Haley Kalil, the wife of star Carolina Panthers left guard Matt Kalil, has been chosen over thousands of contestants as one of two "rookie" models for the 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.
Danielle Herrington, cover model for the SI Swimsuit 2018 edition, announced Kalil's selection at the Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas during an SI Swimsuit event last weekend.
Kalil and fellow rookie model Camille Kostek are the first models to be announced for next year’s issue.
They were part of SI's first #SISwimSearch open casting, which began in early 2017 with thousands of submissions on Instagram that were narrowed to 35.