Simone Biles Goes for Silver in Sexy, Barely-There Sequin Hotpants forSports IllustratedCover Shoot

Mar. 15, 2025

Sportsperson of the Year Portrait of Simone Biles.Photo:Sports Illustrated/Shaniqwa Jarvis

Sports Illustrated/Shaniqwa Jarvis

Simone Bilesis coming in first place for style.

On Thursday, Jan. 2, the most decorated gymnast of all time, 27, was unveiled asSports Illustrated’s 2024 Sportsperson of the Year. For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.

Sportsperson of the Year Portrait of Simone Biles.Sports Illustrated/Shaniqwa Jarvis

Biles paired the sleek black top with Retrofête’sBraelynn Crystal Hot Shorts.

For shoes, she stepped into sexy, strappy Giuseppe Zanotti heels and accessorized with an assortment of silver pieces from Effy Jewelry.

Mixed in with her jewelry was her wedding ring from her Chicago Bears safety husbandJonathan Owens, 29. The couple tied the knot in 2023.

But that’s not the only look she rocked for the shoot.

The gold medalist completed her cover look with a head-turning snakeskin top.

Inher interviewwithSports Illustrated, Biles spoke about life after her record-breaking performance at the Paris Olympics over the summer.

“The pressure of Paris, especially coming off [of the] Tokyo [Olympics], was a lot, but I’ve been in a lot of therapy, so I know how to handle it,” she said.

“I wanted to be open and honest with my audience about exactly what I was going through because as an elite athlete, everybody thinks that every moment that we have in athletics is great, it’s the best, but we go through some lows too and we deal with things just like everyone else might,” the gymnast said.

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For Biles, getting to share her insight made her feel that others could relate to her: “It was kind of nice for me because then it shows we’re all going through this together.”

The sports pro has been open about prioritizingher mental health.

While addressing a fan in her Instagram Stories in July 2023, Biles said she was “handling the mental side” of returning to the sport with “lot’s of therapy.”

“I go once a week for almost 2 hrs,” Biles shared. “I’ve had so much trauma, so being able to work on some of the traumas & work on healing is a blessing.”

source: people.com