ROBYN Lawley has made history by becoming the first plus-size model to appear in America’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

The 25-year-old Australian also wore her own swimwear range in the shoot as she appears as an SI Rookie.

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“It is just so iconic,” Lawley told Confidential on the phone from the US.

media_camera Model Robyn Lawley appears in a promotional video for Sports Illustrated. Picture: Sports Illustrated

“I’ve always loved S.I. especially the early 90s and 80s, like Kathy Ireland and Elle Macpherson and Heidi Klum. There are just so many iconic models who have started or even just solely been featured on SI that has propelled their careers to you know, unfathomable lengths. So I’m super, super excited.”

Fellow Australian Jessica Gomes is also in the prestigious magazine, marking her eighth year in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

media_camera Model Robyn Lawley. Picture: Sports Illustrated

Lawley shot the images in America’s Jackson Hole last year, before falling pregnant and is due to give birth to get first child any day now.

“I have to say I haven’t had a hard pregnancy,” said Lawley, a size 14 before the pregnancy.

“You know some girls are bed ridden, I’m really fortunate and I’m ready to go at any stage now. I’m really excited to meet the kid and I just want the baby to be healthy. Me and my partner are ready, we have the car seat loaded, have the crib made and the pram sorted, so we are ready to rock and roll.”

media_camera Model Robyn Lawley. Picture: Sports Illustrated

Represented by Bella Models locally and Wilhelmina in New York, Lawley will play it by ear as to when she returns to work after giving birth. She and her husband, Everest Schmidt, are based in the US.

“I have four shoots lined up already that I’ll do and for my own swimwear company, it doesn’t stop and I don’t stop working,” she explained.



media_camera Model Robyn Lawley. Picture: Sports Illustrated



“I don’t really have that rush you know, some models do like Adriana Lima had to slim down in how many weeks. I don’t really have that pressure on me, its really fortunate for me. I’m going to take my time, we really want to bond with the baby and me and my partner are both not working, we are going to really take our time and spend months and months and months just really loving the baby, some one on one time.”