for. It\u2019s unexpected. I feel like we\u2019re in a place right now where people are making space for more diversity on magazine covers. It\u2019s a big time for Asian-American people in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>. I know I play a big role in representation in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/03\/19\/yumi-nu-is-sports-illustrated-swimsuits-first-asian-curve-model\/\">body diversity and race diversity<\/a>, and I love to be a role model and representative of the plus-size Asian community.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Born in New Jersey, Nu moved to Maryland as a tot, and at 14, her family went out to California, where she attended high school. As a young child, she started her career in front of the camera, but the first stint was fleeting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/454460278.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Model Devon Aoki and DJ Steve Aoki are Nu's aunt and uncle \" class=\"wp-image-22285786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/454460278.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/454460278.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/454460278.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Model Devon Aoki and DJ Steve Aoki are Nu\u2019s aunt and uncle.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy mom had experience in commercial modeling, so when we lived in New Jersey, she would take me to do some kids catalogs. When you are a toddler and screaming and crying, you have no sense of self control. She knew I wasn\u2019t enjoying it,\u201d said Nu.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty returned to modeling when she was 12, the same age she started singing lessons. By 15, she was writing her own songs and realistically saw her future in the music world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure where the [modeling] industry was headed. I think I was a size 10 then, and the only people working were either a size 2 or a size 14. I really had my sights set on music, but then the industry left more room for me to be a part of it. Once the trends of inclusion came upon us, it was easier for me to make a living and a career out of it. It was like, \u2018Oh, there are so many possibilities, and there are no bounds on what anyone can do now,\u2019 \u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She is quick to credit Ashley Graham and Sports Illustrated for fostering that seismic shift. In 2016, Graham landed the cover, shattering norms and opening the door for a variety of body shapes to take center stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer SI cover changed so many people\u2019s lives, and I think it changed the industry because you have this legendary publication putting its first curve model on the cover,\u201d she said, adding that Hunter McGrady has also served as an inspiration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1330468908.jpg?w=728\" alt=\"Yumi Nu attends Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2021 Issue Concert at Hard Rock Live! in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino on July 24, 2021 in Hollywood, Florida. \" class=\"wp-image-22287440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1330468908.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1456 1456w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1330468908.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1091 1092w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1330468908.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=728 728w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1330468908.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=364 364w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1330468908.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\"\/><figcaption>Yumi Nu attends the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2021 Issue Concert at Hard Rock Live! in Hollywood, Florida. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Nu doesn\u2019t have to look beyond her family tree for insight and support, particularly her mother\u2019s sister, Devon Aoki. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has a cult following and will be a classic model for the rest of time. She has really helped me this year now that I am working with a lot of bigger names, like Steven Meisel. She has helped me stay grounded and remember why I am doing what I am doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday she is also releasing her EP, \u201cHajime,\u201d which is Japanese for \u201cthe beginning.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But as Nu is multitasking in both the music and modeling world, she is looking forward to a break, which includes lounging and episodes of Netflix\u2019s \u201cGrace and Frankie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think hustle culture is something I want to promote,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to enjoy life.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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