Tanaye White Left Her Defense Career to Become a Model - and Now She's in Sports Illustrated

Tanaye White worked for the third largest defense and aerospace agency in the world prior to starting her journey with Sports Illustrated. She described the experience to me as "so crazy!", having competed in SI's Swim Search competition, which led her to become 2020's exclusive Afro-model in the annual issue. Soon after, Tanaye was featured by Victoria's Secret and O Magazine. She had always dreamed of becoming a model, but her parents valued education and a solid career, advising her to put mo...