oldschoolsifan

Yup, plenty of girls yet to come - Jessica Strother, Danielle, Tsanna (I think), Juliana Herz, etc... http://www.taylorballantyne.com/si-swimsuit-casting-2017#81 This girl I think I should recognize but it's not coming to me

Taylor Ballantyne has added a bunch of unseen casting call pics since the last time I looked. http://www.taylorballantyne.com/si-swimsuit-casting-2017#99 Do this girl's moles match up with these? http://imgbox.com/iZSl3lXC

http://www.si.com/swim-daily/2016/12/07/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-2017-casting-calls-nohemi-hermosillo I like her. She'd be an apt model for this shoot.

Nina was my first guess, but any chance it could be Hannah from the beginning of the shoot? We never saw any pics of her except the horsehead one from the fitting.

she wrote in @baitbrand. if you're talking about the post of her in the hammock

I thought the way they did it this year made them stand out more than say Sofia or Tanya, who seemed overshadowed by the other girls on their shoots.

What difference does it make if it's a model search or just a shoot with all rookies? Pictures in the magazine are pictures in the magazine. Other than some don't get tagged with the made-up label of rookie.

Mia looks like she could be headed to the location. Are we sure she was at the earlier shoot?

http://www.si.com/swim-daily/photo/2016/12/06/monic-perez-2017-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-casting-call#1 Her video not up yet, but guess Monic is next.

At this point there are 10 models from last year who haven't been confirmed shooting this year yet. That's a pretty major turnover.

Walter did the rookies bodypaint and the cover girls' studio shoot the year after that in 2014 and did Caroline Wozniacki and Ronda Rousey for 2015. But it does seem like he's removed from it for the most part now.

Peter Butler is doing the hair so if it's Ruven again it's the same team as last year. And I liked Ruven's style so I'm happy to have him back.

Joanne Gair posted a very nice looking coastal sunrise this morning. Maybe doing bodypaint at this location? Or maybe she's working with Ruven again like last year?

http://www.si.com/swim-daily/2016/11/28/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-2017-casting-calls-natalia-borges

Pretty sure the wedding ring confirms that it's Hannah.

Don't remember her doing a casting in the last few years, but she did appear in a big Lexus ad in the issue a few years ago.

http://www.si.com/swim-daily/2016/11/17/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-2017-casting-calls-kristin-kandrac

Hailee Lautenbach had a casting page up earlier today, but now it's gone. Assume it was put up out of order in error or something.

http://www.si.com/swim-daily/2016/11/17/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-2017-casting-calls-magda-zalejska

http://www.si.com/swim-daily/2016/11/16/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-2017-casting-calls-klara

Could this be Danielle Herrington? I think there's a belly button match.

TBH, it's not. 20 girls or so each year, and all they ever have is 2-3 an issue. One black model has been on the cover in 52 years. (Beyonce doesn't count). In 52 years, there have been 36 black models in the magazine total. It feels like it's been ages since there was a dark skin girl in the magazine. I guess Adaora, but before her just Jessica, and maybe Carla Campbell. It's been 26 years since the issue had 5 black models in it. The next year, there was just one. Not saying there's a quota about these things, but the numbers make me go hmmmmmm.

Yeah, why does all this Bahama stuff keep popping up here? As I said before, they literally can't be any farther away from the Bahamas.

Anyone able to capture the face in MJ's slo-mo? Seems like should be able to identify this one.

I'd say it could be Jessica Raemy, at least the belly button might look similar. And she was talking about a 14 hour flight a couple days ago.