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The Story Behind Jessica White’s Marvelous and “Most Intricate” Body Painting Feature in Grenada

The SI Swimsuit model was featured in the magazine eight separate years.

Ananya Panchal

Jessica White was photographed by Rennio Maifredi in Grenada.

Jessica White was photographed by Rennio Maifredi in Grenada.

Jessica White made her SI Swimsuit debut in 2003 and was featured a total of 12 times over eight separate years. She modeled for three body painting features, in 2004, ’05 and ’09. The former Victoria’s Secret model’s most recent photo shoot was in 2011 with photographer Raphael Mazzucco in the Philippines.

She recently shared a throwback of the amazing 2009 photos from Grenada with her 256,000 Instagram followers, and tagged artist Joanne Gair, who covered the model in carefully painted gorgeous mosaic tiles.

“This is the most intricate suit that i’ve ever worn” the now 38-year-old said at the time of the shoot with photographer Rennio Maifredi in Grenada. “It’s a mosaic from ancient Rome, Italy. The gold is kind of bringing out my skin tone. It looks really nice and moody. It was worth it. It took a really long time but it’s beautiful.”

Jessica White was photographed by Rennio Maifredi in Grenada.

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Ananya Panchal

ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a NYC-based Lifestyle & Trending News writer at SI Swimsuit. Before joining the Swim team, the Boston University Alum worked for culture & entertainment beats at Bustle, The San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. When Ananya is not writing or doom-scrolling on social media, she can be found playing sudoku, rewatching One Tree Hill or trying new restaurants. She's also a coffee and chocolate (separately) enthusiast.