I Spy

Am I the only one who sees a little irony in the fact that this story about Irina Shayk’s stalker seems to have been broken by someone listening in on her private phone conversation?

“The frightened beauty was overheard ranting about the situation while on the phone with a pal at Bed Bath & Beyond in Chelsea later on Sunday.”

To lighten the mood, take a look at Irina and fellow Russian Anne V performing as the Kessler Twins in this video by Ellen von Unwerth.

The Original Kesslers

The Duplicates

Ms. von Unwerth is also responsible for a rather kinky photo essay called “Revenge,” starring SI’s very own Julie Ordon.

Julie, of course, is no stranger to a little kinkiness.

Thanks girls!

Happy Birthday, May Andersen

No, not that May Anderson. Simple mistake.

I mean two-time SI model May AndersEn. With an E.

31 today.

Happy Flag Day

By the way, congratulations to Kate. This is her 40th post on this blog, more than any other girl has managed. (All with only three SI appearances, and some amount of restraint on my part.)

In her honor, The Onion pays tribute.

Now, I understand Flag Day is specifically to celebrate the adoption of the US flag, and that doesn’t apply to any of the above examples. So I thought I’d dig up some non-SI photos of SI models sporting the stars and stripes.

 

Thanks again for your service, Kate.

One-Piece Wednesday: 2014 Mystery Lady

This cute shot was sent out into the universe yesterday.

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Feb 2014 update: It is, of course, Anne V.

Stace Cadet

Glory! Swim Daily has released their Stacey Williams retrospective.

There aren't as many never-before-seen shots as I'd like, but they did give us this gem:

(Upon close inspection, it could be a nice addition to the "Pinups Within Pinups" genre of shots.)

There are also, curiously, a number of shots that are reversed, or at least reversed from how I've seen them before. It's not that uncommon to see the same SI shot in mirror images here and there, but usually they make sure there's nothing in the shot that would give it away...

Maybe they thought we'd be so lost in her eyes we wouldn't notice.

Thanks, Swim Daily, for calling out one of my top three girls!

So It Begins

Our first mystery girl for 2014.

 Rookie? Veteran? Guest athlete?

Whoever she is, she'll be in the 50th anniversary issue. Let's start the countdown.

Happy Birthday, Heidi and Swimsuitologist

Heidi is 40. This blog is three.

You may have heard that Heidi got ambushed by some topless protesters on the set of “Germany's Next Top Model” a couple days ago. 

Beat them at their own game, Heidi!