One-Piece Wednesday: Daniela Lopez

Continuing my One-Piece Wednesday exploration of model-search girls who might have been, I turn once again to Daniela Lopez, that callipygian Colombian I've lauded on these pages before.

Here she is putting that magnificent posterior to good use in some one-piecers for a Galore shoot.

She gives good sleeve.

Free-Hip Friday: Jeisa Chiminazzo, 2008

One of my under-the-radar favorites.

Thumb-Hook Thursday: Myla Dalbesio, 2018

Happy Thursday, Myla. I'm looking forward to 2019.

One-Piece Wednesday: Caroline Kelley

I recently went down a Caroline Kelley rabbit hole. I wondered if it was worth doing a “where are they now?” series about the model search contestants who DIDN’T win.

You remember Caroline, right? From the 2016 search.

Caroline is … wow. I think we really missed out.

I would lose this ping-pong game.

Anyway, here are some nice one-piecers she wore for the swimwear company Amaiò.

Aaaaaand a couple more tidbits.

I'd love to get my hands on the alternate-universe swimsuit issue with Caroline as a rookie.

Sanders on the Beach

So the new SI rookie is Jasmine Sanders, and I’m holding all of you accountable for not telling me that Noemie Lenoir and Ana Beatriz Barros had a kid.

These photos are from her appearance in treats! magazine from 2015, and they've whetted my appetite for 2019.

Heck, she might even be a good replacement in my heart for my dearly departed Rose Bertram.

Hip to Be Bare

Thought I might add another themed day to the lineup.

One move that a model often pulls that I find pretty erotic is when she unties her string bikini bottom and reveals her hip. She shows you her full side, nude and uninterrupted, from her chest all the way down to her toes.

There’s a nice bit of tantalization going on. As I’ve mentioned before, topless shots are pretty normal, expected even. But there’s just a handful of bottomless shots, and the sexual tension cranks up when the bikini-bottomed area of a model’s body is teased at.

It’s time to celebrate this pose. Topless Tuesday, One-Piece Wednesday, and Thumb-Hook Thursday will hereby be followed by: Free-Hip Friday.

Emily, it is an honor to have you introduce this august tradition.

Come What? May??

Someone on Bellazon noticed this.

According to the SI editorial calendar for 2019, this year’s swimsuit issue is slated for May.

No explanation, no fanfare.

If this is true, the swimsuit issue will not be a glimpse of summer in the dead of winter, or a salve for your Super Bowl hangover.

Maybe it’s just me, but it kind of feels like the swimsuit issue as we know it is slipping away.

But in happier news, Swimsuitologist favorites Myla Dalbesio, Lais Ribeiro, and Barbara Palvin are all back for 2019, whatever month it happens to come out. A few preview shots have trickled in.

Happy Thumb-Hook Thursday to you too, Babs.