Lifestyle Health Aly Raisman Talks to Chrissy Teigen About Body Doubts and Posing in 'SI' Swim: 'I Used to Be So Insecure' Aly Raisman and Chrissy Teigen sat down to talk about body insecurities and posing in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue By Julie Mazziotta Julie Mazziotta Twitter Julie Mazziotta is the Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to tennis to Simone Biles and Tom Brady. She was previously an Associate Editor for the Health vertical for six years, and prior to joining PEOPLE worked at Health Magazine. When not covering professional athletes, Julie spends her time as a (very) amateur athlete, training for marathons, long bike trips and hikes. People Editorial Guidelines Published on February 22, 2017 01:39 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Even Olympians and supermodels have body insecurities. Aly Raisman sat down with Chrissy Teigen and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit editor MJ Day to talk about the gymnast’s jaw-dropping photoshoot in the 2017 issue. “You brought home some medals for us. We owe a lot to you, and now you’ve been kind enough to grace us with that amazing a–,” Teigen, 31, tells Raisman at the SI Swimfest in Houston. “You look incredible in the magazine, like absolutely bonkers, strong, confident, beautiful, amazing woman.” “[You] surprise yourself how comfortable you are when you’re shooting,” Raisman, 22, says. “It was one of my favorite days of my life — I’m not just saying that — because I felt so confident, so strong, so feminine, and it’s an incredible feeling, because I feel like a couple of years ago I wouldn’t have had the confidence to do it.” James Macari The six-time Olympic medalist says she still deals with body doubts. “It’s so empowering to be out there and just, you have insecurities just like everyone else, your body’s not perfect, but you feel confident and beautiful.” “How do you have insecurities?” Chrissy asks, shocked. “I used to be so insecure, I thought my arms were too muscular, but now I’m growing to like them,” Raisman admits. James Macari Issue editor Day, who chose size and body diversity as the theme of the 2017 issue, explains that this very conversation drives home that idea. “This is the point. Everyone thinks that because you’re an elite athlete, because you’re an enormous celebrity, superstar model, that your world is perfect, and that you think everything about yourself is perfect,” Day says. “It doesn’t matter if you look like you, or you, or me, we all have our issues, and the world should know that. We should love everything that we’re given.”