May 31, 20168 yr Why is this a shock to anyone? It's been well known that Managers/Agencies/PR will pay for actresses/models to be in the #1 spot, and like with SI all voting does is give them ad revenue and a baseline for next years potential gals to keep on the list, or remove. Stella's people are working overtime to capitalize on her VS "fame" and finger-banging fun with Miley, and they want to ensure companies like VS will keep her around for a little while longer. (plus the added bonus on new companies picking her up for work)
May 31, 20168 yr ^ THIS! People can't seem to figure out it's about who you know not what you accomplish at times
May 31, 20168 yr I'm 110% sure that people outside fashion/modeling boards have no idea whatsoever who Stella is. Not even SI Swim readers who usually can name models due to their popularity. Rigged as fuck. They should have at least put on a model people can recognize. It's more pathetic that their rigging is so obvious
May 31, 20168 yr ^ Take this argument and cement it into the SI topic or LIFE in general...life aint fair dude
May 31, 20168 yr 12 minutes ago, ILUVAdrianaLima said: ^ THIS! People can't seem to figure out it's about who you know not what you accomplish at times No, it’s not something I can’t “figure out.” My disbelief over her being number one was due to it not being believable at all that she was voted for the top spot. In the past, Maxim has tried to make it seem like the Hot 100 list is assembled based on votes. But to give credit to Maxim, it seems that this time they don’t even try to make it sound like the readers voted for her.
May 31, 20168 yr I'm just going to put this here once again as a reminder... 2 minutes ago, ILUVAdrianaLima said: ^ Take this argument and cement it into the SI topic or LIFE in general...life aint fair dude
May 31, 20168 yr I suppose they could have followed the models.com format and posted an Industry ranking and a Fan ranking. SMH
May 31, 20168 yr Stella wasn't even in the top 100 last year, as far as I can see. I am happy that she won but that seems fishy as hell.?
May 31, 20168 yr 16 minutes ago, Sanni said: No, it’s not something I can’t “figure out.” My disbelief over her being number one was due to it not being believable at all that she was voted for the top spot. In the past, Maxim has tried to make it seem like the Hot 100 list is assembled based on votes. But to give credit to Maxim, it seems that this time they don’t even try to make it sound like the readers voted for her. EXACTLY!
May 31, 20168 yr At least Maxim didn't make it seem like public/readers voted for her, on news articles about this 99% of the comment are Who is this girl, What is this scam, so I am glad they made it obvious and didn't even try to hide.
May 31, 20168 yr What a joke Sad though because her editorial and the cover are really good, just not Maxim Top 100 worthy
May 31, 20168 yr I don't know why people are outraged/confused/whatever by the fact that it's obviously a PR/management move. It's pretty common with voting for lots of lists, awards, etc. Like the Teen Choice Awards voting that I saw bombard my social media feeds over the past few weeks. It's for the most part predetermined, they don't give a shit how many votes any one thing gets. It's all about PR for them. In the case of the TCAs, they know who is going to "win" months ahead of time and they make sure they'll be at the awards to accept it. Telling people to "vote" for a person/band/movie/model/etc. is purely a way to drum up more interest and more PR for whoever is making these lists or giving out awards. Good for Stella and her team.
May 31, 20168 yr I'm not outraged, or confused. I just think it's funny. It's no coincidence Rosie won the year she was going to make her movie debut. Jas, Martha, and Elsa are all shooting today, and I don't think it's a catalog shoot.
May 31, 20168 yr I think it's pretty amusing and out of left field too but the process itself isn't, if that makes sense. Is it even for VS? I don't recognize the shooting crew.
May 31, 20168 yr I have a feeling that it's tied to VS somehow because Elsa doesn't work unless VS is somehow paying her to do it since it was three Angels, but I don't think it's going to be directly used for VS. Something like the Vogue Spain shoot?
May 31, 20168 yr I pretty sure her agency or management paid for Stella to get the cover and to be #1.
May 31, 20168 yr @ the Elsa comment, so true. But I agree, I think it would be too coincidental to have three Angels and not have it tied to VS somehow. It looks like some kind of Editorial. The photographer has been shooting for Elle recently-ish.
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