The 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue features a number of new faces including renowned health and wellness coach Melissa Wood-Tepperberg.
Wood-Tepperberg is making her SI Swimsuit debut this year after working with photographer Yu Tsai on a photoshoot in Dominica. The 40-year-old fitness leader can now add the credential of SI Swimsuit model to her already stacked résumé, as she becomes one of the 2023 issue’s rookies.
“It feels so beyond incredible to be a Sports Illustrated rookie,” Wood-Tepperberg, a mother of two, said. “I can’t fully believe it, but then I can believe it because I’m here and I’m doing it, and it just feels phenomenal.”
