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they spent millions on that?

Not only have they not released much, their Instagram feed is always highlighting girls who have NOTHING to do with WSSA. It's very weird.

Swim Daily sure is hyping Gigi these days

edit: nevermind!

Charlotte McKinney is gross. Her cup runneth over, so to speak.

seconded!

this one seems particularly bad! her poor boobs. there's no way that can be flattering.

girl is meant to be in a swimsuit i wonder what 2016 has in store for her. doesn't seem seem like she's going to be in SI this year, so her annual GQ shoot may be all we can look forward to

The book is Lucia Berlin's "A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories"

she turned 18 in mid-2009 and I believe later in the year, or maybe in 2010, she had her first nude shoot. but from what i can tell, her last one was in 2014. hopefully not last ever!

MJ Day is going to get the cover, i just know it her life is like the Cathy comic strip come to life. she probably says "ACK!" a lot while eating chocolate

Was 2015 the first year since 2009 that she hasn't done a nude shoot?

No emrata this year, either. Can't believe she only got two years and one was wasted with YU TSAI

#freethenipple? how about #movethepenny and #usetumblr #notinstagram

those who missed the jonathan leder book might want to get in on this: http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/12/27/emily-ratajkowski-le-petit-voyeur-volume-4/

I wish they would stop using swimsuits that look like they were made by blind Boy Scouts. You know, the weird string / knit / knotted things. They're rarely flattering, and SI is going to erase any hint of the Actual Breasts behind them, so what's the point?

MJ loves Yu tho. He could take a picture of a Pop Tart and she'd put it on the cover.

I considered each of the 2015 SI models for three metrics: How popular they are on the internet (Google Trends) How popular their pictures are (Instagram followers) How popular they are with MJ and staff (mentions on Swim Daily) By these metrics, the most popular SI models are: Gigi Hadid - 10.7 million IG followers, highest Google Trends index, but relatively few Swim Daily mentions (2,000). A lot of her internet popularity is in international markets (Lebanon, Australia) rather than in the United States, SI's largest market. Chrissy Teigen - 4.4 million IG followers and LOADS of mentions on SD (4,790, the most of any model). She's shared the cover before and would have lots to discuss in a publicity tour (famous husband, new baby, etc). Emily Ratajkowski - Nearly identical stats to Chrissy: 4.3 million IG followers, 4,200 mentions on SD. However, no preview pics have appeared for 2016 and she may be done with SI-type photoshoots. Next grouping: Hannah Davis, Irina Shayk, Lily Aldridge, Nina Agdal - Each of these girls has been on an SI Swimsuit cover, which, along with famous husbands or boyfriends, is a large part of their current popularity. All except Hannah have at least one million IG followers and 3,000+ mentions on SD. The rest: From Erin Heatherton, Kate Bock, and Genevieve Morton on down to Solveig, Ariel Meredith, and Ashley Smith, there's a pretty large group of girls who simply have not gained much traction. The SI cover is not necessarily a popularity contest, but if it was, the smart money would be on Gigi and Chrissy.

evidence for the model search: on instagram, MJ has only captioned four rookies, even though several more new girls have been identified several of the assumed "model search" models were photographed at the same location there was a model search in 2011 evidence against the model search: there has been no mention of a model search on Swim Daily, or on any of the SI staff's social media the girls identified at the assumed "model search" location have also had SI casting calls, just like all other rookies (except babs, not yet at least) there was a model search in 2011, but not 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015 a secret "model search" effort is entirely redundant with the casting calls in the years that the social media platforms have been used, MJ and staff have never teased pictures of models who don't ultimately appear in the issue currently the number of rookies is around 8-10, generally in line with the 12 rookies in 2014 and 7 rookies in 2015. a "model search" reduces the potential number of rookies it would seem strange to have both rookie of the year voting AND model search voting. in 2011, the year of the previous model search, ROTY was not available for voting and kate upton was simply "named" ROTY there may be more points for both sides. that's just what I could think of.

the only thing for sure is that even the people who are absolutely wrong will never admit it!

didn't they have several of the 2014 rookies in one place to do bodypaint (emily, hannah, samantha, cris, etc)? that was not a model search.

was that an unreleased pic or something? seems like something we had already seen before

quick numbers check... 2009: 8 rookies 2010: 6 2011: 5 2012: 6 2013: 4 2014: 12 2015: 7 considering in the past two years they've had 12 and 7 rookies, i don't see why it's outrageous if they have 8 (or 9 or 10) this year, especially since there seems to be a long list of models not returning.

so much hate in this thread hatred and spiders anyway, merry christmas to all! less than 2 months until the issue comes out!