Kostyuk’s Topless Vogue Shot Stirs Controversy

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Photo credit: Matthew Calvis

Marta Kostyuk’s standout season has reached a new level of exposure.

It’s sparking mixed emotions in fans..

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World No. 18 Kostyuk posed topless as part of a series of Ukrainian Olympic athletes published in Vogue Ukraine.

🤍 Tennis player Marta Kostyuk in the Vogue Ukraine magazine photoshoot of the 🇺🇦 Olympic & Paralympic Team

📷: Jan Wasiuchnik / Vogue Ukraine pic.twitter.com/JccegNMX4U

— Ukrainian Tennis • BTU (@ukrtennis_eng) June 25, 2024

Marta Kostyuk has joined Ukrainian athletes Liudmila Luzan, Zhan Beleniuk, Anna Gontar, Daria Bilodid, Olga Kharlan, Oleksii Sereda and others 📸

credit: Vogue Ukraine / Jan Wasiuchnik pic.twitter.com/wmU2AgFpPk

— Ukrainian Tennis • BTU (@ukrtennis_eng) June 25, 2024

While some on social media praised the Ukrainian No. 1 for the photo shoot, others criticized the publication wondering why Kostyuk had to be half nude for the photo shoot honoring athletes.

why do they need to be naked?

pretty distasteful tbh.

— Loli (@LoliLondon) June 25, 2024

Why naked? 🙄🙄 unnecessary for an Olympic athlete 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

— Keer 🐺 🐊 (@kenialachula2) June 25, 2024

Marta is amazing… but I would prefer to see her in clothes.. a bit unnecessary to see the flesh

— Dr Joanna Wiecek (@joannawiecek) June 25, 2024

The San Diego and Stuttgart finalist Kostyuk will play both singles and doubles at next month’s Paris Olympics Games.

🎾📄🇺🇦 Ukraine have announced its Paris 2024 tennis team for the Olympics.

UTF & NOC of Ukraine nominate:

🔵 singles: Kostyuk, Svitolina, Yastremska, Kalinina
🟡 doubles: Kichenok / Kichenok, Kostyuk / Yastremska#Paris2024 | #Olympics

source: Ukrainian Tennis Federation pic.twitter.com/WB2PKxBFuK

— Ukrainian Tennis • BTU (@ukrtennis_eng) June 17, 2024

Kostyuk is set to partner Australian Open semifinalist Dayana Yastremska in doubles in Paris.

Photo credit: Matthew Calvis