Topless Tapas Tuesday

It's my last Topless Tuesday, and I'm in the mood for a sampler platter.

One-Piece Wednesday: Shannan Click, 2011

 

That's the Way the Rookie Crumbles 2012

Well, now is the time for me to mourn the loss of my beloved Kenza Fourati. Sadly, she was not one of last year's rookies to survive into 2012. Shannan Click has also left us, leaving Izabel Goulart, Alyssa Miller, and Kate Upton to carry us forward.By the way, both of the rookies who survived from 2010 to 2011 also came back for a third year. Say hello to the 2012 editions of Genevieve Morton and Chrissy Teigen.Chrissy had a particularly good year. Probably the best photos I've seen of her.And she got her own ad campaign for Gillette® Venus® & Olay®, in which they gave this 2010 photo the Midas treatment.

Which Rookies Will Return?

SI has been taunting us with the fact that there are barely 30 days until the swimsuit issue comes out. Soon, we will know which of the five 2011 rookies will return, and which of them will become one-hit wonders. My predictions, from most likely to least likely:

#1: Kate UptonThis is a no-brainer. I think riots would break out if she's gone in 2012. (I foresee a not-minor uproar if she isn't the cover girl.)

#2: Alyssa MillerNot only is she drop-dead gorgeous, but she's the only rookie who got three separate shoots in 2011: bodypainting, Hawaii, Fiji.

#3: Kenza FouratiShe's my personal obsession. I hope I'm not being too optimistic; I'd love to see more from her.

#4: Izabel GoulartShe's filling the void left by Daniella Sarahyba, but does she have the staying power to repeat?

#5: Shannan ClickShe had the fewest photos online of any of the rookies, and I just got a nagging feeling that she didn't, well, click.

We'll find out soon enough. And then we'll have a new batch of rookies to speculate about.

Blondes in Their Underthings!

Continuing my important work of picking out SI models from other sites’ hot girls lists, I bring you BroBible’s hottest blonde swimsuit issue models who are also lingerie models. Blondes#5: Esti Ginzburg #14: Shannan Click #18: Ana Beatriz Barros #20: Jessica Hart #39: Anne V #40: Jessica Perez #42: Petra Nemcova #59: Tori Praver #68: Jessica Van Der Steen #88: Marisa Miller #90: Kate Upton #92: Bar Refaeli #95: Brooklyn Decker And, just because I sense she’s feeling left out, here’s a lovely shot of Cintia Dicker.

Happy Birthday, Shannan Click

The 2011 rookie is 28.

2011 in Review

So, we’re half a year past the 2011 issue. Let’s take a look back.

Weirdest SuitsBrooklyn Decker’s lion design.
Damaris Lewis’s “groped-by-shadows” one-piece.
Kenza Fourati’s bikini bottom constructed of jimmies.
Oddest TrendCoral as decorative fan.
Toplessest GirlJessica White appears without her top in 9 of her 42 online photos, which is over 21%.
Most Amazing OutieIzabel Goulart’s bellybutton enters a room a few seconds before the rest of her does.
Most Titillating RevelationShannan Click has done some bondage photography, and not just in the suggestive way my sick brain tends to see.A couple years ago, she did some sort of artsy/kinky fashion spread for something called Exit magazine. (NSFW)
Early 2012 Cover Predictions?#3: Brooklyn Decker
#2: Julie Henderson
#1: Kate Upton