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Heidi Stevens

Heidi Stevens: Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue critics don't care about public health. If they did, they'd read the room.

I see we’re still doing that thing where we look at someone in a swimsuit and pretend we’ve accessed their full medical history and most recent blood panel.

This time our “patient” is singer and model Yumi Nu, who appears on one of Sports Illustrated’s four new swimsuit issue covers. She looks gorgeous and remarkably comfortable, in both her skin and her swimsuit. But you can’t see her ribs. And her stomach isn’t concave. And her curves don’t look like a surgeon placed them there, all of which upsets the delicate balance of people’s fantasy universe.

Doug Polk, a professional poker player, tweeted his thoughts on Nu’s cover to his 156,000 followers.

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