Topless Tuesday: Myla Dalbesio, 2020

Myla looks good this year.

Flannel shirt + cute little purple triangle is a fashion statement I didn't know I needed.

She's pretty glammed up this year in some of her photos, making for a pretty stark contrast with her rustic Wyoming surroundings.

Of COVID and Covers

The swimsuit issue started as a way to fill time during the sports-light winter months, and maybe it’s appropriate that this year’s will arrive to distract us from the pandemic.

MJ Day announced that something will be revealed on Good Morning America tomorrow. Will they reveal the cover? I’m not sure what other surprise it could be, but her Instagram message invites us to guess.

Anyway, I think the issue goes live on July 21, about a week and a half from now. So let’s whet our appetites with some of the previews they’ve dropped for us over the last few months.

Thumb-Hook Thurfboard Thursday: Michelle Behennah, 2000

The more beaches you shoot on, the greater the chance of your model interacting with a surfboard.

It’s an outdoor summer activity you can do while social distancing, so let’s celebrate it.

Perfect Tens

These are my ten favorite SI models who’ve been introduced to us during this blog’s existence (not counting the one-hit wonders, who got their own list).

#10 Haley Kalil (model search 2018, rookie 2019)

(Yep, she’s new, but I have good feelings about her.)

First appearance: March 24, 2018, A Real Camille & Kalil Reveal

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#9 Myla Dalbesio (2017)

First appearance: February 7, 2017, Christie’s Back

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#8 Hannah Ferguson (2014)

First appearance: February 5, 2014, Latest Rookie Reveal: Hannah Ferguson

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#7 Emily DiDonato (2013)

First appearance: February 5, 2013, Countdown: 7 Days to Go

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#6 Bo Krsmanovic (2016)

First appearance: February 14, 2017, Northern Exposure

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#5 Rose Bertram (2015)

First appearance: February 2, 2015, Rookie reveal #3: Rose Bertram

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#4 Hailey Clauson (2015)
First appearance: May 5, 2014, A Bit of a Shayk-Up

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#3 Barbara Palvin (2016)

First appearance: November 18, 2012, Missing the Complexities (several years before she was an SI girl!)

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#2 Lais Ribeiro (2017)

First appearance: February 7, 2017, Christie’s Back

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#1 Sara Sampaio (2014)

First appearance: February 4, 2014, Whaddaya Want, a Rookie?

The ranking is subject to change, depending on whichever recent photos I've seen. (UPDATE: In fact, I just moved Barbara Palvin up to #3. I previously had her at #5 for some reason.) I had to make some tough cuts. Vita Sidorkina and Kelsey Merritt were the last to be dismissed. Sorry, girls, I love you all!

One-Piece Wednesday: Myla Dalbesio, 2020

Well, I need some cheering up, and it's probably safe to assume you do too.

My three "must-haves" (Lais Ribeiro, Barbara Palvin, Hailey Clauson) all seem to be absent from the 2020 swimsuit issue. And the issue will be even later this year, released, as of now, in July.

So let's liven up our spirits a bit with a peek at Myla, one of my faves who will be featured this year, assuming the magazine comes out at all.

Meanwhile, stay in and stay safe.

Underboob Monday: Myla Dalbesio, 2017

Why not?

I need one more themed day to round out the week, and “und” rhymes with “mond,” so from now on we will kick off the week with that noblest of sights, the underboob.

Myla is perfect to host this inaugural Underboob Monday with this video from a couple years ago, in which she happily directs our attention to the underside of her cropped top.

What I've Seen of Twenty-Nineteen

A handful of quick takes.


Halima Aden looks gorgeous. But her photos seem like a fashion shoot for Elle or something.

It’s still a head-scratcher. I’m not sure what to do with my eyes.

Hailey Clauson’s photos are a bit of a letdown. She’s one of my current favorites, but this year she has a lot of awkward, unflattering poses in awkward, unflattering swimsuits.

This photo is, weirdly, one of her best this year, despite showing off none of her body. It’s her gorgeous face in an unguarded smile (I bet cradling a koala will do that for you).

Hailey has to come back next year. I don’t want this to be her last appearance.


Danielle Herrington, on the other hand, has a great year. I think she looks fantastic.

Though I’m not a fan of the “thin, vertical nipple strap extruding bipolar boob spillage” style. SI uses this type of top a LOT lately, especially on the more buxom ladies.

Too much, in my opinion.


Swimsuitologist favorite Myla Dalbesio looks great. Those eyes.

And she provides 2019’s one example that I’ve (so far) seen of the “all body, no head” genre of photos.

I briefly thought she gave us a “Same Suit, Different Babe” with Hannah Ferguson from a few years ago…

…but no, they are different suits from different designers.


Anne de Paula does indeed have a better year than last year. Some very nice photos.

But SI, once again, for at least the fifth time, decides to use Kenyans as human props.

What is it about Kenya??