that is some final four!

I still think it's going to be Marisa vs Brooklyn, I always had the feeling it would be a blondes with big boobs finale 

 

I voted Nina & Brooklyn, but I think Marisa will beat Nina

I really hope Elle beats Brooklyn. Brooklyn is so overrated.

I really hope Elle beats Brooklyn. Brooklyn is so overrated.

Most of these women are over rated. Nina for example, or how about Marisa, ooh or Kate, maybe Kathy, or Cindy. Want me to continue on that train? They wore swimsuits I'm not quite sure what you expect, but everyone has different tastes and definitions of beauty.

So let's not come out with guns blazing and start throwing out insults. They're beautiful women who were featured in a magazine that men and women have enjoyed for years. There's no over glorification, there's enjoyment. If you don't enjoy it don't look at it, but don't come in here insulting other women, and stating that they are over rated is a back handed, passive aggressive insult at best.

Well said, Pheno!  I couldn't help but laugh at this line: "They wore swimsuits I'm not quite sure what you expect" ... for some reason, I had visions of bikini-clad SI models in a chemistry lab trying to find the cure for all diseases, or bikini-clad SI models building homes for charity.  Or whatever.  

 

I love the discussion going on.  Keep it up... it makes me feel like all of the effort to put together and run this competition is worth it.   :dance: 

BROOKLYN IS FLAWLESS Y'ALL!

 

 

No seriously, I do love her SI work and wish she had continued her run with SI for a longer time. I think she & Marisa are easily the best SI models from the 00's.

^ Agreed!

I'm hoping for the final match to be Marisa/Brooklyn

Just to make these matches easier to find, since it dropped off the last page, here is the post for the two Semifinal Round matches again:

 

 

Voting for these matches is open until Jan 30. Use the link to vote, which will literally take about a second to do. 

 

Please vote only once.  Excess votes get filtered out, even if you think they are counting.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Main Draw - Semifinal Round 

 

Match #1:

(16) Marisa Miller vs. Nina Agdal

Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52e085cfe4b08a14ac5d6942

 

see-thru

 

Match #2:

(18) Brooklyn Decker vs. (3) Elle Macpherson

Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52e085eae4b08a14ac5d6943

 

 

The up-to-date brackets and other info about the tournament are here.

 

Wow. Calm down, dudes. All I'm saying is that I don't see how Brooklyn made it to the top 4. IMHO, there are a lot more attractive SI models.

It's time for the Championship Match!  

 

First, the latest result from the Semifinal Round:

 

#16 Marisa Miller - 55%

Nina Agdal - 45%

 

#3 Elle Macpherson - 51%

#18 Brooklyn Decker - 49%

 

#16 Marisa Miller will face #3 Elle Macpherson Championship Match of the Main Draw.

 

My spin: Wow, what a final match this will be!  Marisa vs. Elle for the title.  A great run for both Nina and Brooklyn comes to an end, and the two SI icons battle it out for the 2013 SI Swimsuit Model Tournament championship.

 

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Now, onto the final match!

 

Voting for this matches is open until Feb 7. Use the link to vote, which will literally take about a second to do. 

 

Please vote only once.  Excess votes get filtered out, even if you think they are counting.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Main Draw - Championship Match 

 

(16) Marisa Miller vs. (3) Elle Macpherson

Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52ea4e93e4b0aa0bc59ef9a2

 

See-thru, etc.  This image is an animated GIF of all of the previous rounds' photos.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

The up-to-date brackets and other info about the tournament are here.

My prediction was right again

which was that the winners of the semi-final would be:

Marisa (but could be a close match), Elle (could be very close).

You don't have to put your prediction in a spoiler tag.

I voted for Elle, but I think Marissa will win.

this was a tough one...I went with Elle...

You don't have to put your prediction in a spoiler tag.

 

He's been correct so often that I'm thinking maybe he does!  

Damn Brooklyn was so close

I went with Marisa but i think this could go either way

The result from the Championship Match:

 

(16) Marisa Miller - 51%

(3) Elle Macpherson - 49%

 

Marisa Miller is the champion of the 2013 SI Swimsuit Model Tournament!

 

My spin: Whew!  Marisa and Elle literally went back and forth for the entire voting period.  Marisa would be in the lead slightly, then get overtaken by Elle slightly, then the two would flip-flop again.  At the final bell, it was Marisa who earned the victory and the title.  But, really, is there a wrong choice between these two incredibly hot SI models?

 

Thanks so much for voting and participating in the tournament.  It went well enough where I'm nearly certainly going to do it again later in the year.  Obviously, there will be a new crop of rookies, and rankings/seeds will change because of more appearances & covers from the veterans.  I also developed a system that will factor in the results of every single match of this year's tournament into rankings/seeds for the next one.  (What a great exercise in Excel!)   If you have any suggestions for other ways to improve the tournament, please let me know.

 

For posterity's sake, here are the final brackets.  Those, and all other tourney info, can also be found here.

 

thanks for doing the tourney...it was entertaining!

Congratulations to Marisa, well deserved

thanks for running the tourney!  i voted for elle but i can't complain about marisa winning. 

 

and i'm pretty sure these words have never been said on this forum, but: you should post your excel file

Thank you for this competition! 

Really well done and a fun one to participate in.

 

And congrats to Marisa of course! Well deserved winner.