Olympic sprinter and medalist Novlene Williams-Mill is the latest athlete to go nude for ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue this year.
The 35-year-old Jamaican is the first breast cancer survivor to appear in the annual nude issue, which hits newsstands July 7.
Inside, Novlene talks about her battle with cancer, admitting that after years of committing to a healthy lifestyle, she felt 'betrayed' by her body when she got sick.
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Ready, set, strip: Novlene Williams-Mill is the latest athlete to go nude for ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue
Fast: The 35-year-old Jamaican is an Olympic sprinter who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012
Naked: She strips down and hits running poses in her photoshoot for the magazine
Dramatic: Novlene was diagnosed just before the 2012 Olympics and left after winning bronze to get surgery
She had a double mastectomy and is the first breast cancer survivor to pose for the Body Issue
Novlene is pictured at the London Olympics in 2012, shortly after her diagnosis and days before her first surgery
In a powerful image, Novlene looks ready to take off in a sprint, crouched to ground while wearing nothing but a ring on her left hand. In another, she stands, holding a baton.
The professional runner competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, but her career was interrupted in 2012 when, aged 30, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to undergo several surgeries. The diagnosis came a month before the games.
'I work out hard, I eat right. I've done everything to keep a healthy body. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't do none of that,' she said. 'And for this thing to come in my body and take control of it...
'You know when you tell a friend something and they betray you? That's how I feel. Like this thing just stabbed me right in the back. Like it just didn't care who I was. It just wants to take control of everything and didn't ask permission. It didn't know that I have things to do. '
She still competed, winning bronze in the 4x400-meter relay — and left immediately after, having surgery three days later.
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So unfair: She said she always ate right, exercised, and took care of her body, so it felt like a betrayal
Change: Coming to terms with the new scars on her body was difficult for Novlene
Hard journey: She's had reconstructive surgery, and dealing with the expanders and drainage tubes during that time was difficult
Keeping a secret: She has four Olympic medals, winning one before her surgery in 2012
Afterward, her doctor advised her to get a mastectomy. She struggled with the decision, saying that it was 'the furthest thing from my mind' — but eventually decided to remove both of her breasts.
'Some experiences, when you get to the other side, you get back to the person you want to be. You look in the mirror and you see all these scars. This is a body that you're used to so much and then one day you have all these scars on your body,' she said. 'And, you know, that's your story. I had to be like, "This is who I am now. These are the scars that make me up."'
The adjustment to her new body hasn't been easy. She had reconstructive surgery, which was painful and uncomfortable, and she had emotional hurdles to deal with.
'Before cancer, I would think, "OK, to make me a lady, you have to have your breasts. You have to have this, you have to have that,"' she said. 'Now I realize that what makes me a lady is this strong person that I look at every single day in the mirror.
'It's the courage; it's the strength; it's the fighter that I have in me that when I wake up every single day, I live to fight another day.'
Hi-ya! UFC strawweight Michelle Waterson stars on one of several covers of magazine
In her skin: The 31-year-old is known as the 'Karate Hottie' and does her nickname justice in the shoot
One-two punch: Michelle also opened up about her stretch marks, admitting she was insecure about them until she realized they are signs she grew a human inside her
Picking the ring any day! Michelle added that nothing she has done has compared to the pain of childbirth
Ouch! She described her worst fighting pain as a 6, while childbirth was a 10
Also posing for the new issue is UFC strawweight Michelle Waterson, who has her own cover of the special issue.
Michelle, 31, is known as the 'Karate Hottie' in her field, and it's clear why as she's stripped down for her photoshoot.
The super-strong brunette is featured totally naked, throwing up a high kick as she faces away from the camera — giving readers a full view of her backside.
In an interview with the magazine, which hits stands July 7, Michelle said she has no qualms about calling herself 'hot' and using the nickname fans have dreamed up for her.
'I like my Karate Hottie nickname,' she said. 'I think it's catchy. I don't mind saying that I'm hot. If you want to underestimate your opponent [because of her nickname], for sure, go ahead.'
Watch out! The MMA fighter poses sans props put also with a sword in her ESPN shoot
Confidence: Michelle said she likes her 'Karate Hottie' and is OK with calling herself hot
While fighting, she said, 'you lose body fat, and that means you lose breast tissue. Your shoulders get broad, and you get scraped from the gloves'
That being said, being sexy isn't her top priority.
'Your body changes [doing MMA],' she said. 'You lose body fat, and that means you lose breast tissue. Your shoulders get broad, and you get scraped from the gloves. I do it because I love to do it.
'I could definitely be doing something else if I just wanted to look hot.'
She hasn't always been quite as confident, and admitted that the stretch marks she developed while pregnant were once a point of insecurity.
Michelle and her husband Joshua Gomez have a six-year-old daughter named Araya, who often comes to her mom's fights.
'For a long time, I was embarrassed about my stretch marks. Now I embrace them, because for me it was like this nest that I created to grow this little human in my body, and I'm proud of that. They are like my battle wounds,' she said.
Battle wounds to be sure — Michelle added that giving birth was way more painful than any injury she's ever sustained in the ring.
'There is nothing that compares to the pain of childbirth,' she said. 'On a scale of 1-10, any pain I've taken in the ring would rank a 6, and childbirth is a 10. Now I know that if I can get through 12 hours of labor, then I can get through a 25-minute fight.'
Little girl: Michelle has a six-year-old daughter, Araya, with her husband
She's seen worse: She noted that if she could get through 12 hours of labor with Araya, she can easily fight for 25 minutes
Strong: In her shoot, Michelle bared her tattoos as well as her muscles
Transformation: Michelle, pictured right in 2015, noted that 'your body changes' doing the sport, admitting that if she 'wanted to look hot' she would do something else
Tennis pro Caroline Wozniacki also got naked for her cover, swinging a racket with her hair flying behind her while totally nude .
Speaking in the issue, she explaines that when it comes to her physical appearance, she isn't worried about changing her body to look like a catwalk model and would rather concentrate on looking and feeling good about her own natural shape.
'If I don't look like a supermodel on the runway, that's okay because I look good in my own way,' she explained.
On the issues's cover, Caroline is seen swinging a racket without a stitch of clothing on, her hair billowing behind her as expert angling ensures the camera hasn't caught too much.
She looks every bit the toned professional athlete, her muscular arms and lean legs, and totally taut tummy on display.
Speaking to ESPN The Magazine, she admitted that she wasn't really too worried about baring it all.
Va-va-voom! Caroline Wozniacki bares all on her cover of ESPN The Magazine's annual Body Issue, too
Nothing to hide: The 26-year-old tennis pro said she couldn't spend time worrying about what her body looks like
She's a natural! Caroline explained to the publication that she isn't worried about 'looking like a supermodel' because she knows she 'looks good in her own way'
'I can't spend time stressing about something I don't have and just embrace what I do have. It's so in to have curves now. It's in to be looking healthy,' she said. 'My fitness is something I pride myself on. I think that's definitely something that I win quite a few matches on.'
'I rarely stand on a scale, to be honest,' she went on. 'When I stop playing, I'm not going to obsess so much about my weight. It's going to be more about a healthy lifestyle. It's more about how I feel.'
This also isn't Caroline's first time going nude. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue veteran forewent a bikini in 2016, posing on a beach in St. Vincent in just red body paint.
Though the paint is meant to mimic swimwear, it leaves hardly anything to the imagination.
And as for the critics who remark that Caroline spends too much time posing for photoshoots and worrying about how she looks, she quips in a video: 'I don't really care what other people think.'
She also said she doesn't obsess over her weight and just focuses on being healthy
Game, set, match! The tennis pro explained that she 'rarely stands on a scale'
The only woman! She stars on one of several covers of the special issue
She shows off her tennis skills during the shoot, which was filmed for an ESPN video
Old hat: Caroline is used to posting nude, and did so for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue as well
Good attitude: The blonde beauty said she doesn't really care what other people think
Also among the notable names who will be baring all on the pages and cover of new issue are Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott and openly gay freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy.
Boston boys Isaiah Thomas and Julian Edelman are also featured in the pages of this year's magazine, with the Celtics point guard flashing some crack as he bares his bum and the Patriots wide receiver flashing everything as he eats a cheeseburger in the nude.
No one, however, flashes more than Javier Baez. The Chicago Cubs infielder and recent World Series champ showing he has no problem taking it all off, and then enjoying some batting practice.
San Jose Sharks teammates Brent Burns and Joe Thornton, Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz and his US women's soccer team wife Julie, and 2016 WNBA MVP Nneka Ogwumike of the Los Angeles Sparks are also making appearances in the upcoming issue.
They will be joined by Brianna Decker, Kacey Bellamy, Meghan Duggan, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, Monique Lamoureux-Morando, and Alex Rigsby of the US women's hockey team.
The list is rounded out by pro softball player A.J. Andrews, rugby center Malakai Fekitoa of the All Blacks, figure skater and Olympic bronze medalist Ashley Wagner, and adaptive snowboarder/mountaineer and retired Marine Corps sergeant Kirstie Ennis.
My neck, my back: Boston Celtics star Isaiah Thomas flashes his butt and crack on one of three covers that have been released of the annual 'ESPN: The Magazine' Body Issue (above)
Balls to the wall: In his interview, the 28-year-old speaks about how his 5 ft 10 ins. height has never stopped him from believing he could be one of the best point guards ever
Chasing waterfalls: Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott poses naked under a blue waterfall on his cover, with a leg hiked up to hide his manhood and a football in his hands
Baring all: Javier Baez, the 24-year-old Chicago Cubs infielder who helped clinch the World Series last year, is completely naked on his cover (above)
Boxed in: He speaks about the lost of his sister back in 2015 in his interview, with the young woman suffering from spina bifida her entire life
Funny guy: Baez gave fans a peek at his highly amusing sense of humor on Monday as well when he posted his cover to Instagram, writing: 'Every body has a story
Tag it up: He then added: '#espnbodyissue #shotoniphone7 #portraitmode #JB9 #ElMago #TeamBaez #VoteBaez'
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