She was featured in the 1999 to 2006 ‘Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’ Editions. She also appeared in the ‘Sports Illustrated Knockouts Five Decades of Swimsuit Photography’ book. She’s been a cover girl for Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Glamour and Elle. Yamila was born as Yamilla Diaz-Rahi in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a doctor father and a health care manager mother. She is of Lebanese and Spanish descent.