Salma Hayek, 58, dances in a bikini as her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue goes to Mexico

Daily Mail​

23-07-2025

Salma Hayek, 58, is appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Mexico.
This comes two months after the Frida actress appeared on the front of the US version to rave reviews.
The Hollywood icon had on a beige-and-brown macramé bikini on the cover which was shared by SI Mexico.
And in a video shared by the star, she modeled a cream-colored bikini with belly chain and matching necklace as she danced outdoors in a sizzling clip posted to Instagram on Wednesday.
The Hollywood icon had expert moves which were first spotted in her 1996 film From Dusk Till Dawn.
'My cover of @sportsillustrated. mexico in now out in Mexico with a special edition #VIVAMEXICO,' wrote the mother of one in her caption.
SI Mexico shared to Instagram: 'Our cover goes beyond beauty: it celebrates the strength and pride of being Mexican. @si_swimsuit arrives in Mexico and @salmahayek stars in the first edition for #SportsIllustratedMéxico.'
The Frida star was posing in a bikini as she showed off her enviable figure for the magazine.
The From Dusk Till Dawn standout is one of the few actresses to pose for the prestigious cover.
'It's so bizarre!' Hayek told the publication. 'I'm nearly 60! At this stage, it wouldn't have crossed my mind. The first thing you get is—what is that word?—imposter syndrome. You have the imposter syndrome immediately.'
She also appeared on the Today show with Savannah Guthrie where she said she could not 'believe' it.
'I remember when I was young and hot, I used to look at this magazine,' she said.
'I wanted to see who was the new gorgeous model, the new girl of the moment. And it never crossed my mind that I could be on that cover because they didn't look like me. My body's not necessarily the model type and I never thought that was a possibility. And for it to happen when I'm 58? It's really shocking,' said the siren.
'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit has always been about more than swimsuits and stunning imagery,' MJ Day, the editor in chief of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit said of the actress' first-ever cover.
'It's about creating a platform to capture moments that define our times, celebrating people who are shaping culture, and showcasing beauty on a world stage.'
She was on a blue floor at a peach-colored mansion
The shoot was by photographer Ruven Afanador.
'Every single woman included this year brings with her a unique and powerful reason for being featured in the issue.
'Whether it's about what she represents, the impact she's making, or the change she's driving in her own life and the world around her, these women show up with passion and purpose,' Day added in the press release, calling Hayek 'a force of nature as an actor, director, producer, and champion for women.'
In 2021, Salma told ET: 'I had to lose a lot of weight and exercise to get into the bikini towards the end of last year,' she said at the time.
'I'm glad I took a lot of pictures, I have no shame on it because it was the first week of the vacation,' Hayek added, referring to a vacation.
The Mexican beauty previously revealed she stays fit by practicing restorative yoga, juice cleanses, and walking her numerous dogs whom she's called her 'trainers.'
'I thought getting older meant I wasn't going to work. I'm working.
'I thought getting older maybe meant that you're not in love anymore. I'm in love,' the half-Mexican, half-Lebanese American told Glamour last year.
'I don't feel that I lost my flexibility or my agility or even my strength...Hell, I'm still going. Shocker. I'm still here.
'They tried to get rid of me a thousand ways. I'm still here.'
The age-defying brunette beauty continues to look decades younger than her years and has said she does not use Botox or fillers.
There's no magic or expensive beauty products behind her flawless skin. But she does use a product derived from the bark of a tree.
'I use an ingredient called Tepezcohuite that's used in Mexico for burn victims because it completely regenerates the skin,' Hayek told Elle way back in 2015.
'Some of the ingredients, when I took them to the American labs, they were like, 'Oh my God! How come nobody is using this?' This is why I have no Botox, no peels, no fillers.'
Salma and her billionaire husband François-Henri Pinault, 62, have been in a relationship since 2006 and tied the knot in Paris in 2009.
He is the son of billionaire French businessman Francois Pinault, whose company Kering bought Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent in the 90s.
His company also owns Boucheron, Balenciaga, and the British fashion house Alexander McQueen.