Thanks to Gary Trask of Casino City Times, we have an update and some clarity on the all-too-important matter of Vanessa Rousso appearing in the upcoming swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated.
According to the article published today, Rousso will appear in the issue but, well…:
On Friday, Sports Illustrated Director of Communications Kelli Raftery explained the situation more clearly by saying that Rousso would be appear in the magazine, but not as a \”featured model in the editorial portion of the magazine.\” Instead, Rousso will appear as part of a PokerStars-sponsored \”custom content\” piece, which the online poker room paid for.
So, it\’s a paid ad, but SI did the photo shoot. SI decided against featuring her with other models in the primary feature spread because \”poker was not the direction it wanted to go in.\” Interesting. Kinda a bummer, but still good to see that Rousso will make an appearance in the most popular Sports Illustrated issue of the year.
