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Nina Agdal, in a rather Stephanie-esque pose. Most beautiful-looking breasts in most stupid-looking bikini top: They really went for the primary colors this year, didn't they? Not trying to start a war here, but I like Nina's boobs better than Kate's. Just my personal taste.

Hey Kiki, what cup size is Kate? I'm sure she's at least a D, but is she actually DD? I keep feeling like they're using digital editing to dial these girls up and down.... I can't tell what's what.

I have gripes about this issue, but putting Michelle Vawer in fire-engine red bikinis is not one of them. Red on a darker-skinned brunette is always a knock-out: She looks a little Indian (as in India) to me. Crystal Renn is stunning in some photos, but I can't decide if I like her overall: They're using a lot of red on these girls, that's for sure.

OK, please tell me that the picture top row, second from left is not Cindy in a body suit and mask! That would just be too freaky.

Whoa! I mean WHOA! That face! Those boobs - how do they stay up like that! And those abs! Taken in 1965; from a retrospective on her on the NYT website. She was 25 at the time. I've seen a lot of shots of her from later life, and she looked great. Are there more shots of her from her early-mid-20s? I'd love to see them.

Who says sexy is comfortable? It does look like zillions of little pinches all over her curves, which is part of it. Plus, you think of them swiveling and clicking against each other when she moves. SI often has a little mild, harmless erotic Schadenfreude in a shot or two, like pouring ice water down Kathy Ireland's bikini top, or Elle lying with her back arched on the rocks that look so uncomfortable, and doesn't it serves her right for being so beautiful. Though they have chivalrously given her a pillow for her head, which is unexpectedly bright violet: They just don't make 'em like this anymore.

Is there going to be a novelty bikini this year? I don't always like them, but I did swoon over the guitar pick bikini Bar was wearing a few years back. So sexy:

I've seen this picture many times, but never realized how stunning beautiful it was until I turned it right side up. That necklace is visually fascinating (is it letters?), and the white bikini, and the flawless face and blue eyes and upswept hair... I love big jewelry paired with skimpy clothing; it's so sexy! Uploaded with ImageShack.us

That's my reaction too! But in Frederique's heyday, VS and SI hadn't started trading girls yet. Her frequent VS costar Jill Goodacre didn't do SI either. There was only Stephanie, who had come from SI. The floodgates opened after that, and it became common: Daniela, Rebecca, Yasmeen, etc. all started with VS and then did SI.

I was just thinking: why didn't Frederique ever do SI? She'd have been fantastic in it, and even the core SI demographic (the ones who buy SI the rest of the year when it's not the swimsuit issue) would have loved her body. Can't understand it.

Here's a great quote from Camilla Paglia in Salon about 4 years ago: "But even the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which used to be a luscious winter extravaganza of sinuous tigresses or golden California gals lolling in sultry, exotic locales, has now become utterly boring and flat. The artistry, charm and provocation are gone; all that's left is empty, mechanical attitudinizing. Yet another cultural landmark down the tubes." So true! http://www1.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/...one/index2.html

I wish they would do something sexier and more provocative. Maybe have one shot that pushes the envelope towards toplessness. I can't believe they haven't gone further than that famous Cheryl Tiegs fishnet maillot shot from a generation ago. Come on, it's 2012. A tiny flash of nipplage, blurred motion, whatever. Get people talking about the issue again. The bodypainting does not cut it in that department. It's so photoshopped/airbrushed that it almost looks like computer graphics. And it's become increasingly lame. Last year was a new low. I agree they have to stop altering the girls so much. And use fewer of them. There's no need for an entire platoon. Get 5-6 really beautiful girls, get creative with them, and make every picture count, like they used to do.

How do people feel about "cami-bras"? I must admit I'm kind of partial to them, though that might be because I've seen Jill Goodacre in so many that I kind of associate the category with her! Wasn't she just the best?

That's good news! Cindy is the only model I've ever wanted to actually clone. OK, that's not possible yet, but I wish she'd donate some eggs to science, so we can figure out how to make more of her, or at least spread her genes more widely. The question is, which man's genes to pair her's off with... Fascinating question - any ideas?

Ditto. Hey Chocolate, who's that incredibly beautiful girl in your sig pic? Is it Christy?

Very young Heather Stewart Whyte Thanks fender, but I don´t think so. Maybe it´s the same model I mixed with Heather in her topic: http://www.bellazon.com/main/index.php?s=&...t&p=2087192 I'm a big Heather fan, and checked out these pictures. I was sure that the girl on the right was Heather; the girl on the left I could believe is not; if it's definite that they are the same girl, then I don't know which way to go. However, I checked Heather's bio again, and Wikipedia lists her as born in Sept. '68, FMD, Sept. '69 If this layout is from Sept. '84, that would make her, at the oldest, 15 years old at the time of shooting, which seems implausible. FMD also says that she first briefly started modeling at 17, then dropped out for awhile and started again at age 21. That would be around 1990 or so, and her earliest covers etc are from 1991, so that fits. Conclusion: If this layout is from '84, the girl, however lovely, cannot be Heather.

Just found this in a VS scan from Stephanie's topic, and cropped it out. Don't think I've ever seen it before; it's very nice.

Here's a nice treatment of Jill by pinup artist Jennifer Janesko, who has a very feminine style which I enjoy. Her pictures are like female fantasies of absolute beauty. Well, hers, anyway - she started drawing in childhood, she says. I think Jill's eyes are green, though...

Gleicy Santos. A horizontal hang-down, not the full bent-double kind, but the rest of her is beautiful too!

Like this one?

Thanks, Nightowl! Yes, that certainly looks like her. Not the best surname for a model, huh? She's anything but.

Is this actually Niki, scratching her butt? Looks like her, given the hair and how good the body is, but I haven't seen that many (or maybe any) pics of her from the back:

Who is this? Her face and figure have such nice clean lines to them. I think this pic was from Newport News, but I'm not sure:

At first I thought the first was just a more brightly-colored (colorized?) version of the second, but actually it's hand up vs. hand down, shoe-holding wrist more angled. And you get your choice of which way you like her boob better.

Technical question: Is that bikini bottom a scoop, or a V? Enquiring minds want to know! (BTW, that's a better scan than the versions I have, thanks MizzElin!)