Windsor's Akubilo Gets SI Swimsuit Issue Spread

Windsor-native Adaora Akubilo is making a big splash in the fashion world, according to RealityTVWorld.com.

The 22-year-old is featured in Sports Illustrated's 2012 Swimsuit Issue. Akubilo's photographs were shot in Queensland Australia, and they're featured alongside some of the modeling world's biggest names, including Bar Rafaeli and Irina Shayk.

Akubilo lived in Windsor until the age of ten, when she moved to her parents' native Nigeria.

She attended Central Connecticut University, according to RealityTVWorld.com.

She is up for the magazine issue's Rookie of the Year award. You can cast your vote on the Swimsuit Issue website.