Tyra Banks Graces the Cover of 'Sports Illustrated' | THR News - video Dailymotion

The 45-year-old previously made history in 1997 as the first black woman to earn a solo cover spot for the publication's annual swimsuit edition.

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00:00Ex Cookie Cutter Beauty! You guys, it's all about all ages, all sizes, all colors, all everything.

00:04Get ready to smize. Tyra Banks is once again a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girl,

00:09looking as fierce as ever on one of three covers for the 2019 edition of the annual issue.

00:13And the 45-year-old supermodel stopped by Good Morning America to talk all about it.

00:18This marks the America's Next Top Model creator's third turn as the SI Swimsuit cover star.

00:22Banks made her SI Swimsuit debut in 1993.

00:25In 1996, she appeared on the cover for the first time alongside fellow model Valeria Maza.

00:30Then, one year later in 1997, Banks made history as the first black woman to earn a solo cover spot.

00:36Now, over 20 years later, Banks is gracing the cover once again.

00:40When you're seeing that, what do you think?

00:42Yeah, I'm like...

00:43Looking good?

00:44Dang, I'm going to find out!

00:46In a statement SI Swimsuit editor MJ Day said,

00:49Since Tyra's first cover in 1996, she's transformed herself into nothing less than a mogul,

00:54a cultural force, and a supernova of inspiration and empowerment.

00:58This year's two other cover stars are U.S. national women's soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan

01:04and 2018 SI Swimsuit model search winner Camille Kostek.

01:08For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:10Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.