Lindsey Vonn works out in body paint in Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition – Daily Mail

Lindsey Vonn is the third sporting beauty to appear in this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition joining Caroline Wozniacki and Ronda Rousey.

The Olympic alpine skiing champion stripped off for the beach photoshoot and was covered with nothing but a painted-on bathing suit.

The American proudly posted the nude pictures from the magazine shoot, along with a video of her doing pull ups while wearing nothing but the body paint and a pair of high heels, on her Instagram page.

The American skier shared a video of her doing pull ups while wearing only the body paint and a pair of heels

Mexico was a blast! Lindsey posted this photograph hinting at her involvement in the shoot several weeks ago, along with the caption: ‘So sad the vacation is over. I’m so lucky to have such great friends!’

Lindsey Vonn teased her involvement with this picture alongside Caroline Wozniacki (left) on Monday

Vonn, pictured during a training session at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, currently tops the overall leaderboard 

Vonn, 31, said she was delighted to appear alongside Wozniacki and Rousey in the edition: ‘Proud to be in this issue with such strong, beautiful and amazing athletes!

‘Size doesn’t matter, be confident in your own skin! Big thx to @mj_day @darciebaum @fredericpinet @therealmarissajade @joannegair for making this all happen!’

Vonn wasn’t alone in being pleased with the results, with Wozniacki  proudly posing with the edition at a launch event in New York on Monday.

Taking to Instagram for a picture alongside two of the women behind the shoot the Dane wrote: ‘With the beautiful ladies who helped me look my best in this years @si_swimsuit issue!! @mj_day @joannegair thank you!!’ 

Wozniacki holds up the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition showing her covered in bodypaint. Vonn is pictured at an event in Los Angeles last year

Ronda Rousey shared her place on the cover with models Hailey Clauson (left) and Ashley Graham (centre)

Wozniacki, the former fiancee of golf star Rory McIlroy, also posted two pictures from her shoot – which see her pose on a beach in nothing but red paint.

This was the second year in a row that the 25-year-old appeared in the edition, being shot last time out in a white bikini.

Rousey, 29, also appeared in last year’s edition for the first time but was handed a place on the cover for 2016 after becoming the biggest star in the UFC – despite losing her bantamweight title in November. 

Wozniacki poses in front of pictures of Rousey (right) and herself (left) at the launch in New York

Wozniacki poses with Sports Illustrated’s MJ Day (left) and Joanne Gair (right) on Monday

SI have been teasing Rousey’s involvement for months and finally released the images of the former Olympian covered with only a lick of paint.

For the first time the magazine chose three different cover models, with Rousey sharing the limelight with Ashley Graham and Hailey Clauson.

And the former UFC champion was delighted that SI chose to represent different body types.

‘Such an honor to share the cover with @theashleygraham and @haileyclauson for @si_swimsuit’s issue celebrating women of all body types,’ Rousey wrote on Instagram.

Assistant managing editor of the magazine MJ Day described Rousey as a mythical creature when explaining the choice to place her on the cover. 

Wozniacki was appearing in the magazine for the second time having made her debut last year

‘Ronday Rousey is a cultural phenomenon,’ she told Sports Illustrated. ‘She is the perfect combination of beauty, brains, brawn, humility.

‘She possesses a spirit bigger than the space around her and it is both infectious and inspiring. She’s a Pheonix, as fiery and beautiful as any mythical creature ever depicted.’

Rousey is no stranger to causing a stir with magazine covers, having appeared naked in ESPN Magazine’s body issue in 2012 as well as becoming the first woman to appear on the cover of boxing’s Ring Magazine last year.