What a catch! Sports Illustrated model and Sean Penn's ex Jessica White gets tangled up in sexy bikini shoot

By Jade Watkins

Last updated at 7:55 PM on 22nd November 2011

Sports Illustrated model Jessica White caught plenty of attention while posing for a swimsuit shoot yesterday.

The former girlfriend of actor Sean Penn frolicked on Miami Beach in a white bikini and fishermen's netting as she played up for the camera.

The 27-year-old flaunted her sensational figure in the two-piece as she emerged from the sea.

What a catch! Sports Illustrated stunner Jessica White flaunted her sensational figure in a skimpy white two-piece as she emerged from the sea for a Miami Beach photo shoot yesterday

With minimal make-up on her complexion, the native New Yorker sported a stunning glow.

She also showed off her array of tattoos she has scattered over her arms.

Later she lost the swimsuit and slipped into a charcoal maxi dress paired with gold choker and oversized sunglassses.

Tangled: The former girlfriend of actor Sean Penn was seen all tangled up in netting as she posed provocatively in the string bikini

Jessica is also an occasional actress and DJ, but modelling is her primary profession.

As well as appearing in the coveted Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated in 2003, she has been featured in the magazine for every consecutive year since.

The beauty has also walked the catwalk for big name designers, including Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs and Tommy Hilfiger and appeared in campaigns for big beauty brands such as CoverGirl and Maybelline.

Luminous: With minimal make-up on her complexion, the native New Yorker sported a stunning glow

She cut her acting teeth with small roles in Big Momma's House 2, and long-running soap, The Young and the Restless.

The model is also known for dating Hollywood star Penn.

She was seeing Penn on and off for around a year following his split from his actress wife Robin Wright.

Cover-up: Later she lost the swimsuit and slipped into a charcoal maxi dress paired with gold choker and oversized sunglassses

Wright, 44, filed for divorce in August last year, the third time the couple petitioned to either separate or divorce.

Past love: Jessica, seen here at the Twilight premiere last week, dated Penn on and off for around a year after his split from wife Robin Wright

The filings show Penn, 50, and Wright were to share custody of their children Hopper, 17, and 20-year-old Dylan.

Jessica and Penn split last summer and shortly after the model got in trouble with the law.

She was arrested at 4.50am in the city's Chelsea neighbourhood after allegedly hitting 28-year-old Vanessa Klan.

She was held for 12 hours before being released by a judge.

She was reportedly out 'celebrating' her split from Penn.

'According to the court complaint, White 'pulled the victim's hair and struck [the victim] numerous times in the face with her hand, causing abrasions, swelling and substantial pain.'

Jessica's lawyer, Jeffrey Mennen said in her defense: 'The police report doesn't sound like Jessica, and she must have been provoked.'

This June, she was ordered to pay $490 in costs, three days community service and two days of anger management classes over the incident.

All charges will be dropped providing she isn’t arrested again in the next six months.

Last month Jessica revealed that she had been celibate for nearly a year.

Speaking to People magazine she said: ‘I know the world is going to be like, yeah, right, but I've been celibate now for almost a year. So, the next person that I'm with will be the person, hopefully, that I marry.’

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'I don’t want my daughters to grow up the way that I grew up': Supermodel Jessica White on celibacy and her secret lover

By Tamara Abraham

Last updated at 7:21 PM on 22nd July 2011

Letdowns: Jessica White says that though she is seeing someone else now, they do not 'connect physically'

She's the face of Maybelline, and posed for Victoria's Secret and Gap as well as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. But while Jessica White's career may be hot, it seems her sex life is not.

The 27-year-old, originally from Buffalo, New York, has dated stars such as Sean Penn in the past, but elected to take a vow of celibacy a year ago.

In a new interview, she explained why she made the decision after splitting from her ex (she does not specify whether this is Mr Penn or not), and that while she is seeing someone else now, they do not 'connect physically'.

She told Essence.com: 'After so many letdowns and the relationship with my ex, and I knew I really didn’t want to continue making the same mistakes anymore.'

She explained that a woman should learn to trust a man before taking the next step with them and it was important to question his motives.

'I don’t want my daughters to grow up the way that I grew up. I want them to actually see mommy in a fulfilled relationship that’s amazing for her.'

But when Miss White's vow of celibacy was first reported earlier this month, her ideals were misunderstood.

'I never said that I’m going to wait until marriage,' she explained. 'I said it would be a man that I actually know is going to put a ring on my finger... People took that out of context. I said the next man that I sleep with hopefully will be my husband. That’s what I said and I meant that.'

She added that she was in love with somebody at the moment, though she wouldn't reveal who it was.

Old flame: Miss White pictured in New York in 2009 with former boyfriend Sean Penn

Successful: The supermodel has appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Victoria's Secret catwalk shows (pictured)

She revealed: This guy I actually really, really, really care about. I think he’s the first man that I’ve actually ever been able to be myself around... I don’t really know where the relationship is going to go, but I can tell you he is my best bud and I hope that we stay tight like we are now.'

She said in the interview that she expected her future husband to be hard-working and not emasculated by a strong woman like her. But she wasn't expecting the perfect package.

'You know men mess up,' she said. 'Women create this big illusion in their head that the man they’re going to be with is going to be perfect. Nobody’s going to be perfect and people are going to let you down. The only thing that you can hope for is someone that’s going to be honest with you.'

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