![]() ![]() Yumi Nu attends the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2021 Issue Concert at Hard Rock Live! in Hollywood, Florida. “Her SI cover changed so many people’s lives, and I think it changed the industry because you have this legendary publication putting its first curve model on the cover,” she said, adding that Hunter McGrady has also served as an inspiration. In 2016, Graham landed the cover, shattering norms and opening the door for a variety of body shapes to take center stage. She is quick to credit Ashley Graham and Sports Illustrated for fostering that seismic shift. It was like, ‘Oh, there are so many possibilities, and there are no bounds on what anyone can do now,’ ” she said. Once the trends of inclusion came upon us, it was easier for me to make a living and a career out of it. ![]() I really had my sights set on music, but then the industry left more room for me to be a part of it. I think I was a size 10 then, and the only people working were either a size 2 or a size 14. “I wasn’t sure where the industry was headed. By 15, she was writing her own songs and realistically saw her future in the music world. The beauty returned to modeling when she was 12, the same age she started singing lessons. When you are a toddler and screaming and crying, you have no sense of self control. “My mom had experience in commercial modeling, so when we lived in New Jersey, she would take me to do some kids catalogs. Getty Images for SI Swimsuit Model Devon Aoki and DJ Steve Aoki are Nu’s aunt and uncle. As a young child, she started her career in front of the camera, but the first stint was fleeting. I know I play a big role in representation in body diversity and race diversity, and I love to be a role model and representative of the plus-size Asian community.”īorn in New Jersey, Nu moved to Maryland as a tot, and at 14, her family went out to California, where she attended high school. It’s a big time for Asian-American people in media. I feel like we’re in a place right now where people are making space for more diversity on magazine covers. She was part of an ensemble of supermodels to grace the cover of the iconic September Vogue issue, and in April, she was the first Asian curve model to land the cover of Vogue Japan. (Her mother is the daughter of Benihana founder Rocky Aoki, and she is the niece of DJ Steve Aoki). It’s been a stretch of career highlights for the plus-sized model and singer who is of Dutch and Japanese extraction. He has many reasons to be proud of his girlfriend. Jordan Peterson shames SI Swimsuit model Yumi Nu as ‘not beautiful’- fans fight back ![]()
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