Aly Raisman Topless Photoshoot

Aly Raisman Topless Photoshoot
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Aly Raisman may wear a leotard much of the time, but that doesn’t mean the gymnast doesn’t get apprehensive about showing off her body.
The two-time Olympian posed for some steamy photos in the 2017 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue , including a few topless shots, and says she was anything but hesitant at the photo shoot.
“It was very weird because at the shoot I wasn’t nervous because I felt so comfortable,” Raisman, 22, told PEOPLE Now on the red carpet for the SI Swimsuit edition launch party. “It’s an incredible feeling to feel so confidant and comfortable and to know that I have insecurities just like everyone else.”
She added, “Doing the shoot, I was like, ‘This is the day where I’m not gonna worry; I’m not gonna be insecure. I’m gonna have fun.’ And it was seriously one of the best days of my life.”
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Raisman’s favorite picture, however, is one that shows off her flexibility in a black bikini.
“I just feel like I’m a model!” she explains. “My legs just look so long. I was really proud of it because I don’t look 5’2″ in there.”
In an Instagram video posted by the gold medalist as part of SI Swimsuit’s partnership with the @WomenIRL Instagram account and Health.com, she says, “I model because it makes me feel happy, strong, feminine and beautiful. I think it’s such an empowering feeling to be at a photoshoot and to know that you’re not perfect and that you have insecurities just like everyone else but you’re still having so much fun because you know you’re unique and beautiful in your own way.”
She continued, “I also model because, when I was younger, I used to get made fun of by the boys in my class. They told me that I was too strong, that I looked manly and that I was anorexic and looked like I was on steroids. Of course that really bothered me and I used to hate the way that I looked. Which, looking back, it makes me feel really sad but that’s why I’m so proud to be in the SI Swim 2017 issue. Because, at 22 years old, I feel strong and beautiful in my own way. There is no perfect body type.”
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Aly Raisman is making no apologies for posing topless for Sports Illustrated.
The Olympic gold medalist hopes her photo shoot will teach girls to embrace their bodies.
"I did the issue because I love my body. I can express myself in any way that I want," Raisman told Motto . "But that doesn’t give anyone the right to judge me. I think being a role model is about being a kind person."
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She added, "It really made me realize that women do not have to be modest in order to be respected."
The 22-year-old said it took her years to develop confidence about her body.
"I think everyone goes through phases in life where they feel insecure," she shared. "I have plenty of times. But as I’ve gotten older I've learned to appreciate my body. Young girls should be taught that there’s no ideal body type. We're all different and unique in our way — if we all looked the exact same, we’d be very boring."
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Aly Raisman is using her platform as an Olympian to empower herself and others.

Last month, the gold-medal winning gymnast delivered a chilling testimony in court about the abuse she and her fellow athletes endured at the hand of Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar , who was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing over 160 women and girls.

Since then, Raisman, 23, has teamed with clothing brand Aerie , starring in its new #AerieReal campaign un-retouched to encourage tolerance, acceptance and body positivity. And now she’s joining Sports Illustrated Swim ‘s new franchise, “In Her Own Words,” posing completely nude with only the phrases “trust yourself,” “live for you,” and “abuse is never okay” written on her body.

“I would like to remind everyone that being a survivor is nothing to be ashamed of, and going through a hard time does not define you,” Raisman told SI Swim . “I hope that we can one day get to a point where everyone realizes that women do not have to be modest to be respected. We are free to draw confidence and happiness in our own way, and it is never for someone else to choose for us or to even judge us for that matter.”

She added that taking part in “In Her Own Words,” alongside models Sailor Brinkley Cook, Paulina Porizkova and Robyn Lawley , is a reminder that every one has personal hurdles to overcome.

“For me, ‘In Her Own Words’ serves as a reminder that we are all humans, we are all battling something, and it is ok to not be ok,” she shared. “We are not alone and we need each other.”

SI Swim Editor MJ Day said this year’s issue is all about delivering an empowered message that not only celebrates women’s diverse bodies, but also the platforms that are important to them.

“The ‘In Her Own Words’ project is the evolution of the messaging of the SI Swimsuit issue that we have been consistently promoting in the issue for years,” Day told PEOPLE. “The idea of allowing women to celebrate and evolve and harness their own power in a creative environment and allow them a platform to speak to who they truly are and who they want to be.”

Day added: “It’s so simple, yet so difficult for many in this industry to find control over how their identity is portrayed or interpreted or judged. We want to give this control directly to the women to own their story and image throughout the whole creative process. The results are inspiring.”In a recent cover interview with PEOPLE , Raisman acknowledged that for her, realizing the extent of Nasar’s abuse and coming to terms with it has been very difficult. RELATED VIDEO: Olympian Aly Raisman Opens Up About How Her #SISwim Photoshoot Made Her Feel ‘Confident’ & ‘Comfortable’

“You never really want to say, ‘I was sexually abused,’ but you have to process it. You can’t push it aside forever, which is what I did for a long time,” she shared . “I’m still processing it and coping with it.”

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But through platforms like “In Her Own Words,” she’s finding her voice. And she’s hoping to be an agent of change in the sport of gymnastics and beyond. “You lose a part of yourself when you’re abused,” she said. “I lost a part of myself, and I’m getting it back by speaking out.”

“I’m just starting to realize how strong I am,” she added, “and I won’t be silenced.”

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Gold medalist Aly Raisman has great moves off the mat, too. Image by Michael Regan/Getty Images
In October 1977, Barbra Streisand asked, “What’s a nice Jewish girl like me doing on the cover of Playboy?” Now with Jewish two-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman posing naked for ESPN The Magazine’s Annual “Body Issue,” we’re asking a similar question. “It sounds like a Jewish mother’s nightmare,” writes JTA’s Andrew Tobin about Raisman’s photo shoot, “But Playboy, it’s not.”
In his book “Acting Jewish,” Professor Henry Bial writes that the Jewish label on Playboy’s cover with Streisand suggests that she is a sex symbol both in spite of her Jewishness and because of her Jewishness. In “Jewhooing the Sixties,” David Kaufman points out that “by providing a new model of ‘Jewish beauty’ herself, [Streisand] helped make Jewishness aesthetically attractive and romantically appealing.” So as the athlete who won her gold medal with a floor routine set to “Hava Nagila,” and who her rabbi Keith Stern says “is very proud and upfront about being Jewish,” is it Raisman’s Jewishness that makes her photo shoot provocative, or is the shoot less risqué than the “naked” headlines suggest?
While posing nude on the balance beam, Raisman bears her muscles, but reveals nothing, leaving plenty to the imagination, as Tobin points out. In the world of nude photography, her shoot may be as tznius, or modest, as it gets. Though the shoot may be suggestive, it suggests not only 21-year-old Raisman’s potential sex appeal as gymnast-Jewess, but also a triumph of body positivity amidst industries — both gymnastics and nude portraiture — where many girls have struggled with eating disorders.
“[The headline] sounds a little sexualized — that’s one frame — but when you listen to the interview, [Reisman’s] talking about what she’s able to accomplish with her body through discipline. That frame is a very different frame,” says Deborah Meyer, executive director of Moving Traditions, which runs Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing, a program promoting positive body image for adolescent girls through Jewish sources.
Reisman is five feet and two inches worth of muscle — bulkier than many other gymnasts, she says, but that didn’t stop her from proudly posing before a team of photographers. “I think imperfection is beauty,” says Raisman. “Instead of being insecure about my muscles, I’ve learned to love them. I don’t even think of it as a flaw anymore because it’s made me into the athlete that I am.”
To Meyer, Raisman exudes discipline and hard work, while withholding negative self-judgment. “She’s a powerful role model for Jewish girls and women,” Meyer says, explaining that gratitude to God for the bodies we were born with and what we can do with them is a Jewish value. The morning blessing called “birchot hashachar,” says Meyer, is about appreciating “gifts from God” — our bodies, the world surrounding them, and the resources, such as food and water, we put into them. In Leviticus Rabbah, Hillel tells his students, “the Torah teaches that every human being was created in the image of God. If this is so, shouldn’t we, who are made in God’s likeness, take care of our bodies?” Raisman says she always eats healthy: “everything I put into my body is for the purpose of gymnastics.”
In bearing it all, Raisman’s naked photo shoot for ESPN The Magazine may bear less in common with Playboy than the headlines suggest. Like the title of Bial’s book “Acting Jewish,” the values Raisman puts forth in her interview may fall in line with “acting Jewish” — only here, not only may her Jewishness make her sexy like Streisand, but her Jewish values also make her strong. Perhaps Raisman’s naked shoot isn’t a “Jewish mother’s nightmare” after all.
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