alluringbeauties Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 Hi, again, everyone! I've taken a nice long break and I'm ready to start up some more entertaining competitions involving my favorite topic: SI Swimsuit models, of course! I'm hopeful that I'll have the 4th annual SI Swimsuit Model Tournament in the fall, as usual, and I plan to shorten the tournament to eliminate the group matches, going back to a more traditional tournament format. Until then, I will put together a series of "friendly" matches (to use terminology familiar to you football/soccer fans out there!) The matches will be posted in this thread, and the results will affect the overall model rankings and eventual seeds in the 2016 tournament. I've used a modified version of Elo ratings based on the models' performance in the first three tournaments. For those interested nerds like me, here's a wikipedia link to the Elo rating system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system The results of these friendly matches will affect the models' ratings and will help establish better ratings for newer models like the 2016 rookie class. The matches were done via random draw after first grouping models into classes. So, nearly every one of these matches will be between models of similar rank, and that should produce many interesting matches. Enjoy, everyone! I'll get started posting the first matches most likely tonight. ADD: The complete rankings for all 246 models is linked here. The rankings will be updated after each cycle of friendly matches is completed. Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 1, 2016 Author Posted June 1, 2016 Here's the schedule of the first wave of friendly matches to come. I won't be posting every day, but I will most days... Day 1: Rebecca Romijn vs. Josie Maran Shannan Click vs. Kim Alexis Shakara Ledard vs. Melissa Keller Day 2: Petra Nemcova vs. Heidi Klum Monika Schnarre vs. Kate Bock Valeria Mazza vs. Solveig Mork Kim Lemanton vs. Veronica Blume Day 3: Melissa Haro vs. Rose Bertram Anne Vyalitsyna vs. Vanessa Lorenzo Aline Nakashima vs. Carol Alt Day 4: Bar Refaeli vs. Natasha Barnard Stacey Williams vs. Cheryl Tiegs Raica Oliveira vs. Julie Ordon Sofia Resing vs. Fernanda Motta Day 5: Izabel Goulart vs. Hilary Rhoda May Andersen vs. Lujan Fernandez Melania Knauss vs. Rachel Roberts Day 6: Ana Beatriz Barros vs. Stephanie Seymour Estelle Lefebure vs. Yasmeen Ghauri Kelly Emberg vs. Crystal Renn Yasmin Brunet vs. Noemie Lenoir Day 7: Kim Cloutier vs. Daniella Sarahyba Dominique Piek vs. Angela Lindvall Patricia Velasquez vs. Lily Aldridge Day 8: Paulina Porizkova vs. Hannah Davis Julie Henderson vs. Carolyn Murphy Jeisa Chiminazzo vs. Samantha Hoopes Barbara Palvin vs. Ashley Graham Day 9: Nina Agdal vs. Jessica Gomes Melissa Baker vs. Michelle Behennah Robyn Lawley vs. Sarah O'Hare Day 10: Marisa Miller vs. Lauren Mellor Estella Warren vs. Jenna de Rosnay Selita Ebanks vs. Fernanda Tavares Malia Jones vs. Chanel Iman Day 11: Daniela Pestova vs. Ashley Richardson Esti Ginzburg vs. Niki Taylor Janelle Fishman vs. Ashley Smith Day 12: Irina Shayk vs. Brooklyn Decker Michelle Vawer vs. Hannah Ferguson Jessica Perez vs. Rachel Hunter Tanya Mityushina vs. Bo Krsmanovic Day 13: Elsa Benitez vs. Yamila Diaz-Rahi Jessica Van Der Steen vs. Tori Praver Karen Mulder vs. Tyra Banks Day 14: Laetitia Casta vs. Cindy Crawford Jarah Mariano vs. Lucia Dvorska Michelle Lombardo vs. Molly Sims Ariel Meredith vs. Eva Herzigova Day 15: Emily Ratajkowski vs. Aurelie Claudel Marloes Horst vs. Yesica Toscanini Zoe Duchense vs. Amber Smith Day 16: Elle Macpherson vs. Genevieve Morton Bregje Heinen vs. Angie Everhart Monica Bellucci vs. Ingrid Seynhaeve Kylie Bax vs. Erin Heatherton Day 17: Alyssa Miller vs. Vendela Kirsebom Christie Brinkley vs. Chandra North Irina Gerasimenko vs. Jessica Hart Day 18: Kathy Ireland vs. Sara Sampaio Juliana Martins vs. Shana Zadrick Frankie Rayder vs. Gigi Hadid Jessica White vs. Valerie van der Graaf Day 19: Isabeli Fontana vs. Emily DiDonato Judit Masco vs. Kelly Rohrbach Mallory Snyder vs. Chrissy Teigen Day 20: Veronica Varekova vs. Kate Upton Cintia Dicker vs. Kristy Hinze Hailey Clauson vs. Ehrinn Cummings Carre Otis vs. Manon Von Gerkan Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 2, 2016 Author Posted June 2, 2016 Alright, everyone... the first matches are officially open for voting! See below. Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 4. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 1: Rebecca Romijn vs. Josie Maran Vote: http://poll.fm/5m80n Friendly, Match 2: Shannan Click vs. Kim Alexis Vote: http://poll.fm/5m80s see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 3: Shakara Ledard vs. Melissa Keller Vote: http://poll.fm/5m80t see-thru Spoiler Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 3, 2016 Author Posted June 3, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 5. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 4: Petra Nemcova vs. Heidi Klum Vote: http://poll.fm/5m8u7 see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 5: Monika Schnarre vs. Kate Bock Vote: http://poll.fm/5m8u8 Friendly, Match 6: Valeria Mazza vs. Solveig Mork Vote: http://poll.fm/5m8u9 see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 7: Kim Lemanton vs. Veronica Blume Vote: http://poll.fm/5m8ua Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 4, 2016 Author Posted June 4, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 7. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 8: Melissa Haro vs. Rose Bertram Vote: http://poll.fm/5m9vg see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 9: Anne Vyalitsyna vs. Vanessa Lorenzo Vote: http://poll.fm/5m9vi Friendly, Match 10: Aline Nakashima vs. Carol Alt Vote: http://poll.fm/5m9vj Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 6, 2016 Author Posted June 6, 2016 The first seven matches are complete. The results: Rebecca Romijn (52.7%) defeated Josie Maran (47.3%) Kim Alexis (58.1%) defeated Shannan Click (41.9%) Shakara Ledard (62.6%) defeated Melissa Keller (37.4%) Heidi Klum (66.9%) defeated Petra Nemcova (33.1%) Kate Bock (83.5%) defeated Monika Schnarre (16.5%) Solveig Mork (66.8%) defeated Valeria Mazza (33.2%) Veronica Blume (87.6%) defeated Kim Lemanton (12.4%) Also, I added a permanent link on the initial post to the full model rankings. The link is also here, in case you don't feel like scrolling up. There were some surprising results in the first batch. The biggest surprise for me was Heidi Klum's victory over Petra Nemcova. Not just the result but the margin of victory, as Heidi got about 2/3 of the vote. Petra's career high rank was #3, and she was sitting at #6 entering her match against Heidi. With this result, it'll surely drop quite a bit more. Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 10. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 11: Bar Refaeli vs. Natasha Barnard Vote: http://poll.fm/5mb6f Friendly, Match 12: Stacey Williams vs. Cheryl Tiegs Vote: http://poll.fm/5mb6g see thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 13: Raica Oliveira vs. Julie Ordon Vote: http://poll.fm/5mb6i Friendly, Match 14: Sofia Resing vs. Fernanda Motta Vote: http://poll.fm/5mb6j topless Spoiler Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 8, 2016 Author Posted June 8, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 11. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 15: Izabel Goulart vs. Hilary Rhoda Vote: http://poll.fm/5mbye bodypaint Spoiler Friendly, Match 16: May Andersen vs. Lujan Fernandez Vote: http://poll.fm/5mbyf Friendly, Match 17: Melania Knauss vs. Rachel Roberts Vote: http://poll.fm/5mbyg see-thru Spoiler Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 9, 2016 Author Posted June 9, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 13. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 18: Ana Beatriz Barros vs. Stephanie Seymour Vote: http://poll.fm/5mcv9 see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 19: Estelle Lefebure vs. Yasmeen Ghauri Vote: http://poll.fm/5mcva Friendly, Match 20: Kelly Emberg vs. Crystal Renn Vote: http://poll.fm/5mcvc Friendly, Match 21: Yasmin Brunet vs. Noemie Lenoir Vote: http://poll.fm/5mcve Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 10, 2016 Author Posted June 10, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 14. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 22: Kim Cloutier vs. Daniella Sarahyba Vote: http://poll.fm/5mdse see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 23: Dominique Piek vs. Angela Lindvall Vote: http://poll.fm/5mdsg see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 24: Patricia Velasquez vs. Lily Aldridge Vote: http://poll.fm/5mdsi Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 13, 2016 Author Posted June 13, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 17. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 25: Paulina Porizkova vs. Hannah Davis Vote: http://poll.fm/5mevr Friendly, Match 26: Julie Henderson vs. Carolyn Murphy Vote: http://poll.fm/5mevs Murphy nipple Spoiler Friendly, Match 27: Jeisa Chiminazzo vs. Samantha Hoopes Vote: http://poll.fm/5mevt Friendly, Match 28: Barbara Palvin vs. Ashley Graham Vote: http://poll.fm/5mevu see-thru Spoiler Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 15, 2016 Author Posted June 15, 2016 Sorry for being late with the results. There are a bunch of them to come! I should be posting more matches tonight, too. 2016 Friendly Matches: Bar Refaeli (65.3%) defeated Natasha Barnard (34.7%) Stacey Williams (64.8%) defeated Cheryl Tiegs (35.2%) Julie Ordon (68.9%) defeated Raica Oliveira (31.1%) Sofia Resing (81.4%) defeated Fernanda Motta (18.6%) My spin: Two-time tournament champion Bar Refaeli had little trouble with Natasha Barnard, which surprised me. I thought this would be a closer match, but it shows how strong Bar’s support is. We had our first match involving a 2016 rookie, and Sofia Resing had a very impressive victory over fellow Brazilian Fernanda Motta. Finally, Stacey Williams had a great showing against the fishnet-clad Cheryl Tiegs, getting about 2/3 of the vote. SI Swimsuit Model Rankings: here Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 15, 2016 Author Posted June 15, 2016 Sorry again for being late with the results. Here’s another batch, and there will be one more soon. More matches coming soon, too. 2016 Friendly Matches: Hilary Rhoda (66.8%) defeated Izabel Goulart (33.2%) May Andersen (68.5%) defeated Lujan Fernandez (31.5%) Rachel Roberts (66.8%) defeated Melania Knauss (33.2%) Stephanie Seymour (55.7%) defeated Ana Beatriz Barros (44.3%) Estelle Lefebure and Yasmeen Ghauri drew (50.0% each) Crystal Renn (57.2%) defeated Kelly Emberg (42.8%) Yasmin Brunet (68.9%) defeated Noemie Lenoir (31.1%) My spin: We had our first draw of this cycle, as Yasmeen Ghauri and Estelle Lefebure couldn’t be split. Estelle is the one that gets a very slight ratings boost with that result, but neither one of the models changes much, since they were evenly matched going in. The match involving the highest ranks in this batch was between Ana Beatriz Barros and Stephanie Seymour, as they entered play ranked 25 and 26, respectively. Stephanie took home the victory, getting over 55% of the vote, and that’ll shake things up a little bit when the next rankings are released. Another notable result was the continued good showings by Hilary Rhoda. Hilary followed up a strong showing in the 2015 SI Swimsuit Model Tournament with a convincing victory over Izabel Goulart here, and that should continue to propel her up the rankings. SI Swimsuit Model Rankings: here (as of June 1 - to be updated after this round of friendly matches) Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 15, 2016 Author Posted June 15, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 18. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 29: Nina Agdal vs. Jessica Gomes Vote: http://poll.fm/5mgwd see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 30: Melissa Baker vs. Michelle Behennah Vote: http://poll.fm/5mgwe Friendly, Match 31: Robyn Lawley vs. Sarah O'Hare Vote: http://poll.fm/5mgwf Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 17, 2016 Author Posted June 17, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 20. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 32: Marisa Miller vs. Lauren Mellor Vote: http://poll.fm/5mifh Friendly, Match 33: Estella Warren vs. Jenna de Rosnay Vote: http://poll.fm/5mifi see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 34: Selita Ebanks vs. Fernanda Tavares Vote: http://poll.fm/5mifj Friendly, Match 35: Malia Jones vs. Chanel Iman Vote: http://poll.fm/5mifk see-thru Spoiler Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 19, 2016 Author Posted June 19, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 22. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 36: Daniela Pestova vs. Ashley Richardson Vote: http://poll.fm/5mjby see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 37: Esti Ginzburg vs. Niki Taylor Vote: http://poll.fm/5mjbz Friendly, Match 38: Janelle Fishman vs. Ashley Smith Vote: http://poll.fm/5mjc0 Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 21, 2016 Author Posted June 21, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 24. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 39: Irina Shayk vs. Brooklyn Decker Vote: http://poll.fm/5mki2 see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 40: Michelle Vawer vs. Hannah Ferguson Vote: http://poll.fm/5mki4 Friendly, Match 41: Jessica Perez vs. Rachel Hunter Vote: http://poll.fm/5mki6 see-thru Spoiler Friendly, Match 42: Tanya Mityushina vs. Bo Krsmanovic Vote: http://poll.fm/5mki7 Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 22, 2016 Author Posted June 22, 2016 New matches are now open for voting! Use the link for each match to cast your vote. Voting for these matches ends at 10:00pm US Eastern Time on June 25. Check back after that time for results. Please vote only once. Duplicate votes will not be counted, even if it appears they have. Thanks so much for participating! Friendly, Match 43: Elsa Benitez vs. Yamila Diaz-Rahi Vote: http://poll.fm/5mlg1 Friendly, Match 44: Jessica Van Der Steen vs. Tori Praver Vote: http://poll.fm/5mlg2 bodypaint Spoiler Friendly, Match 45: Karen Mulder vs. Tyra Banks Vote: http://poll.fm/5mlg3 Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 24, 2016 Author Posted June 24, 2016 Here’s another batch of results! 2016 Friendly Matches: Kim Cloutier (63.3%) defeated Daniella Sarahyba (36.7%) Dominique Piek (66.8%) defeated Angela Lindvall (33.2%) Lily Aldridge (52.7%) defeated Patricia Velasquez (47.3%) Hannah Davis (62.6%) defeated Paulina Porizkova (37.4%) Julie Henderson (54.7%) defeated Carolyn Murphy (45.3%) Samantha Hoopes (62.5%) defeated Jeisa Chiminazzo (37.5%) Barbara Palvin (86.5%) defeated Ashley Graham (13.5%) Nina Agdal (82.7%) defeated Jessica Gomes (17.3%) Melissa Baker (52.6%) defeated Michelle Behennah (47.4%) My spin: I’ve been very busy and woefully dilinquent in getting you results, so my apologies for that. Let’s start with the #1 ranked model, Nina Agdal, shall we? Nina pounded poor Jessica Gomes and showed why she’s #1. Speaking of pounding, rookie of the year Barbara Palvin also pounded fellow rookie Ashley Graham and will get a nice ratings boost as a result. There were lots of other high profile winners, including Hannah Davis (over Paulina Porizkova), Julie Henderson (over the nipple-baring Carolyn Murphy), Lily Aldridge, Kim Cloutier, and Samantha Hoopes. Special shout outs to two of my favorite “sleeper picks” who were both victorious: Dominique Piek and Melissa Baker. Glad to see them both win! SI Swimsuit Model Rankings: here (as of June 1 - to be updated after this round of friendly matches) Quote
alluringbeauties Posted June 24, 2016 Author Posted June 24, 2016 Here’s another batch of results! 2016 Friendly Matches: Sarah O’Hare (53.4%) defeated Robyn Lawley (46.6%) Marisa Miller (55.1%) defeated Lauren Mellor (44.9%) Jenna de Rosnay (69.3%) defeated Estella Warren (30.7%) Fernanda Tavares (53.4%) defeated Selita Ebanks (46.6%) Chanel Iman (66.7%) defeated Malia Jones (33.3%) Daniela Pestova (78.7%) defeated Ashley Richardson (21.3%) Esti Ginzburg (68.5%) defeated Niki Taylor (31.5%) Ashley Smith (77.9%) defeated Janelle Fishman (22.1%) My spin: The first match of note was #3 Marisa Miller having quite a struggle with #21 Lauren Mellor. Lauren was actually ahead for a lot of the match until Marisa got some late support. Daniela Pestova blitzed Ashley Richardson in a pretty surprising result, at least in terms of margin of victory. Meanwhile, Esti Ginzburg continued to impress and knocked off former supermodel Niki Taylor quite easily. That figures to really hurt Niki’s ranking after having quite a surge after a nice run in the 2015 tournament. Other winners included Chanel Iman, Ashley Smith, Jenna de Rosnay, and Fernanda Tavares. The Fernanda Tavares victory surprised me a little bit, as Selita Ebanks was ranked a few spots ahead of Fernanda and had some stronger showings in recent tournaments. SI Swimsuit Model Rankings: here (as of June 1 - to be updated after this round of friendly matches) Quote
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