The Ultimate SI Swimsuit Model Tournament - Vote Now!

Hi, everyone. I have started the most comprehensive SI Swimsuit Model Tournament ever. Here's the description, pasted from my blog. I hope lots of you vote, because I'm curious to see the results! I'll start posting matches in replies to this thread. Enjoy!!

All matches, brackets, and results will be kept here.

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As of 2013, there have been 221 models that have appeared in the 50 publications of the SI Swimsuit Issue. All 221 are a part of this exciting competition!

The tournament consists of two parts: the Main Draw and the Qualifying Draw. The Main Draw consists of 128 models, one of which will be the ultimate champion. Here's the breakdown of the Main Draw:

32 seeded models
64 unseeded models
32 qualifiers

I have created a unique ranking system that ranks every one of the 221 SI Swimsuit models. The top 32 in the rankings are assigned seeds according to their rank, and they are distributed throughout the bracket so a seeded model will not match up against another seeded model until the 3rd round of the tournament.

The 64 models ranked #s 33-96 are also in the Main Draw, and they are considered "unseeded" models. Unseeded models were randomly assigned in the bracket, always matching up against another unseeded model in the 1st round of the Main Draw.

The final 32 positions in the Main Draw are reserved for those models who advance through the Qualifying Draw. The 125 models ranked between 97-221 participate in the Qualifying Draw, which consists of two rounds, thinning the field to the 32 qualifiers who will earn a spot in the Main Draw. All bracket slots (and thus, the first round matches) in the Qualifying Draw were randomly assigned.

For the 32 models lucky enough to survive the Qualifying Draw, their first round matchup will be against one of the 32 seeded models. So, it's a tough road to hoe for one of those qualifiers to make it deep in the tournament!

Each match will have a voting period of one week. After the voting period is over, the results will be announced and the winner will move on to the next round in the tournament. This continues until we have our one champion.

Qualifying Draw bracket:


Main Draw bracket (corrected on Oct 1):

 

Qualifying Draw - Round 1

Match #1:
Pania Rose vs. Jenna de Rosnay
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5223563ee4b09a6263710344



Match #2:
Jocelyn Javits vs. Jamee Becker
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52235627e4b09a6263710343



Match #3:
Cindy Crawford vs. Dominique Piek
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=522356e6e4b09a6263710345



Match #4:
Julie Ordon vs. Suzy Smith
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52235793e4b09a6263710347

 

Next four matches... voting open Sept 5-11.

Again, all tournament info is archived here.

Qualifying Draw - Round 1

Match #5:
Shirley Mallmann vs. Cynthia Korman
Vote here:*http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=522357f6e4b09a6263710348



Match #6:
Rachel Roberts vs. Jane Gill
Vote here:*http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52235806e4b09a6263710349



Match #7:
Kay Hughes vs. Sue Peterson
Vote here:*http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52235843e4b09a626371034a



Match #8:
Hina Tama vs. Monika Schnarre
Vote here:*http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5223586de4b09a626371034b

 

This looks like it might be fun for whoever is willing to participate. I'll give it a sticky.

 

Thanks! I appreciate that.

 

Voted

 

voted

 

Awesome. I'll be posting new matchups every day for pretty much until the 2014 SI Swimsuit Issue gets released in February. So, come back often and cast those votes!

By the way, I love the sig!!

 

Voted - pretty easy so far, with only one unfair matchup - I really like Dominique Piek, but she can't stand against Cindy Crawford.

 

Next four (well, three) matches... voting open Sept 6-12.

Again, all tournament info is archived here.

Qualifying Draw - Round 1

Match #9:
Michelle Lombardo vs. Amy Wesson
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52235884e4b09a626371034c



Match #10:
Ana Paula Lemes vs. Quiana Grant
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=52235896e4b09a626371034d



Match #11:
Shana Zadrick drew a bye and advances to Round 2

Match #12:
Kate James vs. Melissa Baker
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=522358dae4b09a626371034e



More matches coming on Sunday/Monday... I'll be taking a couple of days away.

 

Today's matches are now live, and voting for these matches is open through Sept. 13. Use the links to vote, which will literally take about a second to do.

All matches, current brackets, and other info about the tournament is here.

Thanks for voting!

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Qualifying Draw - Round 1

Match #13:
Mary Sturdevant vs. Beri Smither
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a3b9e4b09938befb3b71



Match #14:
Lynn Brophy vs. Marilyn Tindall
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a3dee4b09938befb3b72



Match #15:
Rosie de la Cruz vs. Brandi Quinones
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a3efe4b09938befb3b73



Match #16:
Lana Ogilvie vs. Gail O'Neill
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a3ffe4b09938befb3b74

 

Cool Idea.....voted and thanks for this

 

Today's matches are now live, and voting for these matches is open through Sept. 16. Use the links to vote, which will literally take about a second to do.

All matches, current brackets, and other info about the tournament is here.

Thanks for voting!

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Qualifying Draw - Round 1

Match #17:
Yesica Toscanini vs. Margaux Hemingway
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a410e4b09938befb3b75



Match #18:
Akure Wall vs. Juliana Martins
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a427e4b09938befb3b76



Match #19:
Veronica Blume vs. Aya Thorgren
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a450e4b09938befb3b77



Match #20:
Raica Oliveira vs. Carol Latimer
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a463e4b09938befb3b78



Four more matches coming tomorrow!

 

Yeah, I agree. I love Dominique, too. I was kind of bummed when she drew Cindy Crawford in the first qualifying round. Unlucky. It just proves that I'm running this fairly! Thanks for voting. Keep it up. This is fun!

 

Voted.

 

Today's matches are now live, and voting for these matches is open through Sept. 17. Use the links to vote, which will literally take about a second to do.

Our first results:

Jenna de Rosnay - 55%
Pania Rose - 45%

Jamee Becker - 66%
Jocelyn Javits - 34%

Jenna de Rosnay and Jamee Becker will face each other in Round 2 of the Qualifying Draw. The winner will advance to the Main Draw.

Cindy Crawford - 80%
Dominique Piek - 20%

Julie Ordon - 78%
Suzy Smith - 22%

Cindy Crawford and Julie Ordon will face each other in Round 2 of the Qualifying Draw. The winner will advance to the Main Draw.

All matches, current brackets, and other info about the tournament is here.

Thanks for voting!

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Qualifying Draw - Round 1

Match #21:
Georgianna Robertson advances on a bye.

Match #22:
Michelle Vawer vs. Kenza Fourati
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a4a4e4b09938befb3b79



Match #23:
Carmen Luisa Vela vs. Kristy Hinze
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a4b4e4b09938befb3b7a



Match #24:
Charissa Craig vs. Coco Mitchell
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a4c1e4b09938befb3b7b



Four more matches coming tomorrow!

 

Latest results:

Shirley Mallmann - 72%
Cynthia Korman - 28%

Rachel Roberts - 83%
Jane Gill - 17%

Shirley Mallmann and Rachel Roberts will face each other in Round 2 of the Qualifying Draw. The winner will advance to the Main Draw.

Sue Peterson - 66%
Kay Hughes - 34%

Monika Schnarre - 94%
Hina Tama - 6%

Sue Peterson and Monika Schnarre will face each other in Round 2 of the Qualifying Draw. The winner will advance to the Main Draw.

All matches, current brackets, and other info about the tournament is here.

That was a drubbing put on by Monika Schnarre, with 94% of the vote. Wow! The matchup between Rachel Roberts and Shirley Mallmann should be interesting. For a lot of these qualifying matches, it's pretty easy to predict who would win. Not so for that one.

Thanks for voting!

 

Today's matches are now live, and voting for these matches is open through Sept. 17. Use the links to vote, which will literally take about a second to do.

All matches, current brackets, and other info about the tournament is here.

Thanks for voting!

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Qualifying Draw - Round 1

Match #25:
Britta Dubbels vs. Selita Ebanks
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a4d2e4b09938befb3b7c



Match #26:
Aline Nakashima vs. Maggie Smith
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a4e3e4b09938befb3b7d



Match #27:
Kirby Griffin vs. Lorraine Pascal
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a4f9e4b09938befb3b7e



Match #28:
Hannah Davis vs. Sarah Nursey
Vote here: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5228a509e4b09938befb3b7f



More matches coming tomorrow.

 

A lot of work, but not sure I understand a ranking system that doesn't put Cindy Crawford in, if not a seeded position then at least an unseeded position. If you look around the web she is almost always ranked as one of the top 20 or so of all time.

 

The rankings are based completely on facts related to SI appearances, not any other outside modeling. Clearly, Cindy is a supermodel of all-time, but she appeared just once in the SI Swimsuit issue. You may think I should rank her higher, and you may be right, but the rankings are completely based in math and take out all human element. If I decided to rank Cindy higher, then what's to stop the argument of ranking Model X or Y higher because of their non-SI accomplishments. Then, it becomes my opinion rather than based in facts and math.

Cindy is one of the very few instances where the SI appearances and math is in such great contrast to their outside world modeling. So, it's a glaring example and looks like a big mistake. But, the math is the math. I think it's pretty interesting having someone possibly come out of the qualifying rounds to challenge the queens of SI.

More about the tournament format and rankings can be found here, by the way. If you're interested.

Thanks for the comments!