Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition cover

[Twoboos]

I am officially OLD. I think this is too revealing. And I am not a prude. The bottom is barely anything more than strings.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20570075,00.html

[wellyes]

Honey, your swimsuit is too small. Shop in the adults section next time!

[BillK]

I think it's just fine! :bowdown:

[crl]

I think it's just fine! :bowdown:

:ROTFLMAO: I have to wonder, why bother with the bottoms at all? Might as well be naked.

Catherine

[infomama]

Way too small. Yuck.

[lhafer]

And people have issues with breastfeeding in public. But this will sit on very public-able-to-be-seen-by-everyone stands. :shake:

[mommylamb]

I don't think I'm a prude, but I just don't find that attractive at all.

[momof2girls]

I know she is of age and all but I can't help but think that 19 is just sooo young to be having grown men oogling at her. kind of creepy to me.

[elbenn]

I don't like the swimsuit at all. Not a great cover, IMO.

[Mopey]

I don't like the swimsuit at all. Not a great cover, IMO.

There have been such fantastic and even more revealing covers - beautiful colors and great suits. I'm just not crazy about it. No problem with sex and skin, just not a great picture. And the bottom looks a little stupid. Actually, it all looks too airbrushed. They didn't have to go that nuts on other girls like Elle McPherson, etc.

Anyway, glad she's happy with it! :)

[minnie-zb]

I think the bottom is tiny, but the top is ridiculous! Her one boobie is almost falling out the bottom (left) and the right one looks like it could slide on out to the side. It is not flattering. It obviously is too small for her and looks silly.

[Giantbear]

I think it's just fine! :bowdown: :thumbsup::jammin::bighand:

[Mopey]

I think it's just fine! :bowdown:

Btw, I love men. You guys are so easy - any kind of mainly naked girl with a rocking bod is A-OK! :ROTFLMAO:

[Ms B]

One of my friends had teenage sons who wanted a copy of the magazine a couple years back. She picked up a copy for them at the store . . . and gave it to them . . . after drawing what she considered to be appropriate jackets, skirts, and shorts on the models with a Sharpie! :ROTFLMAO:

She got the idea after finding a record album (remember those?) in her husband's record collection where her MIL had drawn clothes on the cover model!

[wellyes]

I do have to say, finding my dad's (hidden) copy of a swimsuit issue was a major "whoa" moment for me as a girl. I think around middle school? I am OK with it as a weird little semi-porny pop culture once-a-year quirk.

[Giantbear]

:ROTFLMAO: I have to wonder, why bother with the bottoms at all? Might as well be naked.

Catherinebecause almost naked is better than naked for a photo spread. Sheer or netting is a :thumbsup:

[mom2akm]

One of my friends had teenage sons who wanted a copy of the magazine a couple years back. She picked up a copy for them at the store . . . and gave it to them . . . after drawing what she considered to be appropriate jackets, skirts, and shorts on the models with a Sharpie! :ROTFLMAO:

She got the idea after finding a record album (remember those?) in her husband's record collection where her MIL had drawn clothes on the cover model!

:ROTFLMAO: Very wise mothers!!

[BabyMine]

She is very beautiful but the suit and pose aren't. I would love to see the original before photoshop.

[elliput]

I think SI needs a new team choosing the cover pics. That is awful. The girl is cute, but that is about it.

[BabyBearsMom]

I think her b**bs just seem to be laying in an odd way. And the bottoms...well those don't look comfortable at all.

I would just absolutely die if I were her mother...and my DH would simultaneously have a heart attack and kill anyone who looked at her if his little princess wore something like that someday.

[lucybabymamma]

Btw, I love men. You guys are so easy - any kind of mainly naked girl with a rocking bod is A-OK! :ROTFLMAO:

:yeahthat:
But I guess I am old too cause my first thought wasn't that it was too small, per se, but -- how did she fit all of her...girl parts...in that thing? I mean seriously, I would have cleavage in that suit -- but not on the top half!!! :ROTFLMAO:

[marymoo86]

I'm not entirely sure that is a real bikini bottom - looks like it could have been "placed" there.

[3isEnough]

I am officially OLD. I think this is too revealing. And I am not a prude. The bottom is barely anything more than strings.

I saw the cover shot last night and thought the same thing. I'm not a prude, but I couldn't believe the cover. Normally I think the women on there look great, but this is just yuck.

[Penny's Pappa]

Btw, I love men. You guys are so easy - any kind of mainly naked girl with a rocking bod is A-OK! :ROTFLMAO:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2259/37519584.png

[elektra]

I think her breasts are great and I don't mind tops like that. Not a fan of the bottoms though. And I agree the pose is weird. Looks a little sloppy leaning back or something.

[AnnieW625]

:ROTFLMAO: I have to wonder, why bother with the bottoms at all? Might as well be naked.

Catherine

I like it, but agree it is a little small.

[katydid1971]

I would have cleavage in that suit -- but not on the top half!!! :ROTFLMAO:
:hysterical:OK that took me a minute and but that was seriously funny!!!!:hysterical:
I have to say that girl does a LOT more personal grooming than I'll ever do!!!!

[katydid1971]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2259/37519584.png
:hysterical:

[jse107]

Meh. There have been far more beautiful swimsuit models and swimsuits used for the covers before. I saw her on the Today show this morning and didn't think she was that pretty. I mean, yes, she's not horrible to look at, but I wasn't wowed by her at all. Neither was DH.

[ilfaith]

Guess it's time to break out the Magic Powder again. Thanks for the reminder.

[mikala]

Ick. Tastefully sexy is fine, whatever, but the bottom on this is just strange to me and it's just an odd pose.

I agree with PP's comment about breastfeeding pics being obscene when this is okay?

[mikala]

Guess it's time to break out the Magic Powder again. Thanks for the reminder.

:ROTFLMAO: Or time to brush up on our Photoshop skills.

[hillview]

There have been such fantastic and even more revealing covers - beautiful colors and great suits. I'm just not crazy about it. No problem with sex and skin, just not a great picture. And the bottom looks a little stupid. Actually, it all looks too airbrushed. They didn't have to go that nuts on other girls like Elle McPherson, etc.

Anyway, glad she's happy with it! :)
THIS exactly. I don't care if it is SMALL but it looks SOOO fake and not cute and not a great photo/suit color/background.

[Indianamom2]

I don't like anything about it. I personally don't even think the pose or suit are flattering. The bikini looks WAY too small, not because it's skimpy...I get the point here, but it looks ill-fitting. I wouldn't be happy with that even if I did look like her!

[Jo..]

The swimsuit doesn't bother me, and I think she has a great body for it. But I can't help staring at the very unnatural looking, way too round tennis balls on her chest.

I'd rather see a model with a great natural body in a barely-there suit any day vs one with poorly done and obvious implants.

One of these days I am going to buy me some boobs, and I just pray that they don't look that fake. :ROTFLMAO:

[boogiemomz]

Ick. All I can think is that that must've been one unpleasant wax appointment. :eek:

[Twin Mom]

I am not a prude either but that suit is way too skimpy IMO. It barely covers her ginormous boobs (fake or not) and the bottom is ridiculous. It must be airbrushed b/c even if she had a brazilian I don't see how there wouldn't be something showing down there.

Was that suit made just for the swimsuit shoot b/c I don't see how any person, supermodel or not, could wear that out in public without showing things that should not be seen in public? :rotflmao:

[elektra]

I don't think they are made to be worn in public. :)
Here are some more shots of her.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011_swimsuit/models/kate-upton/
I like some of these suits better. I think she is really pretty, and has a great body. Of course her boobs could be fake but they look real to me in several of these pics.

[Giantbear]

I prefer the body painting over the swimsuits

[veronica]

I'm not a fan of the color of the suit and the angle of the shot and pose is just terrible. Not cover-worthy at all.

I am in complete agreement over the "bottom-cleavage". When I worked in an OR, I saw several hundred surgeries. Everything from brain surgeries, to knee replacements, etc. I saw a very petite woman (5'4" and 120 lbs) get implants and liposuction and the only real improvement I saw was the liposuction done on her vajay-I couldn't stop from thinking about that when I saw this cover. How many women are going to look in the mirror and think "great, now I have to add vajajay lipo to my list."

[Giantbear]

sigh...... i'm going over to my football forum to continue the discussion on the this years swimsuit edition. You girls are ruining this wonderful annual rite of passage!!!! :angry-smiley-005:

[Mopey]

sigh...... i'm going over to my football forum to continue the discussion on the this years swimsuit edition. You girls are ruining this wonderful annual rite of passage!!!! :angry-smiley-005:

Awwww! I'm sorry. But her boobs are totally real and fantastic!!! :D

[Jo..]

I don't think they are made to be worn in public. :)
Here are some more shots of her.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011_swimsuit/models/kate-upton/
I like some of these suits better. I think she is really pretty, and has a great body. Of course her boobs could be fake but they look real to me in several of these pics.

They DO look real in those (older) pics. I wonder if and why she messed with them (they were perfect). There is no way the boobs on the SI cover are real. To me, they just look super abnormal and ridiculous.

http://www.digtriad.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/images/120214083117_Kate-Upton-Sports-Illustrated.jpg

ETA: you can see the implant line on the top of her breasts. Natural ones do not do that. Unless it was airbrushed in. In which case the artists messed up a naturally beautiful body.

[DrSally]

Wow, that's one tiny bikini!

[niccig]

the only real improvement I saw was the liposuction done on her vajay-I couldn't stop from thinking about that when I saw this cover. How many women are going to look in the mirror and think "great, now I have to add vajajay lipo to my list."


Giantbear, you may want to go over to another forum...I need to ask some questions you may not want to know the answer to:


You can get lipo on your vajajay??? Really??

[Kindra178]

Giantbear, you may want to go over to another forum...I need to ask some questions you may not want to know the answer to:


You can get lipo on your vajajay??? Really??

And as a follow up, "Why?"

[Jo..]

"Dear Abby,

I have a a large labia. Do you think I should spend $3,000 to get liposuction on it?

Sincerely,

Fat Lip"

[Giantbear]

Giantbear, you may want to go over to another forum...I need to ask some questions you may not want to know the answer to:


You can get lipo on your vajajay??? Really??Let it never be said i am not a Renaissance man

http://www.lvri-ny.com/

[veronica]

Giantbear, you may want to go over to another forum...I need to ask some questions you may not want to know the answer to:


You can get lipo on your vajajay??? Really??
yes! Well, the outer labia. Basically what we are all commenting on in the picture. I watched them work on her tummy, inner thigh and there. She was already so small , that it was barely noticible on her tummy and thighs. But her vj-well it looked great!

[Jo..]

Giantbear, you may want to go over to another forum...I need to ask some questions you may not want to know the answer to:


You can get lipo on your vajajay??? Really??

Ahem. TMI ALERT!

I had "tugging" at times while DTD many years ago.

I had a gyno that I complained to, and he was fresh out of school and suggested a vaginoplasty...He was DYING to do one. I did NOT want to be his experiment, so I declined.

(FTR I no longer have this problem. So I am not sure if they shrunk on their own or what).

But I am all for anal bleaching, brazillian waxing, labia liposuction. Whatever it takes to keep your business nice and taut and well-groomed. Just because no one else sees it, doesn't mean your DH doesn't notice! :hysterical:

[veronica]

"Dear Abby,

I have a a large labia. Do you think I should spend $3,000 to get liposuction on it?

Sincerely,

Fat Lip"
:ROTFLMAO:
I'm not kidding when I say that watching the whole procedure, it was the one part I would have considered the most worth-while!

of course, since then I've had twins and my first c-section at the same time, so there are a lot of things I'd consider now!

[niccig]

Let it never be said i am not a Renaissance man

http://www.lvri-ny.com/

Thanks Giantbear...but well, I think I'll leave my parts as they are. I can understand some personal grooming, but laser..no way on my vajajay..

[BillK]

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7301299/labia

NSFW!

[Jo..]

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7301299/labia

NSFW!

HAHAHAHAH. That's my video. :) I made that.

SO PROUD right now I am bursting.

[BillK]

HAHAHAHAH. That's my video. :) I made that.

SO PROUD right now I am bursting.

I know! I still have it bookmarked from that OLD thread! :)

[niccig]

HAHAHAHAH. That's my video. :) I made that.

SO PROUD right now I am bursting.

Prune Pussy!!

Jo, you are too funny.

[essnce629]

My first thought when seeing her pic was that it looked like someone stood behind her and yanked on her bottoms really hard-- pulling everything away from the front!!!

[Giantbear]

HAHAHAHAH. That's my video. :) I made that.

SO PROUD right now I am bursting.which one are you?? :ducking: :waving4:

[SnuggleBuggles]

honey, your swimsuit is too small. Shop in the adults section next time!

:rotflmao:

[Jo..]

which one are you?? :ducking: :waving4:

The insane white chick. :waving4:

[MMMommy]

I can see why she appeals to men - sexy, big chest, etc. Typical hot girl in a bikini look. But in terms of her general look and face, I think she looks generic. I think there have been much better SI swimsuit covers than this one.

[eagle]

i think shes alright!

[randomkid]

OK, DD is in the room and she can read, so I'll have to come back to this thread later, but you guys are cracking me up! I have only quickly scanned some of the posts, but so far :hysterical:

I had a boyfriend in college who always bought the annual SI swimsuit edition. I always asked him where the swimsuits were. Many times, there would only be a small portion of the suit showing or the girls would only have on one piece of it with their "privates" (as DD likes to call them) creatively covered. This was back in the 80s, so SI has always had VERY revealing suits on (or not) their models. I still don't get why they call it the swimsuit edition. I think another name would be more appropriate. Let's see who can come up with a good one.

BTW, I agree with the comments about BFing in public being looked down upon, but this can be displayed?

[trales]

I think the model Anna V is much hotter and wears the swim suits better. She should have been on the cover.

[Corie]

My husband and 7 yr. old son are anxiously awaiting the SI Swimsuit?
Edition.

I always look through it too and I watch the "Making of the SI Swimsuit
Edition" on tv. The same lady has been in charge of picking out the bikinis/models/cover shot for years and years.

[essnce629]

Omg Jo, that video is hilarious! So is the rear facing one!!!!

[american_mama]

I think this is too revealing. And I am not a prude.

I agree, and I'm not going to chalk it up to being too old. But, if it evens things out any, I do not think she looks good in that suit or that it's a good photo. Shot way too low to the ground, makes her hips look odd and her breasts look fake (they probably are).

[maestramommy]

Doh, I did NOT to see that TMI. All I could think was, she must pay a pretty penny in waxing down there.

[citymama]

Let it never be said i am not a Renaissance man

http://www.lvri-ny.com/

I really don't want to think of the fact that she is just 16 years older than our toddlers. She's a frickin' kid with implants.

[Cam&Clay]

My first thought when I saw it was that she must be like Barbie down there. They seriously had to airbrush out her parts, right? Or she doesn't have any?

[citymama]

Omg Jo, that video is hilarious! So is the rear facing one!!!!

:hysterical: "Do you want an organic snack for your kid?"

I'm also amused by Cam & Clay's suggestion that she's built like Barbie with no actual girl parts actually under the bikini bottom. There is a news of the weird element about it.

[s7714]

The girls look saggy and flat. Don't get me wrong, I dont want silicon orbs, but i dont know, they just look less perky than I expect on a 19 year old. The bottom doesn't do much for me either. Bad choice for a cover IMO.

[momof2girls]

If SI is going for a shock value, I have no idea how they are going to out-do themselves for next year. Seriously, that suit is ridiculously small to the point where is just looks stupid. Where do they go from there?

[WatchingThemGrow]

HAHAHAHAH. That's my video. :) I made that.

SO PROUD right now I am bursting.
:bowdown: You just made my valentine's day. Can't wait to watch your whole playlist.
eta: snortcoughlaugh :hysterical:

[crl]

If SI is going for a shock value, I have no idea how they are going to out-do themselves for next year. Seriously, that suit is ridiculously small to the point where is just looks stupid. Where do they go from there?

I'm voting for a retro inspired one piece that covers EVERYTHING. What? It would be a shock. :ROTFLMAO:

Catherine

[Jo..]

:hysterical: "Do you want an organic snack for your kid?"

I'm also amused by Cam & Clay's suggestion that she's built like Barbie with no actual girl parts actually under the bikini bottom. There is a news of the weird element about it.

I wish I could remember my damn username and password for that account. There are a bunch of garbage videos and drafts there that I would love to delete. The labia one and the rear facing ones were the only ones I finished, so don't look at the rest of them. They are just not funny. At all.

[Jo..]

I wish I could remember my damn username and password for that account. There are a bunch of garbage videos and drafts there that I would love to delete. The labia one and the rear facing ones were the only ones I finished, so don't look at the rest of them. They are just not funny. At all.

I take it back. I just re-watched "PINK" and I made myself LOL over that one too.

[katydid1971]

I take it back. I just re-watched "PINK" and I made myself LOL over that one too.
I liked the pink one best. Kind of makes me think about the recent Lego Friends thread, you were about a year ahead on that ;)

[AngelaS]

I was watching Letterman last night when they revealed the cover model. He was a seriously dirty old creepy man and I was SO icked out.

This year's model is at least wearing a swimsuit. A couple years ago the cover model was wearing a necklace that covered her bits. I remember, because it was right at my girls' eye level at B&N and they were like, "Why isn't that girl wearing a shirt???"

[crl]

I showed dh the pic (he hadn't seen it). His response, "she's not attractive." I do love that man. :ROTFLMAO:

Catherine

[kijip]

They seriously had to airbrush out her parts, right? Or she doesn't have any?

:yeahthat:

It strikes me as odd that the sexy image here appears to have nothing between the legs at all. Barbie-ization indeedy.

I also wonder why this is ok but we don't have nude beaches. Seriously, naked would be more comfy and easier to swim in.

For all we know they photoshopped in the swim suit. Or glued it to her if it exists because I don't see how that bottom part is staying on.

[crl]

:yeahthat:



I also wonder why this is ok but we don't have nude beaches. Seriously, naked would be more comfy and easier to swim in.




Come to San Francisco and I'll take you to the nude beach. It's mostly old men though.

Catherine

[mom2binsd]

HAHAHAHAH. That's my video. :) I made that.

SO PROUD right now I am bursting.

:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::rotflmao::rotflmao::ro tflmao:

Literally peeing my pants laughing at these Jo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mom2binsd]

In the pics it would seem that the nipples have disappeared...I mean either that or they are the only small part about her breasts.

[lovebebes]

that is an ugly cover, and a really ugly bathing suit.

[brittone2]

I showed dh the pic (he hadn't seen it). His response, "she's not attractive." I do love that man. :ROTFLMAO:

Catherine

DH threw his in the recycling. I was like, hey, I want to see it! It doesn't bother me at all if he looks at the swimsuit issue, but he was like meh, and tossed it in the recycling bin. DH's crushes on women lean toward the non bombshell type of gorgeous women. Women like Beckett from Castle, Tina Fey, etc. Even when he was a 20 something male I was always shocked that he didn't like the big boobed, blonde, supposedly hot women.

[megs4413]

HAHAHAHAH. That's my video. :) I made that.

SO PROUD right now I am bursting.

You should make more videos. I want to laugh more!

As for the SI cover, who the F cares? only guys who need something to do with their hands. :shrug:

[egoldber]

They seriously had to airbrush out her parts, right?

:yeahthat:

My first thought was that the whole cover was Photoshop-ed. No one actually looks like that.

[bostonsmama]

You know what kills me? Our men have been so saturated with partial nudity that behind closed doors they're asking for women to LEAVE CLOTHING ON! It's become a turn-on to leave something to the imagination. I don't have any problem with bikinis or women with healthy, fit bodies in swimwear, but the angle of the cover shot is distasteful.

Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as shameful still.

[arivecchi]

that is an ugly cover, and a really ugly bathing suit.
:yeahthat: It just seems trashy as opposed to sexy.

I think people.com has an online poll and the huge majority voted that the cover was skanky. :ROTFLMAO: