Happy Birthday, Carré Otis

A few weeks ago, @SI_Swimsuit tweeted this pic of Carré, and she tweeted her appreciation in response.

It makes sense for a swimsuit to have sleeves from time to time. You don’t want the models to get cold.

Carré, who appeared only in SI's 2000 swimsuit issue, has had quite a journey. Like fellow SI model Crystal Renn, she’s battled body image issues and written a book that addresses it.

She also just published an editorial in the New York Times called “Teenage Models Have Teenage Needs,” about the dangers of the modeling business to its youngest aspirers.

If you follow her on Twitter, you’ll see she’s pretty highly supportive of social causes.

Happy 44th, Carré.