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Christie Brinkley helped discover Brooks Nader at a 2019 casting call. Fox via Getty Images

Brooks Nader is getting lessons in model behavior.

Long before becoming a reality star and cover girl, the Louisiana native was just one of many hopefuls at a 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit casting call — where she happened to catch Christie Brinkley’s eye.

“I discovered her, and she gives me full credit,” Brinkley told Page Six Style at the Humane World for Animals’ annual To the Rescue! Gala.

“She was my pick,” she recalled. “She had lots of personality, and, of course, she’s a gorgeous girl.”

These days, Brooks (pictured at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway Show 2026) is a reality star and cover girl. Getty Images for Sports Illustrated

Brinkley is a Sports Illustrated veteran.…