Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Same Suit, Different Babe-a-Palooza

I wish I knew more about this MTV 2002 swimsuit issue special. I stumbled across these photos from backstage. They’re from the same switcheroo event as this post, where the girls dressed in each others’ swimsuits.

In these shots, they also seem to be recreating some previous covers.

Here you can see Marisa Miller as Judit Masco (1990), Melissa Keller as Tyra Banks (1997), and Annie Morton as Valeria Mazza (1996). (They’re being photographed by Petra Nemcova, no idea if she’s in disguise.)

Chandra North plays Daniela Pestova (1995), Carla Maria plays Tannia Rubiano (1971), Ana Beatriz Barros plays Tyra Banks (1996), Vanessa Lorenzo plays, perhaps, Yamila Diaz (2002).

It’s interesting to see a lot of the same covers that have since gotten additional tributes.

Also, for good measure, Here’s Chandra dressed up as Elsa Benitez.

Looks like quite a party.

In any case, one of the girls being portrayed is Valeria Mazza, who’s 43 today.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2015 at 12:00 PM

    On the photo where's Chandra as Elsa, there's also Marisa as Daniela Pestova and the african american model as Kylie Bax

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  2. SwimsuitologistFebruary 17, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    I had Carla Maria as Ana Beatriz, not Kylie:
    http://tinyurl.com/l3b56cs

    But you're right, Kylie wore that same floral bikini as well:
    http://tinyurl.com/q7zxlew

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    I remember this special. It featured the models walking around on a runway while some pop stars of the time performed. In between songs, they showed heavily edited segments of that year's swimsuit dvd special.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 27, 2019 at 9:54 AM

    "The golden age, ah, whither is it flown,
    For which in secret every heart repines…
    When every bird winging the limpid air
    And every living thing o’er hill and dale
    Proclaim’d to man,—What pleases is allow’d !"

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  5. AnonymousMarch 5, 2020 at 12:18 AM

    Here's a link to part of the show.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZSczBUZNLY

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  6. SwimsuitologistMarch 10, 2020 at 11:15 AM

    Thanks for the link, that's excellent to see the girls in motion!

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