Sports Illustrated announced May 13 that Hayek would grace the cover of the magazine's flagship Swimsuit Issue. She is one of four cover stars along with Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, model and former NCAA gymnast Olivia Dunne and model and entrepreneur Lauren Chan.

Salma Hayek Pinault is going to have a hard time impressing her 17-year-old daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault, with her newly announced 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' Issue. The actress was announced as the new cover star of the coveted issue,

Dunne appeared on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2023, but she is on the cover this time. The 22-year-old made her SI swimsuit debut in 2023 with a shot in Puerto Rico and again in 2024 in Portugal. However, for her cover, she traveled to Bermuda to be photographed by Ben Watts.