2015 SI Swimsuit Model Tournament

[U.K.]

My spin:

Lots of interesting matches to comment on, but the most interesting was perhaps the rookie taking out the supermodel, as Rose Bertram knocked off Rachel Hunter.

 

Though there was about a 15 year age difference between them in their pictures (one around 20 and the other around 35). If there was less of an age difference between them in the pictures it might have been a bit fairer/given different results.

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Alright… last batch before I will be away from my computer for 4-5 days.  Results will be posted after I get my computer back!

Voting for these matches is open until 10:30pm US Eastern Time on November 28. Use the link under each matchup to vote, which will literally take about a second to do. Please vote only once, since duplicate votes do not count.

More information about the tournament, including standings, brackets, results, and all matches can be found

Group 80, Match 3:
Veronica Blume vs. Jenna de Rosnay
Vote:

Group 19, Match 3:
Christie Brinkley vs. Cris Urena
Vote:

Group 79, Match 3:
Shirley Mallmann vs. Jessica Van Der Steen
Vote:

Group 37, Match 3:
Daniella Sarahyba vs. Jessica White
Vote:

Group 58, Match 3:
Eva Herzigova vs. Robyn Lawley
Vote:
 

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Lots of results today, since I’m in the middle of catching up from my time away from the computer.  New matches will be posted later today.

Group Stage

Group 8:
#8 Veronica Varekova (88.1%) defeated Britta Dubbels (11.9%)
#8 Veronica Varekova advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 20:
#20 Yamila Diaz-Rahi (76.3%) defeated Ana Paula Araujo (23.7%)
#20 Yamila Diaz-Rahi advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 21:
#21 Josie Maran (87.6%) defeated Kirby Griffin (12.4%)
#21 Josie Maran advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 28:
Stephanie Seymour (80.1%) defeated Apollonia Van Ravenstein (19.9%)
Stephanie Seymour advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 66:
Marloes Horst (68.5%) defeated Zoe Duchesne (31.5%)
Marloes Horst advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 9:
#9 Heidi Klum (91.8%) defeated Libby Otis (8.2%)
#9 Heidi Klum advances to the Knockout Stage

My spin:
No real surprises in this batch, but there were 6 more tickets punched to the Knockout Stage, including some real contenders like Josie Maran, Heidi Klum, Veronica Varekova, Yamila Diaz-Rahi and Stephanie Seymour.

Current Group Stage Standings/Tables: here
Current Knockout Stage Bracket: here

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Three more matches are now live and open for voting!

Voting for these matches is open until 10:30pm US Eastern Time on December 3. Use the link under each matchup to vote, which will literally take about a second to do. Please vote only once, since duplicate votes do not count.

More information about the tournament, including standings, brackets, results, and all matches can be found here.

Thanks for voting, and check back tomorrow for new matches!

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Group 48, Match 3:
Melissa Haro vs. Sue Peterson
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hax9

slight see-thru

Group 6, Match 3:
Petra Nemcova vs. Jessica Hart
Vote: http://poll.fm/5haxa

Group 72, Match 3:
Kara Young vs. Ariel Meredith
Vote: http://poll.fm/5haxe

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Where has the spoiler tag gone?  Seems to have no effect anymore.  Maybe that will be fixed as the board software kinks get worked out! 

[alluringbeauties]

I’m trying to catch up from my time away, so here are six more matches!

 

Voting for these matches is open until 10:30pm US Eastern Time on December 4. Use the link under each matchup to vote, which will literally take about a second to do. Please vote only once, since duplicate votes do not count.

 

More information about the tournament, including standings, brackets, results, and all matches can be found here.

 

Thanks for voting, and check back tomorrow for new matches!

 

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Group 75, Match 3:
Melissa Keller vs. Ana Beatriz Barros
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hco7

 

Group 31, Match 3:
Jessica Gomes vs. Margaux Hemingway
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hco8

 

Group 56, Match 3:
Isabeli Fontana vs. Suzy Smith
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hcob

 

Group 24, Match 3:
Sara Sampaio vs. Karen Mulder
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hcoc

 

Group 64, Match 3:
Gigi Hadid vs. Carol Alt
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hcoe

 

Group 70, Match 3:
Amber Smith vs. Monika Schnarre
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hcog

 

[alluringbeauties]

Lots of results today, since I’m in the middle of catching up from my time away from the computer.

 

Group Stage

Group 78:
Shana Zadrick (63.3%) defeated Chandra North (36.7%)
Shana Zadrick advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 39:
Dominique Piek (71.5%) defeated Frankie Rayder (28.5%)
Dominique Piek advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 63:
Ehrinn Cummings and Kelly Rohrbach drew (50.0% each)
Kelly Rohrbach advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 32:
Cheryl Tiegs (76.6%) defeated Barbara Carrera (23.4%)
Cheryl Tiegs advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 76:
Aurelie Claudel (65.1%) defeated Valerie van der Graaf (34.9%)
Aurelie Claudel advances to the Knockout Stage
Group 33:
Alyssa Miller (78.4%) defeated Adaora Akubilo (21.6%)
Alyssa Miller advances to the Knockout Stage

 

My spin:
Chandra North, the 34th ranked model, was upset by #118 Shana Zadrick. That marked the biggest surprise of this batch of matches. Shana will face the Group 36 winner, which will be either Kelly Emberg or Hilary Rhoda. She might just be a real sleeper pick to  make it to the Sexy Sixteen, since no huge powerhouses stand in her way. The top ranked model in that subregion is #12 Daniela Pestova, and it’s not outside the realm of possibility that Shana could pull off an upset should they meet.

Another result of note was a draw between Ehrinn Cummings and rookie Kelly Rohrbach, which was enough to send Kelly on to the Knockout Stage by virtue of the tiebreaker, Average Vote Percentage.

 

Dominique Piek, a personal favorite, will also move on after an impressive performance against Frankie Rayder. Dominique’s First Round opponent will be Marloes Horst, which is no easy task. The winner of that one will face #14 Hannah Ferguson, so it gets no easier from there!

Other tickets to the Knockout Stage were punched for French cutie Aurelie Claudel, sultry Alyssa Miller, and SI legend Cheryl Tiegs.

 

Current Group Stage Standings/Tables: here
Current Knockout Stage Bracket: here

 

[alluringbeauties]

This is the batch that will catch us up from my break, so there are six more matches are now live and open for voting!

 

Voting for these matches is open until 10:30pm US Eastern Time on December 5. Use the link under each matchup to vote, which will literally take about a second to do. Please vote only once, since duplicate votes do not count.

 

More information about the tournament, including standings, brackets, results, and all matches can be found here.

 

Thanks for voting, and check back tomorrow for new matches!

 

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Group 61, Match 3:
Izabel Goulart vs. Yasmin Brunet
Vote: http://poll.fm/5he7i

 

Group 47, Match 3:
Kim Alexis vs. Michelle Lombardo
Vote: http://poll.fm/5he7l

 

Group 73, Match 3:
Yasmeen Ghauri vs. Jarah Mariano
Vote: http://poll.fm/5he7m

 

Group 26, Match 3:
Lucia Dvorska vs. Yvonne Sylvander
Vote: http://poll.fm/5he7n

 

Group 46, Match 3:
Vanessa Lorenzo vs. Crystal Renn
Vote: http://poll.fm/5he7o

 

Group 1, Match 3:
Bar Refaeli vs. Tori Praver
Vote: http://poll.fm/5he7q

 

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Three more matches are now live and open for voting!

 

Voting for these matches is open until 10:30pm US Eastern Time on December 6. Use the link under each matchup to vote, which will literally take about a second to do. Please vote only once, since duplicate votes do not count.

 

More information about the tournament, including standings, brackets, results, and all matches can be found here.

 

Thanks for voting, and check back tomorrow for new matches!

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Group 53, Match 3:
Janelle Fishman vs. Ashley Smith
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hguq

 

Group 5, Match 3:
Brooklyn Decker vs. Oluchi Onweagba
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hgur

 

Group 68, Match 3:
Malia Jones vs. Molly Sims
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hguu

 

[Prettyphile]

Voted

[alluringbeauties]

8 minutes ago, Prettyphile said:

Voted

 

Thanks, as always! 

[alluringbeauties]

Three more matches are now live and open for voting!

 

Voting for these matches is open until 10:30pm US Eastern Time on December 7. Use the link under each matchup to vote, which will literally take about a second to do. Please vote only once, since duplicate votes do not count.

 

More information about the tournament, including standings, brackets, results, and all matches can be found here.

 

Thanks for voting, and check back tomorrow for new matches!

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Group 57, Match 3:
Kristy Hinze vs. Sarah O’Hare
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hhn7

 

Group 38, Match 3:
Ashley Richardson vs. Alicia Hall
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hhn9

 

Group 22, Match 3:
Emily Ratajkowski vs. Jessica Perez
Vote: http://poll.fm/5hhnd

 

[alluringbeauties]

Catching up on these results, which I tried to post during the board outage earlier...

 

Group Stage

 

Group 48:
Melissa Haro (100.0%) defeated Sue Peterson (0.0%)

 

Group 6:
Petra Nemcova (86.5%) defeated Jessica Hart (13.5%)
#6 Petra Nemcova advances to the Knockout Stage

 

Group 72:
Ariel Meredith (73.8%) defeated Kara Young (26.2%)
Ariel Meredith advances to the Knockout Stage

 

My spin:
Melissa Haro earned a clean sheet against Sue Peterson, but it was for pride and ranking only, since Melissa Baker had already advanced from Group 48. #6 Petra Nemcova had a very dominant performance against a decent challenger in Jessica Hart and advances to the Knockout Stage. Finally, Ariel Meredith also punched her ticket after her victory over Kara Young. Ariel’s victory comes as no surprise given a relatively weak group, but she’ll face a tough one in her first Knockout Stage match: Lauren Mellor.
 

[Prettyphile]

Go Melissa!  Love her to death. 
Voted

[CandleVixen]

 voted! 

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Today’s results are in!

 

Group Stage

Group 75:
Ana Beatriz Barros (72.8%) defeated Melissa Keller (27.2%)
Ana Beatriz Barros advances to the Knockout Stage

 

Group 31:
Jessica Gomes (90.1%) defeated Margaux Hemingway (9.9%)
Jessica Gomes advances to the Knockout Stage

 

Group 56:
Isabeli Fontana (80.1%) defeated Suzy Smith (19.9%)
Isabeli Fontana advances to the Knockout Stage

 

Group 24:
#24 Sara Sampaio (63.3%) defeated Karen Mulder (36.7%)
#24 Sara Sampaio advances to the Knockout Stage

 

Group 64:
Gigi Hadid (65.1%) defeated Carol Alt (34.9%)
Gigi Hadid advances to the Knockout Stage

 

Group 70:
Amber Smith & Monika Schnarre drew (50.0% each)
Monika Schnarre advances to the Knockout Stage

 

My spin:
Well, we had a statistical oddity today! Monika Schnarre and Amber Smith drew in their match, so the tiebreaker was necessary to settle the Group 70 title. The tiebreaker: Average Vote Percentage. Oops! Both had identical vote percentages against Sunny Bippus, and obviously had identical percentages versus each other! So, the tiebreaker couldn’t even settle the tie. The decider ended up being random.org, and by the luck of the draw, Monika Schnarre advances to the Knockout Stage, where she’ll face the Group 18 winner: either #18 Vendela Kirsebom or Niki Taylor.

 

Gigi Hadid won the battle of the eras, as she took care of 80’s supermodel Carol Alt in surprisingly easy fashion.  In the First Round of the Knockout Stage, Gigi will have her hands full with another 80’s supermodel, Cindy Crawford.

 

The other four winners are all legit contenders to win one or more matches in the Knockout Stage, as #24 Sara Sampaio, Isabeli Fontana, Ana Beatriz Barros, and Jessica Gomes all punched their tickets to the Knockout Stage.

 

Current Group Stage Standings/Tables: here
Current Knockout Stage Bracket: here
 

[CandleVixen]

11 minutes ago, alluringbeauties said:

Well, we had a statistical oddity today! Monika Schnarre and Amber Smith drew in their match, so the tiebreaker was necessary to settle the Group 70 title. The tiebreaker: Average Vote Percentage. Oops! Both had identical vote percentages against Sunny Bippus, and obviously had identical percentages versus each other! So, the tiebreaker couldn’t even settle the tie. The decider ended up being random.org, and by the luck of the draw, Monika Schnarre advances to the Knockout Stage, where she’ll face the Group 18 winner: either #18 Vendela Kirsebom or Niki Taylor.

Seriously cool. You don't see this kind of even running every day. 

[Syria]

I don't have many favorites left in the competition. All my hopes are in Sara Sampaio.

[U.K.]

12 hours ago, alluringbeauties said:

Well, we had a statistical oddity today! Monika Schnarre and Amber Smith drew in their match, so the tiebreaker was necessary to settle the Group 70 title. The tiebreaker: Average Vote Percentage. Oops! Both had identical vote percentages against Sunny Bippus, and obviously had identical percentages versus each other! So, the tiebreaker couldn’t even settle the tie. The decider ended up being random.org, and by the luck of the draw, Monika Schnarre advances to the Knockout Stage, where she’ll face the Group 18 winner: either #18 Vendela Kirsebom or Niki Taylor.

There could also be tie breaker rounds for when there are ties - like having one of the people in the tie have a poll where they compete with someone who the other person has already competed against but they haven't. If they have a higher score than the person they were tied with did against that person - they advance.

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6 hours ago, Syria said:

I don't have many favorites left in the competition. All my hopes are in Sara Sampaio.

 

You don't?  There have been very few of the big names knocked out so far.  Julie Henderson (#23) is the only Top 25 model knocked out so far.  Some of the others haven't advanced yet, but they also haven't been knocked out.

 

My (play) money is on Nina Agdal.  Secretly, I hope Dominique Piek and Vendela make deep runs, too.