And 57-year-old Sports Illustrated bikini model\u00a0Kathy Jacobs\u00a0is the silver-haired mother of the movement.<\/p>\n
\u201cOld is the new hot,\u201d a smiling Jacobs told The Post.<\/p>\n
The 5-foot-2 married mom of one is featured in SI\u2019s 2021 Swimsuit edition, and is the oldest woman to ever be spotlighted in the issue\u2019s 57-year history. (Sports Illustrated\u2019s first Swim volume hit shelves in 1964 \u2014 the same year Jacobs was born).<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m closer to 60 than I am to 50 at this point,\u201d said the small town Texas girl-turned-Calabasas, California resident. \u201cSo to be in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine representing ladies my age is just the best feeling in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacobs was one of the 13 rookie models discovered through\u00a0Sports Illustrated\u2019s annual Swim Search\u00a0casting call.<\/p>\n
The social media campaign invites women over 18 to submit themselves for SI Swim consideration by uploading a 60-second video to Instagram explaining why they should slay in the sultry\u00a0spread.<\/p>\n
\u201cOld is gold,\u201d said Jacobs in the submission clip she posted last August. \u201cAnd short is sexy,\u201d she continued before adding, \u201cHeck, I\u2019m so out, I\u2019m in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her enduring Southern charm and timeless beauty won judges over.<\/p>\n
And before her petite frame graced the pages of SI Swim Monday, Jacobs was tapped to rip the\u00a0Sports Illustrated Swimsuit\u00a0runway during Miami Swim Week on July 10.<\/p>\n\n
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