Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
Happy Birthday, Jarah Mariano
28 today.
Rumor has it she appears in the opening credits sequence of "Skyfall."
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Missing the Complexities
Complex.com just listed their 100 Hottest Supermodels of All Time. As you might imagine, nearly half of the list is made up of SI girls.
There are a lot of obvious names (your Elles, your Christies, your Marisas,
your Tyras, what have you), but I thought I’d call out a few deeper cuts, some
girls who don’t get as much exposure on this blog as they should.
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| Yasmeen Ghauri (#92) |
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| Carolyn Murphy (#76) |
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| Daniela Pestova (#72) |
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| Angela Lindvall (#49) |
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| Selita Ebanks (#17) |
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| Niki Taylor (#12) |
Each model has a series of icons at the bottom of her page,
including “SI Swimsuit Issue Certified” to designate ladies who’ve appeared in
the swimsuit issue.
Unfortunately, it’s not used with a great deal of accuracy.
For one thing, they left that icon off Cindy Crawford’s listing.
That’s understandable; she had one photo in one issue, and
her fame was largely independent of SI.
But more oddly, they apply this icon to six models who have
never appeared in SI.
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| Doutzen Kroes (#80) |
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| Alessandra Ambrosio (#24) |
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| Miranda Kerr (#18) |
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| Linda Evangelista (#9) |
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| Gisele Bundchen (#6) |
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| Claudia Schiffer (#5) |
What do you think? Should these ladies
have been in SI?
I normally don’t find myself wishing that models I know from
elsewhere would appear in the swimsuit issue. But I have to admit, there are a
couple of Victoria’s Secret models I just recently discovered who would make
lovely additions.
They are Barbara Palvin:
…and Candice Swanepoel:
Maybe on some future hot girls list, that little icon will be lucky enough to appear under their photos.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Good Clean Fun
Janine Berey tweeted this the other day.
Shower time indeed! Seems like a good excuse for some SI models in showers, a theme that pops up surprisingly often. Some of my favorites:
That’s odd. Paulina doesn’t seem to have very good aim. The shower maybe grazes her scalp and her left ankle, but otherwise the spray is completely missing her body.
That’s because the original image in the magazine looked like this:
Both versions of the image float around the internet. I’m not sure who made the little boy disappear, if it was an official edit by SI or someone who just didn’t want him messing up the view.
In any case, I wonder if it occurred to him (after he hit puberty) what an honor it was.
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| Dominique Piek, 2010 |
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| Jessica White, 2008 |
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| Yamila Diaz, 2005 |
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| Oluchi Onweagba, 2005 |
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| Veronica Varekova, 2002 |
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| Fernanda Tavares, 2001 |
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| Aya Thorgren, 1994 |
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| Vendela, 1994 |
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| Paulina Porizkova, 1986 |
That’s odd. Paulina doesn’t seem to have very good aim. The shower maybe grazes her scalp and her left ankle, but otherwise the spray is completely missing her body.
That’s because the original image in the magazine looked like this:
In any case, I wonder if it occurred to him (after he hit puberty) what an honor it was.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Random Notes
Australia, of course, has their summer opposite ours here in the States. Last month, Aussie Jessica Gomes geared up for it with a nice swimsuit shoot for Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper.
Keep the summer warm for us, Aussies.
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Nina Agdal has a sweet little commercial out for Aerie lingerie.
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Bar Refaeli will appear in the December issue of German GQ. This body stocking is not an outfit that would have occurred to me, but I’m glad it occurred to someone.
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And after what sounds like a hellish trip, MJ Day is tweeting from the front lines again.
Well, the back lines.
Well, the back tan lines.
Will we get multiple girls in the same shot in 2013? I thought we’d get some Julie/Irina action in 2011, but I was mistaken.
Well, the back lines.
Well, the back tan lines.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Agent 99
AskMen.com is assembling their “Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2013” list, and you can voice your preference from the pool they’ve selected. As you can imagine, there are a lot of SI girls featured.
In addition to the “Models” section of the ballot, there is also an “Athletes” section. Many have had their day in the swimsuit issue, including all three 2012 bodypainting participants.
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| Jessica Gomes |
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| Irina Shayk |
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| Brooklyn Decker |
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| Isabeli Fontana |
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| Anne V |
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| Izabel Goulart |
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| Ana Beatriz Barros |
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| Kate Upton |
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| Bar Refaeli |
In addition to the “Models” section of the ballot, there is also an “Athletes” section. Many have had their day in the swimsuit issue, including all three 2012 bodypainting participants.
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| Leryn Franco |
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| Lindsey Vonn |
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| Serena Williams |
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| Maria Sharapova |
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| Alex Morgan |
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| Natalie Gulbis |
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| Venus Williams |
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| Natalie Coughlin |