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Thanks Zecle for the scans! Do you or anyone else have any of her most recent photos? Yamila looks great!!

There are a couple of good videos of Yamila's old SI shoot (I think 2002, her cover year) on heavy.com. She's pretty sultry!! If anyone knows of any more sources of videos/news, etc. let us know. Let's keep the Yamila thread going!!

By the outline of the jaw and lips, it looks like Veronika Varekova to me

If you look at Yamila's photos from SI 2002 or older, you'll see that, although not long ago, she looked very young for her age. She seems to be coming into her own even more now as far as her look, and has maintained a certain,"fresh" youthful appearance which I think will allow her to model for quite some time still. Unfortunately, we now see less of her, apart from SI. She also seems to be a genuinely sweet person when you see her on video (check out SI.com by year, and searchforvideo.com for Today Show video) She appears on Today Show and Tonight Show with Daniela Pestova so they must be acquainted. I'm afraid Yamila may fall into the same group as Daniela, Veronika Varekova, Elsa Benitez- all girls you don't see much anymore (our loss) She also did a book ,'Exposures' of photos with the above mentioned girls and others and it is smokin'! This current crop of VS Angels, although great, have got nothin' on Yamila, and these other girls!

She is also a bit older now (late 20's or early 30's depending on what you read) and may not be as popular as when she was the SI cover in 2002. However, she looks every bit as youthful, sexy and stunning as any of the current VS girls. I think Batman has it right; she probably prefers a lower profile than say, Petra Nemcova, who is everywhere, and constantly photographed. It is our loss, however, as she seems to be a truly sweet person if her appearances on talk shows (Tonight Show, Today Show) are a gauge. She should have her own official website, given her accomplishments, and this might help to promote her better. I think she could do a lot more shoots if she wanted to.

I'm with you ADRI!! I'm shocked she isn't really big. Can anyone shed some light on this?

How about some updated info and or candids on this very exotic woman. We rarely see her much except when the latest issue of SI comes around, and I'm afraid since she has been in it for a long time now, it may be time to retire her a la Daniela Pestova. This would be a shame as she looks much younger than she is and easily looks as stunning if not more so than the younger ones. Can anyone shed some light and share some pics on this beauty?

The thing to remember, it seems to me, is that VS is in the business of selling a product which is based on creating for its wearer a feeling of sexiness, playfulness and a general sense of a woman feeling good about herself and how she exudes this to others. You can buy underwear at Walmart, but you won't "feel" like you are wearing VS!! So with this in mind VS needs to understand their target demographics clearly (primarily Americans). It's not enough for VS to show us beautiful women wearing their products, we need to hear how they feel and relate to them as spokespersons for the brand. There are a lot of beautiful women who could easily look good in VS stuff, but VS need someone who can get this message across to their audience. The challenge for them is to find this model. I've given you my suggestion, Marisa Miller, but I would like to hear others as well, and why it would be good for VS, not just that she is your favorite.

You may think I'm crazy, but VS should consider Marisa Miller. She definetly has the body( if VS wants to sell bras, put them on a girl with real boobs) shes American(good for an American brand) she can speak well and is understood, and every guy would admit she's smoking hot! That would be a good business move to balance out the overload of Euro and Latin models which Americans think are beautiful but can't relate to.

Thanks for the images and keep them coming!! Still, can anyone give any personal/professional info on this beautiful woman?

I rarely see this beautiful woman or hear much news about her. Can anyone offer any information about her personally or professionally?

I'm going to throw a walk out there for consideration: Marisa Miller at Miami Sunglass Hut show---Phenomenal walk!!