Bonus Topless Tuesday: Carolyn Murphy, Frankie Rayder, 2005

Happened across this photo, and I'm sharing it here because it adds Frankie Rayder to the Ashley Richardson Extended Universe.

Frankie posed with Carolyn on the table of contents page in 2005.

Carolyn posed with Rachel on the cover in 2006.

Rachel posed with Ashley in this neon kaleidoscope from 1990.

I bet there are even more models I'll rediscover eventually.

Calendar Girls, Revisited: 1991 Part 1

Kathy Ireland was busy in 1991. She welcomed no fewer than three future SI swimsuit models into the world.

First off was Samantha Hoopes on February 10.

Then came Emily Didonato two weeks later, on February 24.

Michaela was the calendar girl as Emrata arrived.

And then Maria von Hartz celebrated the arrival of 2019 rookie Jasmine Sanders.

There are too many girls for all their names to fit in the "Labels" section, which is a dumb reason to split 1991 into two posts unless you're some kind of obsessive who wants to make sure each model is listed and searchable, so here we are.

Bonus One-Piece Wednesday: Michaela Bercu, 1990

Yesterday, in the comments, someone asked me if I had any SI photos handy of Israeli model Michaela Bercu.

She only appeared in the 1990 issue, and she didn't appear much. She's got one degree of separation from Ashley Richardson in a group shot or two, but not much else.

But she has a couple very nice shots in the subsequent 1991 desk calendar. I'm a sucker for a blonde in a red one-piece, so I'm enthralled by this one.

But I have to say, I actually like the pose and angle a bit more in this behind-the-scenes shot, which appeared just a few weeks later in the same calendar.

Here's a closeup. It's hard not to like it.

Thanks, anonymous commenter, for bringing her up for a revisit, and for providing a break from the 2014 rut I've found myself in!