Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn will be featured alongside other women in Sports Illustrated‘s coveted swimsuit edition wearing a body paint swimsuit.

Vonn posted a sneak peek of the issue on her social media, expressing her excitement and revealing that it took 14 hours to put the body paint on her Facebook writing, “Be confident in your own skin! #strongisbeautiful,”

So excited to be part of this years Sports Illustrated Swimsuit! The body paint took 14 hours to put on but it was worth…

Posted by Lindsey Vonn on Monday, February 15, 2016

Vonn also posted a video on her Instagram of herself doing pull ups in the body paint, joking, “Even when I was on set I never stopped training…”

This issue has many other notable features including the increased inclusion of plus-sized models and other athletes in body paint. The three cover models, announced earlier this week, are Ronda RouseyAshley Graham, and Hailey Clauson. Graham is the first size 16 model to ever get a Sports Illustrated cover. There will be three different covers to magazine, on sale now.

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