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I love it that she's got more of a "girl next door" vibe to her than a high-fashion model look. The problem with SI in my opinion is that the editors just picked a batch of the most "in" fashion models and put them in the issue, regardless of whether they're actually pretty and/or athletic-looking. A lot of supermodels are beautiful but not pretty, if you know what I mean. She looks like she could be a female athlete -- great! She looks like she could be just the average cute girl next door -- also great! As for her, uh assets: I'm not a boob man but hers are nice.

Thank you, adriana_isabeli they're gorgeous pics. :)

adriana_isabeli, could you point me in the direction of where to find the source pics for sig and avatar, please? Are they in this thread somewhere? (I've been looking, but I couldn't find them. )

For me at least a model has to have prettiness (totally different from beauty) as well as beauty if she's going to be at the top. Adriana, Alessandra, Petra, Marissa... they all have prettiness as well as beauty. WHich is why they're in my top list.

Okay, thanks for the ID. I'll just pretend its Katarina anyway.

Gasp! Is that Katarina Scola at left in the first picture?

Thanks Capt Snow, I've been waiting a long time for that set especially the ones by the tree.

I never thought of it that way ez_c, I'd agree.

You've got a point there. I said my post was contradictory. All I would say is that, for me anyway, exercising to stay in supermodel fighting trim and exercising to do vigorous athletic activities result in two different "looks." Marissa LOOKS like she can surf, play football, basketball, Bikini Twister, etc. For me, that's all the difference.

Depends on the picture, really. Most of my favorite models can make spectacular leg shots, depending on the photographer, lighting conditions, posture, shoes..

Adriana Lima. There's no doubt in my mind.

Light blue eyes. They look like cold, pure water. Pair them with light-blonde hair (Jessica van der Steen?) and it's magical. Overall, I think Adriana's got fabulous eyes.

One of my mini-fetishes. So great pictures, thanks everyone.

Hello, long long time lurker, (almost) first time poster. I wish my first long post (and thread) was a positive post, but I adore the SI Swimsuit Issue, there's so much about it that's great. But It just seems like recently the issue has been trying to be more like a high fashion magazine than what (to me) it actually is: a celebration of beautiful, pretty, and athletic women wearing less clothes than usual. It's Sports Illustrated, so I think an SI Swimsuit Issue model should look like she has some athletic ability rather than looking like she'd snap in half with mild exertion (cough*angelalindvall*). I think prettiness in a SI model is just as important as beauty, if not even more so. Now, I like skinny models, I'll admit that. Izabel Goulart, Alessandra , Ana Beatriz, theyr'e some of my favorite and sexiest models of all time. But I think an SI model should have some curviness and athletic tone to them. Am I wrong? There've been some great ones recently, like Marissa and Petra (goddesses!) but there've been a lot more that I didn't like. I really value my issues from the late 1990s (and up to maybe about 2001) more than the most recent ones. Despite the presence of Marissa and petra, who usually save an issue from itself. Sorry if these biased opinions are cotnradictory, but there ya go. What do you think, please? Michelle Alves - kinda pretty and deliciously toned (those abs!!), but could use more curves May Andersen - god, no; stick to Vogue, please Ana Beatriz Barros - one of the most beautiful faces on earth but she has no hips and little tushie Elsa Benitez - can't justify it,, but she's fantastic in SI, for me Yamila Diaz-Rahi - not really my favorite type, but great anyway Isabeli Fontana - great!! so lovely... Alicia Hall - kinda pretty, but she doesn't know how to pose at all; I'll give her some slack for lack of experience modelling though Bridget Hall - beautiful, but definitely not what I'd call "pretty"; her body just seems to define the kind thats more suited to high fashion than SI (we'll see more like that in a moment) Melissa Keller - a less remarkable version of Marissa Miller... still good, though Shakara Ledard - yummy; almost makes me forget Tyra (...almost!) Noemie Lenoir - as luscious as Tyra but in a different way Angela Lindvall - gorgeous (under the right conditions)... but SI? no, please no! Michelle Lombardo - curvy? oh my yes... not really "pretty", though even though she's kinda beautiful Vanessa Lorenzo - I wish she'd done a lot more shoots for SI, she coulda been classic! Spanish heat Marisa Miller - the quintessential SI babe (...one ofthem, anyway) Jose Moran - another classic Fernanda Motta - another beautiful but not pretty one; her sexy Latina bod and attitude make it work though somehow Carolyn Murphy - see Bridget Hall Petra Nemcova - beyond classic, eternal; pretty, beautiful, sexy toned bod... sigh... Chandra North - cute, but more of a fashion type body than SI Daniela Pestova - classic!! my very first favorite SI babe and Victoria's Secret model Audrey Quock - lovely, but I just don't see why they chose her for SI at all Frankie Rayder - see Carolyn Murphy, but even less pretty; I do like her as a fashion model, dont get me wrong... Daniella Sarahyba - adorable face, body is (like Michelle Lombardo) curvy... she's able to bring something new and different to SI but still keep it SI, if you know what I mean =) Molly Sims - great for SI, but I never liked her for some reason (could be my pretty bias) Mallory Snyder - beautiful, but not... you know Jessica Van Der Steen - Carolyn Murphy/Bridget Hall/etc... bonus points for towheaded-ness Veronica Varekova - I like Marissa more, but she's nice Jessica White - nice, but I keep thinking of Tyra

I missed out on Part #5 could anyone upload it again please? I have #1 thru 4 if anyone needs them uploaded. PS I like YouSendIt better, why do most people here use RapidShare instead, just wondering? Thanks to impel69 for originally uploading them.