Vega Magnus

^See? Told you she killed it.

Oh, and the rookies are mostly excellent. Even Chanel Iman is okay!

I'm just so thrilled that they finally have made something good. It isn't crap, you guys! After several years of crap, we get something really good!

In other news, Emily DiDonato killed it, as was expected. She should be a mainstay for years to come.

Bregje is awesome. Even with something as relatively lightweight tonally as SI, she's still trying to BURN A HOLE THROUGH YOUR FACE WITH HER DEATH GAZE OF DEATH. Love it.

I'm very surprised by Kate Bock. I hated her last year, but she's looks great this year. And a big LOL to the one pic in EmRata's body paint gallery. Close up of ass. I actual loled.

Is it just me, or is there more nipplage than in past years?

Oh dear. I was trying to be all positive and stuff, but Samantha Hoopes... nope.

Sara Sampaio has a cover in her future.

I know it's body paint, so they're all technically nude, but Hannah Ferguson is topless in hers. I know what they were going for with hers, but there isn't enough paint for it to count as being covered. She's topless. And she looks quite nice.

Cris Urena looks supremely classy. What a great casting decision.

Geez, Bregje looks intense. Should have had her smile a bit. Still, some very nicely done pictures.

Kate Bock looks way better this year. Think I may have found a couple of missing nipple pictures in her gallery though...

I don't have time to closely examine everything, but so far, the Photoshopping is not nearly as intrusive as it has been the past few years.

Never mind. It was my ad blocker.

Is anyone else having problems seeing anything on the website?

Lesser amount of time than before!

This is the first time in the few years I've been following SI that I've actually been legit excited to see how the pictures turn out. I'm prepared to be disappointed, but this year, at least the lineup is fantastic.

yeah no kidding. she got the least amount of time!! btw, i see people have been complaining about samantha hoopes, but she's probably the rookie i'm most eager to see. the other rookies are fairly well known and/or don't do much for me. She looks fine in the preview pictures, but go Google her. I don't know if it is the facial structure of her lower jaw, her freckles, or just regular sun damage, but she looks MUCH older than 23 in other photos.

No gingerness at all! They had better make up for it next year.

Not just Kate and Gen. If they wanted to go for boobs instead of butt on the cover, they could have easily done the three model cover with Gen, Kate, and Valerie van der Graaf.

She looks substantially older.

Have they seen the magazine, or are they just speculating based on what they have read here?

Are they going to announce the final rookie on Swim Daily today?

Doesn't Chanel Iman have something of a reputation of being a massive bitch?