Not just any fashion model gets on the cover of Maxim magazine. But Alexis Ren isn’t just any old model. She’s part of a wave of internet-savvy Instagram personalities who build their own fanbases.
Her latest video post on the social media site, in which she seductively crawls through the sand in a pink bikini has been up for 23 hours and has already amassed 2.8 million views.
The 20-year-old model told Maxim: “Confidence is what people tend to gravitate toward, and also, obviously, sex. I don’t consider that a bad thing, though. If a woman likes to post about her body, that doesn’t make her a slut, desperate, or dumb. It still blows my mind we are stuck in that perception of womanhood. It’s 2017. Come on, people!” (Emily Ratajkowski would be proud.)
Take a look at Ren’s cover shot from Maxim—along with a few of RCL‘s favorites from her Instagram feed (click on the bottom link to see more on Maxim.com).
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