MV007

On 2/23/2022 at 5:21 PM, toodarnhot said:

What a weirdo reaction to a woman wanting to start a family. 

No problem starting a family. Hope she’s happy. My post wasn’t about having a baby. I’d guess they’d be better off chasing her career. Obviously they can do whatever they want. 

Putting a promising modeling career on hold to have a kid and move to Calgary with a guy likely making minimum wage for his non existent professional soccer career is a choice. 

What a bizarre photo of Hailey that is. She’s still a very beautiful woman and that picture makes her look rather average. Also, why would they showcase that swimsuit?  It looks like something I’d see at Walmart. 

I get they’re selling a product but pictures without her face are a travesty. 

She is on an absolute heater right now. 

What are the chances there are a large quantity of pictures from this set?  Like you gotta give them all to us. 

My question at this point is whether MJ should do the honorable thing and step down as editor. And no I don’t mean because she’s turned the magazine into hot garbage. But shouldn’t she look in the mirror and ask herself if she is truly the right person to lead SI swim into the light given the fact that she was in charge during all those years perpetuating the “unhealthy beauty standard” she now so desperately is running away from?  
 

I mean, Ed Razek had to step down from VS. It just seems odd that the same person who gave us years and years of disgustingly attractive women gracing the pages of SI is now the one who will tell us all what the new beauty standard is. 

In what world would someone think it’s a good idea to put Josephine skriver in si swim and not have her in a bikini?

SI swim is really funny to me. They don’t seem to care about selling magazines anymore. This is just an outlet for MJ to make some social commentary regardless of sales. Considering SI has had incredible turmoil in the last year or so as a company I’m kind of surprised they continue down this road. 

I’ll play devils advocate to the idea that countries won’t make exceptions for SI to enter during the pandemic. Tourism has been hit big time and a lot of the islands and beach places SI has historically shot at will really need all the publicity they can get to draw attention once people feel safer traveling. 
 

I would not be surprised either way if they were restricted or not. 

On 8/5/2020 at 1:19 PM, pawko15 said:

If they were before, remove them. Some of them in good resolution.

maybe it’s just COVID but it feels like we are getting less and less of these types of photos from jo’s social media. I mean that last picture and third to last are drool worthy. 

Why even have traditional models at this point? Why not just have a lottery and whatever random 30 women get drawn out of a hat get to be in the magazine?

On 7/15/2020 at 11:14 AM, Prettyphile said:

I've been saying for years that SI was moving away from being a men's magazine. It's more or less a money grab  for them now as they went from showcasing indie designers doing it for free exposure (and sending them thousands of suits in the process only to not get them back... the level of shade I could tell you about), to companies like Nike paying to be in the magazine... As they shifted away from a Men's magazine and moved towards woman - SI Magazine became a glorified Swimsuit Catalog.

 

I spoke with Kesler and he thinks that the reason the pictures look back is 90% editing and again a shift in more basic posing/pictures. They're trying to sell the swimsuits, not the sexy models.

 

 

I am not disagreeing with you. I’d just like to point out that this makes no sense as a business strategy. SI is a magazine for men.  And while I know there are women who love sports enough to consume SI content, the fact is men are the overwhelming demographic they serve.
 

And there is no brand without SI in front of swimsuit. And there is no SI without men. Trying to sell SI to women is a fools errand. 

On 7/11/2020 at 7:54 AM, Clauds said:

Say whatever you want, but if SI wasn't making such a big deal about Valentina being transgender, the odds are that the vast majority of people wouldn't even realize she isn't a cis woman, clearly here in BZ it's different but the average person has no idea who she is and wouldn't stop once to think about how much of a "real woman" she is. Which is why I have an issue with SI, they are trying so so so hard to be woke pushing shit down our throats, instead of letting it happen organically. When VS started working with bigger girls and even with Valentina, they said literally nothing about it, yet people responded to it really well. All this parading around screaming how woke and inclusive they are, to me is pathetic and it feels fake as fuck. I understand the need to raise awareness but this type of thing instead of feeling truly inclusive to me, but in cases like this it ends up feeling more of a them vs. us thing. 

 

That being said, Valentina does looks better than about half of the girls in the magazine. I'll take her any day over the fat ones, any fucking day.

I had no idea she was trans until I came to this board. I saw her picture on instagram (I hardly ever read captions especially from si’s account) and I thought she looked hot. On first glance I thought it seemed like a terrific choice and she would fit in with the older issues. As a straight guy her being transgender doesn’t change my opinion. It only makes me ask uncomfortable questions with myself that I have no idea what the right answers are. 

9 hours ago, peroxideblonde said:

is like they stopped trying, the magic is not there anymore..who owns SI should fire everyone and get a new team, start fresh

 I don’t know if this would bad news or good news for you but I would suspect that if tptb don’t like the results from this crew then they’ll just scrap the whole thing and and it will go the way of the vsfs 

10 hours ago, Sensual said:

Oh my god how pretentious "These little girls who flip through these magazines" for one thing magazines are dying I doubt little kids are reading them nowadays, Secondly what the hell kind of parent lets a little girl go through a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Like jesus christ, just put a headline saying sexy at all sizes or something and be done with it. All I want is some of the best models and athletes scantily clad and good photography.

And give Josephine the cover.

they are really emblematic of 2020. Let’s take a tried and true formula, make it woke and then ask what went wrong when nobody buys it. 
 

I’m really happy for these two. They seem to be the real deal. And given the story she outlined its a really heart warming ending. I’ve always enjoyed he social media posts when she interacts with her young niece. At least I’m guessing it’s her niece. 
 

However, i feel like the happy pregnancy news is really overshadowing how fucked up her story was and the pressure some if not all of these girls feel. 

On 5/21/2020 at 10:48 PM, TexasLongHorn2013 said:

 

Bellemere strikes again!  I would love to have access to his hard drive.

 

Has he shot any of the vs girls recently?  He does such great work with them but I don’t think he gets any work with them after his scandal. 

My problem with Halima is that I don’t get why she’s in the magazine. I make no judgment on her physical appearance. I save those judgments for the hunters of the world. But for years the magazine was made to appeal to men. And this clearly wouldn’t do that since she’s entirely covered. So now if you’re pivoting to actually highlighting swimsuits it still doesn’t make sense since nobody actually wears this shit. And if there were people inclined to wear those suits they surely live in countries that would never publish SI Swim. 

Halima being back is not surprising. It’s ridiculous but not surprising. I also don’t care at this point. I’m only here for the Jo Skriver content. I’ll consume that and ignore the rest. 

I’m just praying Jo doesn’t get stuck with yu tsai and that she doesn’t do those super weird poses SI has become so enamored with. 

Holy shit. I have been pretty disillusioned with the direction SI has gone the last couple of years but with Jojo in the fold, I’m back in 100%. 
 

i didn’t even bother hoping this would happen after the last couple issues even though she’s perfect for the job. Can’t wait to see some pics

3 hours ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

Who cares what the dude wears out in public? Clearly Jo doesn't!

 

The one thing I still find hilarious is his insecurity about her being taller than him. You'd think that once you're a rock star and have a model girlfriend you could get yourself over hang-ups like that.

let me know when he’s a rock star. 

6 hours ago, ghostops117 said:

maybe......just maybe there is more to him then what he wears?

I thought that went without saying. I don’t actually know either of these people. It was just a joke. 

Does anyone else find it odd that VS seemingly had a coordinated marketing strategy where all of the girls posted pics of last years show and noted that it was one year ago today?  What’s the point?  If they’ve cancelled the show why try and keep it relevant?  And why would all the girls go along with it?  Is it possible they might try and revive it in some form or fashion in the near future?  And I saw Ed commenting on all the ig posts. It just seems weird and pointless unless they want to keep the Fashion show brand out there for some reason. 

I just don’t get it with this guy. He can go out in public dressed like that and somehow attract Jo?  More power to him I guess.