Anne V, by the Numbers

…bookended by a shoot she did for Esquire last year.

Her streak of ten consecutive issues is nearly without precedent. (Kathy managed eleven in a row from 1984-1994.)

That number blew away the rest of her rookie class in 2005.

Alicia Hall (1 year)

Michelle Lombardo (1 year)

Frankie Rayder (2 years)

Mallory Snyder (2 years)

Oluchi Onweagba (4 years)

Daniella Sarahyba (6 years)

Only Daniella managed to break the halfway point of Anne’s longevity.

By my count, she has shared the magazine with 88 other models. (I am not counting athletes or WAGs or reality show stars. I am, somewhat grudgingly, counting Beyonce. I’m counting the 2006 cover all-stars, but not the 2014 “legends” reunion because, well, the legends were fully clothed.)

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Adaora • Nina Agdal • Lily Aldridge • Michelle Alves • Ana Paula Araujo • Melissa Baker • Natasha Barnard • Ana Beatriz Barros • Elsa Benitez • Beyonce • Kate Bock • Yasmin Brunet • Carla Campbell • Jeisa Chiminazzo • Shannan Click • Kim Cloutier • Sonia Dara • Hannah Davis • Brooklyn Decker • Yamila Diaz • Cintia Dicker • Emily DiDonato • Zoe Duchesne • Lucia Dvorska • Selita Ebanks • Hannah Ferguson • Kenza Fourati • Esti Ginzburg • Jessica Gomes • Izabel Goulart • Quiana Grant • Kirby Griffin • Gigi Hadid • Alicia Hall • Bridget Hall • Melissa Haro • Jessica Hart • Bregje Heinen • Julie Henderson • Samantha Hoopes • Marloes Horst • Rachel Hunter • Chanel Iman • Heidi Klum • Shakara Ledard • Noemie Lenoir • Damaris Lewis • Michelle Lombardo • Elle Macpherson • Jarah Mariano • Lauren Mellor • Ariel Meredith • Alyssa Miller • Marisa Miller • Genevieve Morton • Fernanda Motta • Carolyn Murphy • Aline Nakashina • Petra Nemcova • Raica Oliveira • Oluchi Onweagba • Julie Ordon • Jessica Perez • Daniela Pestova • Dominique Piek • Tori Praver • Emily Ratajkowski • Frankie Rayder • Crystal Renn • Bar Refaeli • Hilary Rhoda • Rebecca Romijn • Pania Rose • Sara Sampaio • Danielle Sarahyba • Irina Shayk • Molly Sims • Mallory Snyder • Fernanda Tavares • Chrissy Teigen • Yesica Toscanini • Kate Upton • Cris Urena • Valerie van der Graaf • Jessica Van Der Steen • Veronika Varekova • Michelle Vawer • Jessica White

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That’s probably a record.

Bodypainting appearances: 2

Covers: 0 (to the outrage of many)

Thanks, Anne. And congrats on your announcement.

One-Piece Wednesday: Alicia Hall, 2005

Adaorable

Apparently, today is the birthday of gorgeous rookie Adaora.Also apparently, we have seen Adaora before. She competed in 2005’s “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search” reality show, as Adaora Akubilo.That’s her, top and center.

She was eliminated in Week 2, and eventually Alicia Hall would prevail.Ariel Meredith, Bar Refaeli, and now Adaora? 2012 has been Old Home Week for SI.

Somewhere, I believe I have a stack of old VHS tapes with all the episodes from that TV show. It would be interesting to revisit her initial brush with the swimsuit issue.

The Swimsuit Contest Curse

Today is Michelle Lombardo's 28th birthday.She won the Sports Illustrated "Fresh Face" contest, landing her in the 2005 issue (and a lot of scuba gear).Of course, another contest winner made her debut in 2005, this one as the result of a reality show, "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search." That girl was Alicia Hall.
(Though I was heartily rooting for the runner-up, Shannon Hughes.)Both Michelle and Alicia ended up as one-hit wonders, never to appear in the magazine's pages again. Is there a swimsuit issue contest curse?

If, a year and a half from now, Jessica Perez fails to appear in the 2013 issue, we'll know something supernatural is afoot.

Dream Rotation

SI.com recently posted a photo gallery of “First Pitches by Models and Actresses.” The gallery features six SI swimsuit girls.Here we have Marisa Miller, Monika Schnarre, Kathy Ireland, Hilary Rhoda, Alicia Hall, and Anna Kournikova. (Though I have to say, listing Anna Kournikova as a “model,” especially in a Sports Illustrated photo gallery, seems a little disrespectful. And during National Tennis Month, too! For shame, SI.) Marisa is pitching at Wrigley Field, and Hilary is at U.S. Cellular. That’s one SI model per Chicago baseball team. Who will be the tiebreaker?Cubs win.

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