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Sports Illustrated Editor: 'The Model's Personality Is Just as Important as Her Looks'
fox news ^ | 2/16/11 | Hollie McKay

Posted on 02/16/2011 6:43:17 PM PST by Nachum

The 2011 Edition of the famed “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit” issue hit newsstands across the country on Tuesday, featuring a bevy of beauties including covergirl Irina Shayk, Brooklyn Decker, Cintia Dicker and Julie Henderson.

But it turns out that earning a coveted spot inside the glossy magazine takes more than just a fabulous figure and features.

t's what’s inside that matters.

“We’re in constant touch with the New York modeling agencies, and they always let us know if they get a girl they think is the right fit for us because there aren’t that many that are as shapely and full-bodied as we need, obviously the industry is pressuring the girls to be a different way,” Sports Illustrated Senior Editor, Diane Smith, told FOX411’s Pop Tarts. “So once we meet the girls, what is just as important as their beauty and their body is their personality."

Oh come on!

But Smith insists that it is true.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: editor; illustrated; models; sports
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Yep. It's always those girls with BIG personalities that make the front cover
1 posted on 02/16/2011 6:43:25 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Well, yeeeaaahhhh....


2 posted on 02/16/2011 6:44:43 PM PST by rlmorel (Now I have to change this tagline: "Weakness is provocative." Donald Rumsfeld)
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To: Nachum

Personality counts, but you STILL need those ta-ta’s!

TTIWWOP;)


3 posted on 02/16/2011 6:46:59 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: Nachum

oh geez.

how stupid is this article?


4 posted on 02/16/2011 6:47:43 PM PST by Principled (Get the capital back! NRST!)
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To: Nachum

>>t’s what’s inside that matters.

Yeah. Silicone or saline?


5 posted on 02/16/2011 6:47:52 PM PST by Bryanw92 (We don't need to win elections. We need to win a revolution.)
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To: Nachum

Funny, blind dates are always described as having great personalities.....


6 posted on 02/16/2011 6:47:57 PM PST by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name. Want to have fun? Google your friend's names.....)
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To: Frank_2001

With what few I have ever dealt with, personality is a big selling point with me. No freaks, wackos, or tattoos for me.


7 posted on 02/16/2011 6:48:57 PM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Nachum

Sure it is. That’s why there are so many of those huge, long, in-depth interviews which delve so deeply into the model’s lives.


8 posted on 02/16/2011 6:50:37 PM PST by snowrip (Liberal? You are a socialist idiot with no rational argument.)
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To: Red Badger

My favorite in college was how a buddy would describe an upcoming blind date: “She’s nice to her mother and bakes great cookies.” Still makes me laugh.


9 posted on 02/16/2011 6:51:32 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Nachum

‘Cause you got personality,
Walk, personality
Talk, Personality
Smile, Personality

Charm, personality
Love, personality
And of Cause you´ve got
A great big heart


10 posted on 02/16/2011 6:53:02 PM PST by decimon
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McKay ought to get a job selling T-Bills. Or selling bubble gum to the lockjaw ward at Bellview


11 posted on 02/16/2011 6:53:11 PM PST by Milhous (Lev 19:18 Love your neighbor as yourself.)
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To: Nachum

And I just read the sports articles.


12 posted on 02/16/2011 6:54:21 PM PST by ReverendJames (Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Makes ou wonder what they say about you, doesn’t it?.....


13 posted on 02/16/2011 6:54:30 PM PST by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name. Want to have fun? Google your friend's names.....)
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To: Nachum
C'mon over here and give big Mamma some sugar baby.

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14 posted on 02/16/2011 6:56:18 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: decimon

Lloyd Price - Personality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpUkCHyuZBc&feature=related


15 posted on 02/16/2011 6:57:09 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

ok so how long ‘til this thread begins having a good personality?

I’m waiting....


16 posted on 02/16/2011 6:57:22 PM PST by Principled (Get the capital back! NRST!)
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To: Nachum

LOL....and he reads Playboy for the articles.........


17 posted on 02/16/2011 6:57:57 PM PST by skaterboy (Hate=Love....Love=Hate)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Back in my day it was,

“She cooks, sews all her own clothes, has a WONDERFUL personality and all the girls in the dorm love her!”


18 posted on 02/16/2011 7:00:20 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("a comeuppance is due the arrogant elites" - Charles Krauthammer)
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To: Nachum
Here, Ms Personality, iron my socks!


19 posted on 02/16/2011 7:04:42 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Nachum
Done Pictures, Images and Photos

Irina Shayk got the cover because of her awesome....personality.

20 posted on 02/16/2011 7:04:42 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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