Brooks Nader returns to SI Swim for her fourth consecutive year, after making her debut via SI Swim Search open casting call back in 2019.
Ahead of her first-ever cover for the magazine, Nader looked back on the casting call process in 2019, which she admits she was skeptical of at first, and shared how it turned into an empowering, “I told you so,” moment that helped launch her career.
“I went to open casting call, I waited for hours, I did the whole thing. And I was with a modeling agency and I was like, ‘Why is this my avenue? I could totally go into the New York office and go to a casting,’” said Nader. “But it was more empowering to go through that channel, all because it was more rewarding when I got that ‘yes.’
