Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka is proud to become the first Japanese and Haitian woman to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine. Osaka joins the list of women like American model Tyra Banks, who in 1997 created history as the first black woman to appear on the cover alone and singer Beyonce, who featured on the 2007 cover. 

“My memories [of the magazine] kind of involves the people that I grew up admiring, so I remember Tyra Banks’s issue, I remember Beyonce’s. Just growing up and watching so many incredible women grace this cover, for me, it feels like a dream.