Thursday, January 31, 2019

Kova Girl

My first covergirl is back, again, and looking great.


See you in May, Paulina!

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

One-Piece Wednesday: McKenna Berkley

You may recall that the painted-on suits for the 2017 model search were all one-piecers.


This week’s Near-Miss One-Piece Wednesday is dedicated to McKenna, who I admit got overshadowed in my excitement about Anne and Lisa-Marie.


But it turns out she’s a gorgeously freckled redhead whom I would have welcomed in the pages of the swimsuit issue.


She also rocks a one-piece or two for Seafolly swimwear.


She had potential to be one of my pet obsessions.


Kind of heartbreaking.

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Six Appeal

Good lord, they’re barely giving me time to root for my favorites before eliminating them…

While I looked away for a second, Tanaye was eliminated from the model search, and the final six candidates are here.

In any case, the whole sextet is worthy, in my opinion. But in honor of Topless Tuesday, let’s take special note of this black-bikini-bottomed trio: Manuela Alvarez, Erin Willerton, and Jessica Aidi.


See you in a few months, girls.

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ETA: Hidden on that "final six" page are some massive and detailed photos. Like, count-the-goosebumps detailed.

Monday, January 28, 2019

Calendar Girls, Revisited: 1994

Ashley Richardson was busy this year, despite the birth of relatively few SI girls.


On March 20, she brought us Vita.


On April 16, she paired up with Vendela and brought us Kate Wasley.


And on October 26, hypnotist Britta Dubbels conjured Rose Bertram. (Thank you, Britta.)

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

One-Piece Wednesday: Jasmine Tookes

I know.


I know I talk about her a lot.


How we were one model search contest away form having Jasmine as a rookie in the 2012 swimsuit issue.


I love Jessica Perez. But dang.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Let’s Just Do It and Bikini Legends

So I recently watched the Netflix Fyre Fest documentary. I highly recommend it, if you haven’t seen it yet, which you probably have. It’s kind of astonishing what a clusterfuck it was from day one.



In any case, the doomed festival introduced itself to the world with some viral videos of top models frolicking on the beach in bikinis, including several SI girls.

Let us dedicate this week’s Topless Tuesday to the girls of the Fyre Festival. What’s the metaphor here… Massive failures start from the top down? Fraud will eventually be exposed? They should have anticipated failure and nipped it in the bud? Whatever. Here are Chanel, Emily, Hannah, Lais, and Rose.


And what the heck. Sharp-eyed viewers will probably catch a photo of Gigi during an early scene about the Fyre talent-booking app. Come join us, Gigi!


She may not have been in that promo video, but she’s adjacent to someone who was.