Topless Tuesday: Izabel Goulart, 2011

One thing that enhances a topless photo for me is when the model is displaying her bikini top.

Not sure why. Is it a "just took it off" mood, or an "interrupted before putting it on" mood, or just a "teasing you by dangling her missing article of clothing" mood?

These are lovely pics of Izabel, even though SI seemed to be in the midst of a heavy retouching phase.

Scanti-Lui Clad

So France recently had a better election than we did.

I think they also have a better girlie magazine of record.

Lui was founded to be France’s answer to Playboy. They’ve attracted a bevy of A-listers to disrobe, including quite a few girls who had been in SI or soon would be.

The earliest SI girl I could find was my very own Stacey Williams. Her December 1990 issue came out over a year before her Sports Illustrated debut.

No nudity, but some beautiful black and white pics of her getting tattoos on some of my favorite parts of her.

I have a feeling these are fake tattoos, because I don’t think I ever saw one in her subsequent SI photos. However, if you like butt tattoos…

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…the first Lui issue after a long hiatus (September 2013) brought us Isabeli Fontana with a papillon on her derriere.

Longtime readers may recognize some of these June 2014 shots from when I confused Isabeli with Izabel a couple years ago. But for completist’s sake, they are worth revisiting here.

Refresher: This is Isabeli Fontana.

This is Izabel Goulart.

Isabeli and Lui must have quite a crush on each other, as she also makes appearances in July of 2014:

…December/January of 2015-2016:

…and September of 2016:

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The July/August 2014 issue was a cornucopia of my favorite recent swimsuit issue girls. It brought us Emily DiDonato:

…Sara Sampaio:

…and Lais Ribeiro:

Lais also shows up in September 2016:

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Laetitia Casta does what she does best in December/January of 2014/2015: represent France and look hot doing it.

Happy Birthday, Izabel Goulart

UPDATE: It has been pointed out to me that the 2013 photos below are of Isabeli Fontana, not Izabel Goulart. I have no excuse other than early-morning delirious web searching. I'm leaving them up though, because they are beautiful pictures.

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To celebrate her 30th, let’s take a look at a couple spreads she did for Lui magazine.

From 2013:

From 2014:

Both years, she seemed to misplace her bottoms in one or two of the shots.

Izabel Goulart in GQ Portugal

Looking quite badass.

The Stories I Missed

I got caught up in ranking the top 50 swimsuit models, then I neglected to revisit some of these tidbits about our girls. Here are some non-SI appearances I missed.

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Crystal Renn did some truly beautiful photos for Harper’s Bazaar España:

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Kate Upton continued her high fashion quest with a shoot for Vogue Brasil:

…as well as a David Yurman campaign.

With all the boob emphasis, you mustn’t forget how gorgeous her face is.

But she stayed true to her swimsuit roots by modeling a Chrissy Teigen line of bridal bikinis, which are apparently a thing.

This article brings up a pretty funny point… “Don’t ‘bridal bikinis’ sound like something she would totally go on a tirade about on Twitter?”

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Irina Shayk did a severely badass photoshoot for GQ Russia:

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Izabel Goulart kicked equal amounts of ass for GQ Brasil:

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And Hannah Davis looked real cute in Ocean Drive.

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Meanwhile, Bar Refaeli, Natasha Barnard, and (welcome back!) Petra Nemcova have fulfilled their ends of the bargain and come out with new lingerie shoots, for Passionata, Leonisa, and Wild Orchid respectively:

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Finally, Alyssa Miller showed off her bikini talents in a glammed-up campaign for Manor swimwear.

And now you are more or less caught up!