Venus Williams didn't have too much trouble posing nude for magazine cover

London, July 11 (IANS): Venus Williams has posed nude for a magazine, and the stylist who worked on the look, says the tennis star found it easy.

Williams has featured nude on the cover of the annual edition of ESPN The Magazine's The Body Issue. The issue celebrates the physical attributes of athletes from different disciplines, and has seen several other sporting superstars shed their clothes for it in the past.

Venus was styled by Miami-based stylist Angela Meadows, who knew exactly how she wanted Williams to look.

"I wanted Venus' hair to be long and sexy to match her silhouette," Meadows told E! News.

"To achieve this look, I used Angela Meadows hair extensions and just a little product so the wind could blow through her hair to create a goddess look. The makeup artist, Natasha Gross, just used a little moisturizer on Venus's body that gave her amazing skin a beautiful glow."

"Posing by the rock was the last shot of the day," Meadows said, talking about the pose that ultimately became the ESPN cover.

"Despite how uncomfortable it was, Venus being such a pro, she nailed the shot after a couple frames," she added, while also sharing that the shoot was easy for the 34-year-old tennis ace as she was very comfortable in her skin.

Venus herself admitted she found it easier to bare it all because she didn’t think much about it. “It didn't dawn on me until right when I walked on set that I would have to be without clothes. If I would have thought about it before, there may have been a little less of a chance,” she said.