Riley Gaines is the former University of Kentucky swimmer attracting all sorts of media attention as she makes her rounds arguing for the protection of women’s sports.
She has become a lightning rod for controversy, being the target of scorn from progressives and praise from conservatives.
But all that aside, the once All-SEC swimmer is hot. Smoking hot. Here are 7 Instagram pictures to prove it:
1. Riley on the beach with a classic look
Classic hot girl on beach picture here. Blue skies. Clear water. Tan skin. Pink suit. Black glasses. It’s about as wholesome and American as apple pie or Marilyn Monroe’s dress being blown up her thigh while she stood over that windy subway gate.
Riley snapped this photo on the same trip she was honored as a Brad Davis SEC Community Service Leader.
2. Rocking an SEC title ring
You know what’s hot? Looking good in a bathing suit. You know what’s hotter? Rocking a championship ring. Here Riley is shown with her relay race teammates after the quarter ascended to the top of the SEC together in the pool.
If the swimming competition in the SEC is anywhere near as tough as the football, this is a serious accomplishment.
3. An athlete and a scholar
Dumb jocks are a dime-a-dozen. But scholar athletes? Gems. Here we see Riley with a book bag, presumably full of dense academic texts, proving her brains in the classroom match her brawn in the water.
4. With friends
There is something romantic in the American mythology about the man who is a lone ranger. He needs no one. Has no one. He is a bad man who keeps the other bad men at the door. Like Ryan Gosling in Drive — there is an allure to the outcast man.
But when it comes to girls, the opposite is true. Girls have a different social dynamic by nature. For a girl to prove she is able to maintain friendships and keep up public appearances with other girls is a good sign. Especially when the girl at issue is under consideration not just for dating but for marriage.
Which brings us to the last photo:
5. At the altar
Surely you are wondering why a picture of Riley getting married is further proof she is hot. Allow me to explain. Science proves that married people get busy in the sheets way more often than single people. So her and her new husband are probably getting after it. Minus the husband part, that is hot.
