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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.

Posted

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

Posted

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. :smile:

 

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.

Posted

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
 

Posted

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)

Posted

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! :smile:
 
SI Swimsuit Model Rankings: here (as of June 1 - to be updated after this round of friendly matches)
 

Posted

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)

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