Those We Lost: Jessica Perez

*Model search.

I was always a big fan of Jessica. She was one of my two favorites for the model search that introduced her to SI. And I thought she had a wonderful 2012.

Her 2013 was not as transcendent for me. They seemed to put her in skimpier suits that didn’t necessarily complement her figure: bottoms with a concave cut that wasted her wonderful circular hips, teeny tops that frankly would have been sexier with a little more coverage. (For example.)

Also, she seemed more sullen in 2013, which fought against her pixie charm.

So, I blame the wardrobe/photography/retouch departments for those photos, and I’ll miss her—I was a little surprised the she wasn’t back for another year.

2011

2012

2013