2014 SI Swimsuit Model Tournament

Today’s matches are now live and open for voting!!

 

Voting for these matches is open until November 16. 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.

 

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Group 16, Match 9

Petra Nemcova vs. Molly Sims

Vote: http://snack.to/q7javf03

 

see-thru

 

Group 16, Match 10

Kay Hughes vs. Barbro Ehn

Vote: http://snack.to/qh521qwl

 

 

Group 17, Match 9

Rebecca Romijn vs. Jenny Brunt

Vote: http://snack.to/q7xm2n3u

 

 

Group 17, Match 10

Paula Warner vs. Lorraine Pascale

Vote: http://snack.to/qhcfbilj

 

 

Group 18, Match 9

Vendela Kirsebom vs. Kristy Hinze

Vote: http://snack.to/q713wjic

 

 

Group 18, Match 10

Brandi Quinones vs. Gail O’Neill

Vote: http://snack.to/qhklo5s9

 

Today’s results are in!

 

Elle Macpherson (59.3%) defeated Jessica Gomes (40.7%)

Carla Campbell (75.0%) defeated Vicky Howard (25.0%)

 

Kathy Ireland (64.0%) defeated Valeria Mazza (36.0%)

Maggie Smith (75.0%) defeated Barbara Minty (25.0%)

 

Stephanie Seymour (64.5%) defeated Marisa Miller (35.5%)

Amy Wesson (100.0%) defeated Kathy Loghry (0.0%)

 

Alright, this is the final cycle of the Group Stage, so new tickets to the Knockout Stage will be punched every day for the next couple of weeks.

 

Today, we see results from what is arguably the first 2014 match between true SI legends, as Group 3 came down to a battle between defending champion Marisa Miller and supermodel Stephanie Seymour. Stephanie pulled off the monumental upset and claimed the Group 3 title. That leaves Marisa to sweat it out and hope for a wild card spot to advance into the Knockout Stage! 

 

As a reminder, there are 34 wild card spots, and they’re awarded to the 34 top performing models who do not finish in first place in their group. I have a home-grown formula (of course!) that takes into account the strength of opponents, margins of victory/loss, etc. in an attempt to normalize results across the different groups, because some groups are more difficult than others.  Right now, Marisa tumbled towards the bottom half of the available wild card spots, but she’s still in a position to advance. It’ll be a sweat for her, though!

 

In another awesome match from Group 1, top-ranked Elle Macpherson took home the Group 1 title with her hard-fought win over fellow Aussie Jessica Gomes. Because of her fine showing in the Group Stage, Jessica’s wild card chances are looking very good at this point, so there’s still hope for her.

 

Finally, #2 Kathy Ireland captured the expected Group 2 title with her win over Valeria Mazza. Valeria’s loss likely ends her tournament, as she finishes at 2-2 in the Group Stage and currently comes in at #113 overall when ranking the 2014 tournament performance.

 

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Voting for these matches is open until November 17. 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.

 

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Group 19, Match 9

Ashley Richardson vs. Noemie Lenoir

Vote: http://snack.to/q7p5g3fn

 

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Group 19, Match 10

Malia Jones vs. Paulette Kieon

Vote: http://snack.to/qh3adlqi

 

 

Group 20, Match 9

Rachel Hunter vs. Natasha Barnard

Vote: http://snack.to/q7n8bilj

 

 

Group 20, Match 10

Turia Mau vs. Carol Latimer

Vote: http://snack.to/qhi07se5

 

 

Group 21, Match 9

Nina Agdal vs. Sabrina Barnett

Vote: http://snack.to/q7jfo5s9

 

 

Group 21, Match 10

Kate James vs. Reka Ebergenyi

Vote: http://snack.to/qh5qzay8

 

Today’s results are in!

 

May Andersen (68.2%) defeated Cheryl Tiegs (31.8%)

Hillary Safire (75.0%) defeated Louise Vyent (25.0%)

 

Yamila Diaz-Rahi (51.9%) defeated Melissa Haro (48.1%)

Valerie van der Graaf (77.8%) defeated Roberta Little (22.2%)

 

Daniela Pestova (87.0%) defeated Karen Alexander (13.0%)

Marloes Horst (87.5%) defeated Quiana Grant (12.5%)

 

Upset alert in Group 4, where May Andersen stayed unbeaten and knocked off SI legend Cheryl Tiegs to win the group title. Cheryl entered the match unbeaten but hadn’t performed ultra-convincingly against extremely weak competition. This loss, and more importantly her 31.8% of the vote, plummets Cheryl out of the wild card zone, so things are not looking good for her advancing past the Group Stage.

 

In Group 5, Melissa Haro nearly pulled off another big upset against #5 Yamila Diaz-Rahi, but in the end Yamila squeaked by and claimed the group title. Melissa has had a great tournament so far and looks poised to claim a wild card spot, though, as she’s currently #47 in the overall tournament standings.

 

Finally, in Group 6, Daniela Pestova had an easy time with Karen Alexander and remained unbeaten to cruise to first place in the group. No surprise there! Rookie Marloes Horst also looks to be moving on as a wild card after another strong showing.

 

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Voting for these matches is open until November 18. 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.

 

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Group 22, Match 9

Elsa Benitez vs. Michelle Alves

Vote: http://snack.to/qhmfr8am

 

 

Group 22, Match 10

Sarah Nursey vs. Kenza Fourati

Vote: http://snack.to/q7p36m8p

 

 

Group 23, Match 9

Stacey Williams vs. Dayle Haddon

Vote: http://snack.to/qh3lvf03

 

 

Group 23, Match 10

Monika Schnarre vs. Hina Tama

Vote: http://snack.to/q7nig3fn

 

 

Group 24, Match 9

Tyra Banks vs. Tori Praver

Vote: http://snack.to/qhisdlqi

 

 

Group 24, Match 10

Hannah Ferguson vs. Andrea Orme

Vote: http://snack.to/q7j5bilj

 

Today’s results are in!

 

Irina Shayk (67.6%) defeated Lucia Dvorska (32.4%)

Ambr Noelle Ehresmann (70.6%) defeated Micheline Lee (29.4%)

 

Brooklyn Decker (86.7%) defeated Fernanda Tavares (13.3%)

Shana Zadrick (100.0%) defeated Anna Getaneh (0.0%)

 

Veronica Varekova (87.5%) defeated Audrey Quock (12.5%)

Suzy Smith (66.7%) defeated Jocelyn Javits (33.3%)

 

In Group 7, Irina Shayk bounced back from her loss to Jeisa Chiminazzo and beat Lucia Dvorska by enough to win the group. Amazingly, Jeisa had a small window of opportunity for first place, if Irina had won and gotten between about 56-63% of the vote then Jeisa actually would have won the tiebreaker. But, Irina came through and took home the title to advance.

 

In Group 8, Brooklyn Decker continued to smash the competition and finished unbeaten in the Group Stage, as did Veronica Varekova in Group 9.

 

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Voting for these matches is open until November 19. 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.

 

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Group 25, Match 9

Chrissy Teigen vs. Karen Mulder

Vote: http://snack.to/q7nqx02f

 

see-thru

 

Group 25, Match 10

Julie Henderson vs. Irina Pantaeva

Vote: http://snack.to/qhi4cwbq

 

 

Group 26, Match 9

Judit Masco vs. Renee Simonsen

Vote: http://snack.to/q7je1qwl

 

see-thru

 

Group 26, Match 10

Jessica Van Der Steen vs. Annie Morton

Vote: http://snack.to/qh56k4oe

 

 

Group 27, Match 9

Carol Alt vs. Carolyn Murphy

Vote: http://snack.to/q7xu0unx

 

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Group 27, Match 10

Ariel Meredith vs. Akure Wall

Vote: http://snack.to/qhcjwjic

 

Today’s results are in!

 

Anne Vyalitsyna (64.7%) defeated Lujan Fernandez (35.3%)

Veronica Blume (94.7%) defeated Carla Maria (5.3%)

 

Christie Brinkley and Bridget Hall DREW (50.0%-50.0%)

Melania Knauss (55.0%) defeated Jessica Hart (45.0%)

 

Kate Upton (82.6%) defeated Melissa Keller (17.4%)

Jarah Mariano (95.0%) defeated Carmen Luisa Vela (5.0%)

 

In Group 11, Bridget Hall and Christie Brinkley played to the 7th draw of the tournament. While it’s not quite the result Christie would have hoped for, it is still good enough to get her first place in the group. Yesica Toscanini and Bridget now sweat it out for a wild card spot, but Yesica’s chances look a lot better than Bridget’s do.

 

In Group 10, Anne V laid claim to the group title with a victory over Lujan Fernandez. The win for Anne means that Ehrinn Cummings will also need help to advance via a wild card spot. For now, Ehrinn’s performances would be good enough to advance, but only barely, as she sits in 77th overall - two above the current cut line. 

 

Finally, Group 12 went as predicted: Kate the Great had an easy victory over Melissa Keller to claim the group title.

 

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Latest Wild Card rankings (corrected a spreadsheet error, btw)

 

Thanks for voting!

Today’s matches are now live and open for voting!!

 

Voting for these matches is open until November 20. 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.

 

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Group 28, Match 9

Kim Alexis vs. Hilary Rhoda

Vote: http://snack.to/q7hjwjic

 

 

Group 28, Match 10

Libby Otis vs. Jane Gill

Vote: http://snack.to/qhn5o5s9

 

 

Group 29, Match 9

Daniella Sarahyba vs. Lana Ogilvie

Vote: http://snack.to/q7u9495k

 

 

Group 29, Match 10

Isabeli Fontana vs. Elvira Ulla

Vote: http://snack.to/qhj8r8am

 

 

Group 30, Match 9

Cintia Dicker vs. Tannia Rubiano

Vote: http://snack.to/q7cm6m8p

 

see-thru

 

Group 30, Match 10

Estelle Lefebure vs. Coco Mitchell

Vote: http://snack.to/qh9fvf03

 

Today’s results are in!

 

Paulina Porizkova (68.4%) defeated Yasmeen Ghauri (31.6%)

Michaela Bercu (66.7%) defeated Annette Molen (33.3%)

 

Bar Refaeli (80.0%) defeated Izabel Goulart (20.0%)

Ana Paula Araujo (85.7%) defeated Tanga Moreau (14.3%)

 

Heidi Klum (81.0%) defeated Kylie Bax (19.0%)

Cris Urena (93.8%) defeated Bernadette Swann (6.2%)

 

Paulina Porizkova wrapped up Group 13 with a convincing victory over Yasmeen Ghuari, who tumbled down the wild card rankings with the loss. Yasmeen now finds herself a handful of spots below the cut line, so she’ll need some help from others to advance in the tournament.

 

In Group 14, there was a great showdown between unbeatens Bar Refaeli and Izabel Goulart. I thought it would be a pretty close match, but Bar pummeled Izabel to claim first place and send Izabel into a freefall in the wild card rankings. Izabel’s still on the good side of the cut line, but not by much!

 

Finally, Group 15 was won by Heidi Klum, who easily dispatched of Kylie Bax. Lauren Mellor, who had previously completed her Group Stage matches, takes second place in the group and will certainly be a wild card selection to advance in the tournament.

 

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Voting for these matches is open until November 21. 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.

 

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Group 31, Match 9

Chandra North vs. Amber Smith

Vote: http://snack.to/q7t96m8p

 

 

Group 31, Match 10

Alyssa Miller vs. Kathryn Redding

Vote: http://snack.to/qhp8vf03

 

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Group 32, Match 9

Jessica White vs. Sheila Roscoe

Vote: http://snack.to/q7hmg3fn

 

bodypaint

 

Group 32, Match 10

Sue Peterson vs. Mary Sturdevant

Vote: http://snack.to/qhnfdlqi

 

 

Group 33, Match 9

Jenna de Rosnay vs. Angie Everhart

Vote: http://snack.to/q7u3bilj

 

 

Group 33, Match 10

Adaora Akubilo vs. Pania Rose

Vote: http://snack.to/qhjl7se5

 

Today’s results are in!

 

Petra Nemcova (69.6%) defeated Molly Sims (30.4%)

Barbro Ehn (78.6%) defeated Kay Hughes (21.4%)

 

Rebecca Romijn (90.9%) defeated Jenny Brunt (9.1%)

Paula Warner (52.9%) defeated Lorraine Pascale (47.1%)

 

Vendela Kirsebom (71.4%) defeated Kristy Hinze (28.6%)

Brandi Quinones (85.7%) defeated Gail O’Neill (14.3%)

 

Petra Nemcova wrapped up first place in Group 16 with her easy win over Molly Sims, and Molly is the one with the really bad news: she is still on the wrong side of the wild card cut line. Molly was unbeaten coming into this match, but her margins of victory were quite low, so she could not afford a big loss like she had. So, Molly needs help to advance, but the group’s third place finisher, Dominique Piek, is on the good side of the cut line because of a better overall performance in all matches. That’s why every vote counts!

 

In Group 17, Rebecca Romijn took first place with another dominating performance against Jenny Brunt. Aurelie Claudel, who had already completed all of her matches, finishes in second place in the group and is a shoo-in for a wild card spot. So, those two will move on, but Rebecca will get that important First Round bye.

 

Finally, one of my favorite models, Vendela Kirsebom, won Group 18 with a surprisingly easy victory over previously unbeaten Kristy Hinze. Kristy’s loss caused her to take a tumble in the wild card rankings, but she’s likely still safe to advance.

 

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Voting for these matches is open until November 22. 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.

 

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Group 34, Match 9

Michelle Behennah vs. Fernanda Motta

Vote: http://snack.to/q7tk5zhr

 

 

Group 34, Match 10

Eva Herzigova vs. Rosie de la Cruz

Vote: http://snack.to/qhpmaunx

 

 

Group 35, Match 9

Esti Ginzburg vs. Kate Bock

Vote: http://snack.to/q7hp8xuv

 

 

Group 35, Match 10

Shannan Click vs. Georgianna Robertson

Vote: http://snack.to/qhn30cj1

 

 

Group 36, Match 9

Genevieve Morton vs. Mallory Snyder

Vote: http://snack.to/q7unf1cd

 

 

Group 36, Match 10

Estella Warren vs. Kirby Griffin

Vote: http://snack.to/qhjiqk9t

 

Today’s results are in!

 

Ashley Richardson (68.4%) defeated Noemie Lenoir (31.6%)

Malia Jones (100.0%) defeated Paulette Kieon (0.0%)

 

Natasha Barnard (75.0%) defeated Rachel Hunter (25.0%)

Carol Latimer (70.6%) defeated Turia Mau (29.4%)

 

Nina Agdal (96.4%) defeated Sabrina Barnett (3.6%)

Kate James and Reka Ebergenyi DREW (50.0%-50.0%)

 

In Group 19, Ashley Richardson took down the group title and advanced to the Knockout Stage with her win over Noemie Lenoir. In the other match, Malia Jones became the 20th model to record a clean sheet in this year’s tournament, and she sits on the good side of the wild card cut line.

 

Natasha Barnard and Rachel Hunter entered their match unbeaten, but only Natasha emerged from the battle unblemished, as she easily beat Rachel to claim the group title. Rachel plummeted in the wild card rankings, but she is still on the good side of the cut line.

 

Finally, Group 21 had already been settled entering these matches, but Nina Agdal played out the string with yet another dominant performance. In the other match, we had yet another draw in the group, as Kate James and Reka Ebergenyi couldn’t be separated. Amazingly, out of 8 draws in the tournament, 3 of them have been in this group!

 

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Voting for these matches is open until November 23. 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.

 

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Group 37, Match 9

Josie Maran vs. Ann Simonton

Vote: http://snack.to/q7jiepmh

 

 

Group 37, Match 10

Ana Beatriz Barros vs. Marilyn Tindall

Vote: http://snack.to/qh5s63fn

 

 

Group 38, Match 9

Janelle Fishman vs. Hannah Davis

Vote: http://snack.to/q7xc5zhr

 

 

Group 38, Match 10

Maria Joao vs. Navia Nguyen

Vote: http://snack.to/qhc9aunx

 

 

Group 39, Match 9

Ingrid Seynhaeve vs. Frankie Rayder

Vote: http://snack.to/q71k8xuv

 

 

Group 39, Match 10

Melissa Baker vs. Tamara Spoelder

Vote: http://snack.to/qhkm0cj1

 

Today’s results are in!

 

Elsa Benitez (81.0%) defeated Michelle Alves (19.0%)

Kenza Fourati (88.2%) defeated Sarah Nursey (11.8%)

 

Stacey Williams (76.2%) defeated Dayle Haddon (23.8%)

Monika Schnarre (84.2%) defeated Hina Tama (15.8%)

 

Tori Praver (76.9%) defeated Tyra Banks (23.1%)

Hannah Ferguson (78.3%) defeated Andrea Orme (21.7%)

 

The Group of Death, Group 24, finished up today, and what a finish it was. First place was already wrapped up by Emily Ratajkowski, which left Hannah Ferguson and Tori Praver fighting for wild card spots. Both needed great showings to climb back above the cut line, and both got great showings. However, only Hannah’s was good enough to get her on the good side of the cut line - just barely! For the moment, Hannah is in the final wild card spot of the tournament, and Tori is just 3 spots behind her. But, those 3 spots make all the difference. It’s far from over, though, so both Hannah and Tori still have a chance and neither one can feel secure about her chances until it is all over. Worth mentioning: Both Tori and Hannah finished higher than Emily in the wild card rankings, which makes sense considering that both had higher overall vote totals. But, Emily narrowly won the head-to-head matches, so she claimed first place with her 4-0 record.

 

In Group 22, Elsa Benitez easily wrapped up first place, and second place finisher Aline Nakashima looks to be in good shape to claim a wild card spot.

 

Finally, in Group 23, Stacey Williams also easily wrapped up first place, and underdog story Monika Schnarre continued to stay on the good side of the cut line after her easy victory.

 

Another thing worth mentioning is that SI icon Cheryl Tiegs is now also on the wrong side of the cut line after today’s matches, as she sits one spot ahead of Tori Praver. So, like Tori, Cheryl also needs some of the models above her to stumble in order to get back on the good side of the line.

 

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Voting for these matches is open until November 24. 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.

 

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Group 40, Match 9

Patricia Velasquez vs. Cindy Crawford

Vote: http://snack.to/q7h5yn3u

 

 

Group 40, Match 10

Oluchi Onweagba vs. Crystal Renn

Vote: http://snack.to/qhnagilj

 

 

Group 41, Match 9

Kim Cloutier vs. Manon Von Gerkan

Vote: http://snack.to/q7u82jic

 

 

Group 41, Match 10

Yvonne Sylvander vs. Raica Oliveira

Vote: http://snack.to/qhj0b5s9

 

 

Group 42, Match 9

Michelle Lombardo vs. Sarah O’Hare

Vote: http://snack.to/q7cfw95k

 

 

Group 42, Match 10

Shakara Ledard vs. Julie Ordon

Vote: http://snack.to/qh9qo8am

 

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Today’s results are in!

 

Chrissy Teigen (52.0%) defeated Karen Mulder (48.0%)

Julie Henderson (91.3%) defeated Irina Pantaeva (8.7%)

 

Judit Masco (57.1%) defeated Renee Simonsen (42.9%)

Jessica Van Der Steen (81.8%) defeated Annie Morton (18.2%)

 

Carolyn Murphy (66.7%) defeated Carol Alt (33.3%)

Ariel Meredith (87.5%) defeated Akure Wall (12.5%)

 

Julie Henderson took first place in Group 25 by a tiebreaker over Chrissy Teigen, and Chrissy’s narrow victory over Karen Mulder did not help her chances any. She still finds herself on the wrong side of the wild card cut line by about 10 spots, so it looks like Chrissy’s 2014 tournament is over.

 

In Group 26, personal favorite Judit Masco wrapped up the group title with her win over Renee Simonsen. Both Michelle Vawer and Jessica Van Der Steen are close to wild card spots from this group, but both are on the wrong side of the cut line, as well. Things look very bleak for Jessica, but it’s possible that Michelle may still get enough help from those in front of her tumbling to sneak her into the Knockout Stage.

 

Finally, in Group 27, Carolyn Murphy had a very impressive win over Carol Alt to take the group title. Carol had a big drop in her ranking because of the loss, but she’s still quite comfortable in her spot on the good side of the cut line.

 

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