Ashley Graham Makes History As First Plus-Size Model To Front Sports Illustrated's Swim Issue

What a time to be alive!

It’s 2016 and Sports Illustrated is making history — in more ways that one. For the magazine’s annual swimsuit edition, the publication has blessed readers with not just one significant cover, but three for the first time ever, featuring beautiful shots of Ashley Graham, Hailey Clauson, and Ronda Rousey.

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This issue, however, has hit the history books as size 16 Ashley Graham has become the first plus-size model to land the coveted cover.

Unveiling the cover on her Instagram page, Graham, who has modeled for some of the biggest designers in the world, said it's for "every woman who felt like she wasn't beautiful enough because of her size."

"You can do and achieve anything you put your mind to," she added in the caption.

“The three covers of Hailey, Ronda and Ashley celebrate the new SI Swimsuit,” MJ Day, assistant managing editor said of the women and the magazine’s decision to choose them.

“All three women are beautiful, sexy and strong. Beauty is not cookie cutter. Beauty is not ‘one size fits all.’ Beauty is all around us and that became especially obvious to me while shooting and editing this year’s issue."

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The decision to choose Graham, who had an epic 2015 as one of the most prominent plus-size faces in the modeling industry and as a body-positive advocate, to grace the front page is especially powerful.

She was selected as a Rookie for 2016 (which was celebrated when her inclusion was announced last week) and is the first curvy woman to be bestowed the cover honor.

She also appears in an ad for swimsuitsforall in addition to her spread.

“It’s official - I’m a @si_swimsuit model!!” the 28-year-old wrote on Instagram.

“This is a dream come true. Thank you to everyone who stood up for curves- our voices were heard and together we can help me win Rookie of the Year.”

As for Rousey, she’s not the first celebrity to get selected for the cover (remember Beyoncé’s cover in 2007 — of course you do, it’s unforgettable!), but she’s definitely the first athlete.

It’s actually hard to believe that Sports Illustrated hasn’t selected a female sports superstar in the past, but Rousey, MMA fighter, was certainly a perfect choice to break ground.

(For 2017, consider the entire women’s World Cup soccer team, Serena Williams, Skylar Diggns, etc.).

As the magazine put it, she’s a cultural phenomenon and “the perfect combination of beauty, brains, brawn and humility.

She possesses a spirit bigger than the space around her, and it is both infectious and inspiring.

She’s a Phoenix, as fiery and beautiful as any mythical creature ever depicted.”

The star is also wearing Australian designer Camilla's El Salvaje Round Neck Scoop Back Onepiece (in bodypaint) on the cover of the issue, showing off her athletic figure to perfection.

"It is truly a dream to be featured as part of Rhonda’s body painting images in the upcoming Sports illustrated iconic SWIM issue," Camilla said in a statement.

"We absolutely love and admire Rhonda.

"She represents what Camilla woman is about.

"Strong, spirited, and confident.

"The team and I feel very honoured to see our El Salvaje Round Neck Scoop Neck One Piece painted onto her glorious body.

"We sent the team at Sports Illustrated the same crystal embellishments used on our swimsuit to be applied onto Ronda – and we’re all in awe of the beautiful result”

And of course, the magazine, which is famous for catapulting little-known models to celebrity status in seconds (think Kate Upton, Hannah Davis, Chrissy Teigen, Brooklyn Decker, the list goes on and on), chose a woman who’s the “definition of a modern bombshell” to appear on a cover as well: Hailey Clauson.

The 20-year-old American model is your typical California girl, showing off her beach blonde waves and crisp tan on the cover in just a skimpy bathing suit bottom.

As for the rest of the women in the magazine, you’ll just have to buy the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue when it hits newsstands on Monday, Feb. 15.

Until then, there’s plenty to ogle over.