6 Ways Ciara Mastered Her Sexy Bathing Suit Shoot

"You need to try on several bathing suits to make sure you have the one that best fits your body. That's important for me. And get a nice wrap that can go around your waist."

"Practice your angles at home and see what works for you. Just remember those — don't try to overpose or anything like that."

"I do practice [posing]. I do look in the mirror. Before you walk on a red carpet, you need to test your outfit out and see what the best angle is for the dress. Sometimes I practice angles to see what the best angles are for my body. I think that's important."

"I'm glad that I challenged myself to wear color [on vacation] because I normally wear black."

"You know, red almost works like a black as well. That family — the white, the black, the red, the grays — it's clean and classic. You can't really go wrong, and there's still edge to it."

"I think [what makes] the perfect picture is authenticity. Whatever you authentically feel, express that. When you try too hard, I don't think it translates very well, but when you're just being your true self and telling your own story, I think that's the best Instagram."

"Have a nice jacket on standby to accentuate what you're wearing. So then, when you drop your jacket off, it's like, 'Wham!' You still have the moment that you want to have. Rock what you want to rock underneath, and you're still going to be sexy."