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Very interesting genre! Artistic and tasteful and yet open to a wider range of heights as well. Thanks for sharing.

France vs. Netherlands Doutzen Kroes 1.5 1.5 USA vs. Belarus Katsia Zingarevich x3 Grace Elizabeth x3 Zhenya Katava x3

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Vote people.

Australia vs. South Africa Catherine McNeil vs. Nicole Meyer x3 Lily Easton x3 vs. Natasha Barnard Stephanie Claire Smith vs. Candice Boucher x3 Israel vs. Latvia Bar Refaeli x2 vs. Ginta Lapina x1 Neta Alchimister x3 Lana Zakocela x3 South Africa vs. Russia 1.5 Lauren Mellor x2 vs. Kristina Romanova x1 Lisa Fumagalli x3 New Zealand vs. Lithuania Gintare Sudziute x3 Isla Dowling x3 Sima Jakuleviciutex3

Off the Top Vita Sidorkina - she puts so much in every shot that it must be hard for a photographer to choose. Tanya Mityushina - not a prototype swimsuit body, but that face and sexiness... Jarah Mariano Lujan Fernandez Chandra North Aline Nakashima essica Gomez Ashley Richardson* - really tall, curvy and flexible. This should be the plus size standard. Kate Upton Angie Everhart Emily Ratajowski Oluchi Oneweagba Bregje Heinen* Bar Rafaeli Letitia Casta - serene yet sensual, curvy plus that hair. Caroline Kelley Rebecca Romijn Jessica Van Der Steen - underrated for such a hot blonde. Valeria Mazza - I would say the same for her, but she did share a cover. Alyssa Miller Adaora Akubilo Hannah Ferguson Nikki Taylor Danielle Herrington Hilary Rhoda Josie Maran - definitely produced one of youtube's best LQ videos. Vanessa Lorenzo - maybe the best bottom in fashion and I like the rest too. Daniela Lopez Osario - Fashion needs more latinas. Lais Ribiero Petra Nemcova - so cute and so womanly at the same time. The prototype slim swimsuit model in general. Tyra Banks Cintia Dicker* - never been sure how to compare her face, but I love her overall looks. Her in those grapes though. Carla Campbell - cute, tall, curvy, athletic and goofy. Catrinel Menghia - The combination of looks, voice, vibe ect. Extremely sensual, but never forced or over the top.

There is a lot of talk about who should or shouldn't get covers. There is a lot of talk of who should be in or not. Despite that, I figure we all like the inclusion of some that have made it at some point. This is for your favorite women who have ever been included. You can share individual names, lists, videos, pics or whatever you choose.

*edit* SI Swimsuit General Discussion would be a good title so that no one else makes the same thing.

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Argentina x9 - I can't overemphasize how strongly I feel about the first pairing. [27] USA vs. USA [21] Jessica Strother x3 Ellie Martin x3 Scarlett Leithold x3 Italy x9 Adriana Lima Shanina Shaik Victoria Lee

Yeah, she has a very earthy personality that is really refreshing for a celebrity.

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I would say that Kate Upton has grown on me. When she first came out, her fans annoyed me so much that it was distracting. The whole "you're not a real man if you don't agree" type of bs (from male and female alike). As someone who likes skinny, curvy and athletic, I was annoyed on my own behalf and those who only like one of the other two. Not to mention the fact that whereas I thought her body was a statement for fashion, didn't agree on it being close to unprecedented in general. Once the craziness went away, I just kindof looked at her more at face value. I looked at her as a cute, sexy woman with a nice body and a down to earth type personality.

Awesome post. I think Ashley Graham and the one-legged chick are hot , but agree about the overall standard being lower. Its really interesting that before, everything was pretty much decided for the consumer. Men like this right? Well, put some of that in there. Now, social media gives the general public more of a voice, but it results in a worse product. Lets face it, social media poses a big threat to the quality of commercial fashion. Being a commercial medium, its hard for them to ignore the social media train. Whereas I would rather see a Dioni Tabbers than an Alexi Ren, its hard for advertisers to look past the fact that its 38k followers vs. 12 million (with roughly the same number of posts in less time). Even a top model like Cintia Dicker has less than 200k with 2,000+ posts (by far more than both). For whatever reason, the traditional fashion models don't seem to be resonating as much with the social media audience. Strippers, wanna be fitness gurus, wanna be makeup gurus and amateur models have left them in the dust for the most part. At the end of the day, I guess fashion fans just want some things to be sacred. If you're not good enough to make the MLB, they aren't going to put you in just because you have a lot of followers. That's what fashion fans want SI to be. Just cut the politics and fill it up with the best looking models in the business. Looks unlikely to happen, but would be nice.

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USA vs. Italy Abby Brothers Band vs. Bianca "Tickle Me" Balti x3 I just heard her adorable voice for the first time. Cameron Russell x2 vs. B - Chiara Baschetti x1 Shaughnessy Brown x2 vs. C - Vittoria Ceretti x1 Russia vs. Canada 2 Stella Trapsh x2 vs. Jessica Stam x1 Anastasia Krivosheeva x3 Alena Podloznaya x3 USA vs. Brazil Marisa Miller x2 vs. Isabeli Fontana x1 1.5 Maggie Rawlins x3 USA vs. Australia Bryden Jenkins x3 Gemma Ward - on a team with Abbey. #defect (verb) 1.5

Russia vs. USA 1.5... Hannah Ferguson x3 Tanya Mityushina x2 vs. Caroline Kelley x1 #whitegirlbootyawards, Vanessa Lorenzo Award nominee The trophy looks like this...... but gold. [24] USA vs. USA [27] 1.5 same level Ellie Martin x3 Brittni Tucker x3 Lithuania vs. Russia Edita Vilkeviciute x2 vs. Irina Shayk x1 Anna Selezneva x3 Auguste Abeliunaite x3 Germany x9

That first pair was close.

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That revelation is definitely true to your username. Its one of those things that seems obvious when pointed out, but I still would have missed it otherwise.

Who is NOT the target audience when putting together SI Swimsuit. 1. Hardcore Sports Fans Why? Because they are likely already subscribed and will automatically get an issue. I know some who even throw it away, which is how I learned that its part of the package anyway. 2. Hardcore Model Fans They already have them, so they don't care to target them. That's pretty much how mainstream marketing works. They consider the ones in the stands to be a done deal, so they go out for everyone else. So why Danielle Herrington? Well, having a black girl on the cover preemptively addresses the issue of whether there is enough color on the inside or not. This leaves you with three major candidates. Lais, Danielle and Ebonee. Lais is more "deserving" and maybe even Ebonee is. Danielle though is a more fluent English speaker than Lais, which factors in to the various speaking engagements and such. Ebonee by comparison is farther away from the type of black that is trending in American marketing at the moment. Danielle is closer to the "Blackish" type of black that American advertisers are obsessed with at the moment. It is important to look outside of the perspective of either a sports fan or modeling fan because they are NOT the target audience as they would have (in theory) bought it anyway. All that said, I think the cover was great at face value and in my adventures, I do see people who don't know models marveling at it. I think she's pretty and has the body of a super hero. I would have given it to Lais or Hannah myself for the record. Also for the record, Danielle Herrington just so happen to be my favorites. Her, Hannah, Daniela, Alyssa are probably my recent favorites.

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Thanks for the comp! I hate that I missed the butt and bosom versions, but this one has to be even better because eyes are more unique.