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Wait, the models don't get any compensation for being in SISE?

She's a bit goofy, but in a good way.

To me there are different degrees of acceptance. Of course it's absurd to expect all women (and men) to look like models. But there is a whole range of body shapes in between "model" and "overweight". If you are carrying around so much weight that it will almost certainly negatively impact your health, I'm not sure if it's in the best interest of everyone involved if the message you get is "you do you". How is it different from someone who smokes or someone who drinks too much? You don't help people by enabling their bad habits.

Hannah has the cutest smile.

Sign all three of them up, MJ!

On the one hand, it was a classless move on her part. On the other hand, I'm not a big fan of the outrage culture that makes any remotely controversial public statement impossible.

VS is still hiding that bootie from us! Shame on them!

Did Hannah ever reveal how she got that scar on her right arm?

I thought Cheryl's words were classless, but I don't think she really called Ashley obese. Basically she said that she represented a beauty ideal she can't identify with. Which, whilst it might be slightly mean, isn't the same as calling Ashley's body unhealthy.

Is there some reliable info out there in terms of Ashley's current weight?

Obviously it's not a big deal in any way, but the manner in which MJ has turned the cover into a gimmicky and cute affair is really to the detriment of the magazine. Forget "iconic", will we ever even get another cover that is "memorable"?

You have probably seen a lot more interviews with her than I have. Based on those that I have seen, she is more quirky than dumb/ignorant.

As the great football pundit Jan Mulder once said about this very subject: "Sometimes a little bit dumb can be fun."

I will never understand this. If you are so afraid to show a nipple, put your models in swimsuits that cover the nipples.

Wow! She is taking her talents to Stone Cold Fox beach!

Personally, I find it a slight improvement upon last year's issue.

Am I crazy or does Samantha actually have one of the better outfits in that entire line-up?

I'm not sure if Jeter is to blame, that kind of insecurity will have been with her for a long time. I also hope she is realistic enough to understand that Jeter likely won't stick around long-term. He is a serial manslut à la Leo Di Caprio (not that there's anything wrong with that).

She is ridiculously beautiful.

Cute outfit.

Thanks for the scans, Pretty and Pheno!

Oh man. This interview makes Erin's look even worse. That's basically how you handle promo like a veteran. Nins is good at that shit, even when her quirky side comes out on occasion. I hope the powers that be at SI realize what they have in her.

Her eyes look kind of weird. Might be she is on something, might be she is just dead-tired. Or both. But yeah, her behavior is not really modulated to a media appearance. She was like 5% removed from a real break-down.

*shrugs* To me, very few of these girls stand out personality-wise. I would say that the exceptions in the recent years are: Chrissy (though not necessarily in a good way), Nina, Kate The rest just seem to be interchangeable "Oh I'm just so happy to be here" model types. I guess Alyssa had a tiny bit of a personality as well, in terms of it standing out. And Gen and Natasha had a bit of awkwardness that could be mistaken for quirky charm.