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Hilary Duff is making her ‘Sports Illustrated Swim’ debut, and the former Disney star is not treating it like a quiet comeback moment.
The ‘Lizzie McGuire’ alum posed for the magazine’s new issue in Turks and Caicos, stepping into a series of white-hot swimwear looks that gave fans a very different side of the actress and singer. The photos, released May 12, show Duff standing in shallow blue water, lounging in the sand, and leaning into full retro glamour.
The timing also works. Duff is in the middle of a new music chapter after ‘Luck… Or Something’, and this shoot adds another glossy layer to that return.
Hilary Duff Makes Her ‘Sports Illustrated Swim’ Debut
Duff’s standout look was a white OYE Swimwear design with a halterneck that reached toward her stomach. The one-piece swimwear look also featured a crisscross wrap detail at the waist and an open-back silhouette.
She styled the look with platinum blonde waves, smoky bronze eye makeup, a sun-warmed complexion, and soft mauve tones on her lips and cheeks. The whole shoot leaned into old-school beach glamour.
Duff Shows Off Several Swimwear Looks
The mom of four also modeled several other one-piece swimwear styles for the shoot.
That included a bright red Vitamin A swimwear look, a black OYE Swimwear design with a bold cutout, and another black Vitamin A piece with a separate top detail.
Duff also gave one look a sportier feel, posing in a white OYE Swimwear set with mesh panel details across the top and high-waisted bottom. The styling kept the shoot varied without moving away from the clean beach theme.
Duff Says The Shoot Was Scary
Duff admitted the opportunity felt flattering, but also intimidating.
“I’m a mom of four, and I’m not a spring chicken,” she told the publication. “I don’t typically frolic around in a bathing suit, so it was a little scary.”
Duff shares daughters Banks, 7, Mae, 5, and Townes, 2, with husband Matthew Koma. She also shares son Luca, 14, with ex-husband Mike Comrie. She said motherhood helped change the way she sees her body, especially after growing up under the harsh beauty standards of the 2000s.
“The amount of pressure I put on myself to look like other people was a lot,” Duff said. “I can look at my body now and appreciate all the things it has done for me. I no longer find that I am constantly comparing myself, and that is a better place to exist.”
For Duff, the shoot is more than a swimwear debut. It is a public reset from someone who has spent most of her life being watched.
