SI Swim model with award-winning tiny waist risks too-small bikini for 2026 reveal

Award-winning Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Penny Lane stuns in the magazine’s just-released 2026 sneak peek.

For the steamy photo, taken in Botswana by famed photog Ruven Afanador, she risked a too-small string bikini top and barely-there bottoms. Her long hair was worn down and messy with a slight wave.

The British model — won both the magazine’s Swim Search competition and became the coveted Rookie of the Year — didn’t caption her Wednesday, March 18 share to Instagram other than the credits for the photoshoot.

The other SI Swim models immediately flooded the comments.

“Penny !!!” commented Brooks Koepka’s SI Swim model wife, Jena Sims. “My god.”

“ALWAYS A SLAY,” added gymnastics phenom and new Baywatch star Livvy Dunne, long-time girlfriend of MLB star Paul Skenes.

“PENNY!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️” wrote model Ellie Thumann.

“Jaw is on the floor,” echoed 5-year veteran Katie Austin, daughter of ‘80s workout video icon Denise Austin.

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“She just gets better and better 😍❤️❤️❤️,” raved a friend of Lane’s. “Honestly my heart bursts with pride to see you soaring so high. You deserve all this and more Penny✨✨✨.”