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I don't think you understand how sexual predatory works. There is a ton of work explaining it all across the internet. Terry Richardson fits description perfectly. And no, he probably never asked hundreds of models, only selected few. He would never do that to someone high profile. Again, his behaviour (and his assistants') perfectly fits behaviour of sexual predator who uses his position of power to abuse his victims. The man is an absolute scum. He has asked many, many models to do sexual things for him and it has been documented in his books. How can what he is doing be sexual predation when that is the very nature of what he does, photograph spontaneous sexual interactions with his subjects and himself and then exhibit it/sell it. Are you not aware of this side of his business? Terry doesn't have to conform to what your idea of what a professional photographer should do. And he in large part made his name pushing these sexual boundaries in his pictures. Obviously we are not discussing any consensual sex he might have had. It is not at all relevant to this dicussion. The m.o. of the predator is to select vulnerable victims and then create very specific circumstances that will allow him deniability and/or destroy the victims credibility. Hence why he would never try anything with, say post-SI-fame Kate Upton.

I don't see how Terry and the model having a different idea of what would or could transpire during the shoot excuses him from responsibility. If he had any reason to believe that the model might have the wrong idea, then it was precisely his and his entourage's job to make it abundantly clear before they even started the shoot. Of course I'm not at all surprised by the victim-blaming, since that is pretty much sexual predator 101. They all create very exact circumstances in which consent is muddled and the victims supposed behavior will be frowned upon. It also seems odd to equate this situation to a context like a BDSM club. It's reasonable to expect sexual acts when attending such a place. It's also entirely reasonable for a model not to expect to be performing sexual acts during a photoshoot, even if the photographer has done so before and some of his models consented to it. I'm pretty sure that e.g. Marloes Horst has done more than shared a cup of tea with Terry (during/before/after a shoot), which is of course purely fine if consensual. That does not mean that every single model who works with him should accept that as a given or that it gives him automatic consent to do whatever if they agree to work with him.

Just because those individual people had no bad experiences does not mean the other models' stories are completely without merit. A predator will not prey upon every single potential victim he encounters, he will seek out those most likely to stay silent. This applies to all sexual predators. Of course he is not going to try anything with the likes of Kate Upton as that would be insanely stupid. By the time she worked with him, she was too big a name already for him to mess with. And I don't see how the presence of his own staff makes the models any safer, not if - according to at least one report - he actually grooms his assistants to help him with the abuse (or at least the aftermath of it). I'm not one to crucify a person on the claims of one supposed victim, but by now there has been so much smoke that I believe there is indeed a fire burning. It is actually quite easy for a man like Terry to continue with his supposed behavior, just because he holds all the power. He has friends in media who can give him a platform whenever he wants to discredit the accusations. He has celebrity friends who rush to his defense whenever a new accusation is made. Most of his supposed victims are relatively unknown young women who just started out in the business, so the power discrepancy is such that their voices will always be drowned out.

This is a bit of an odd POV. If you believe there is something to the stories, isn't he a creepy predator?

Damn, SASI's collection of models is really knocking it out of the park again. Loving Derryn Lester too, great body and alluring eyes!

I'll be in my bunk.

She has a bikini body but I don't find her face very interesting. Another Samantha Hoopes imho.

Well I am entitled to having an opinion and I find it tacky to post such sentiments from what is obviously a place of comfort and (some) luxury. Especially with the levity that is displayed in the beach-side picture. Instagram is hardly the proper platform to make a poignant point about such a complex conflict, especially as the death toll mounts.

I think those are Chrissy's boobs

This girl has an amazing body! And she's not very shy.

Cute!

I don't mind Erin doing SISE but it doesn't make me overly excited either. I'd love someone who stands out, the way Kate did when she just got started for SI.

Well it's true that this is objective to a certain extent.

I really wish Bar would not talk about the ongoing conflict in her country. It's not a good look to post anti-war quotes on instagram that are accompanied by pictures of her running along the beach. This is not some abstract notion, real people are having their lives destroyed as we speak.

Hahaha Don't see a whole lot wrong with that myself, it has to be said.

It's a good thing that Kate feels comfortable enough in her own body to let the reins loose at times.

Boo! She's gone from an amazing body to looking too thin.

I have to say that the way Candice has looked in the past 10-12 months is as good as any time since 2008.

Didn't see the Gisele bit either, but I follow some sports journalists on Twitter and they mentioned she was on the pitch with Puyol prior to the game. Also, they were amused by the fact that she towered over the former Barça defender. Understandable, Puyol is only 1m78 and Gisele will have been wearing high heels (and is 1m80 to begin with).

Gisele was on the field with Puyol prior to the game.

Glad Germany won, even though the final was probably their worst game at the tournament. Would have been a disgrace for Argentina to win it after such a poor tournament though. And they could have very well done so had Higuain brought his shooting boots.

I doubt the two Dutch CBs would fare well in a back four.

LeBron going back to Cleveland! I guess all those front-running models who support the Heat will be sad... for two minutes.

They have always been stupid. I guess they can be meaningful to smaller nations who make the semis (and then lose). e.g. Croatia in '98 really celebrated their win in that game.

Arsenal is also linked to Sami Khedira. If Wenger pulls that off, they could be a genuine title contender this year. Though even then they could probably use one more top class CB.