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    CatAssTracie Egan Morrissey
    1/15/14 1:47pm

    This fucking bikini bottom! I want to LOL all over the place just looking at it. OH how my pubes would be peeking out of every corner of that thing, no matter how well I groomed them. I feel like my labia would be trying to peek out at well. Look at the distance between belly button and suit bottom! That's like, 50% pubes on me. It's insane.
    Overall trend: bottoms are disappearing.

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      MinorityRightsGirlCatAss
      1/15/14 1:55pm

      yah, ditto. It makes me really uncomfortable.

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      DuchessCrazyLindaCatAss
      1/15/14 1:57pm

      And that bikini top...wtf? That's some seriously unflattering shit there, guys.

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    miaouTracie Egan Morrissey
    1/15/14 2:00pm

    I'm struck by how different bodies looked without photoshop. Like this one of Christie Brinkley – compare it to a modern Victoria's Secret shot with the same type of bandeau bikini. Christie Brinkley has thighs (and armpit pouch, and a normal belly) here that they would never allow now:

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      uhoh_ohnomiaou
      1/15/14 2:31pm

      I don't think Candice Swanepoel's pictures have much retouching. She's really thin and built like that. In one of the Vicki Secret catalog photo-shopping posts, Candice's retouching was very minimal, and it didn't seem like any inches were shaved off of her thighs. In Christie's heyday, the models had different proportions and were heavier.

      A Victoria's Secret Model With and Without Photoshop A Victoria's Secret Model With and Without Photoshop A Victoria's Secret Model With and Without…

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      BasicNameuhoh_ohno
      1/15/14 2:37pm

      Ohhhhhhhhh yes they are. She is heavily retouched.

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    Sunnyside_LadyTracie Egan Morrissey
    1/15/14 1:43pm

    Ugh this photoshopped to hell micro bottom has always annoyed me. The pic is otherwise fabulous but that part kills me.

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      CatAssSunnyside_Lady
      1/15/14 1:49pm

      LOL YES! What the EFF is that ridic bikini bottom?! Even Borat wouldn't wear that!

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      Sunnyside_LadyCatAss
      1/15/14 1:52pm

      I have a feeling it was minimized in the photoshopping process.

      It practically looks like she has no vagina/labia its so tiny.

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    CarnyAsadaTracie Egan Morrissey
    1/15/14 1:41pm

    Turia Mau looks almost freakishly normal compared to the modern covers. Is she even wearing makeup?

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      notfucKingCouthCarnyAsada
      1/15/14 1:51pm

      Yeah, both she and the woman next to her look pretty normal, though obviously gorgeous. I also wonder if Marilyn there would be a plus size model by today's standards.

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      Jan74notfucKingCouth
      1/15/14 2:16pm

      I am not sure if you are trolling...

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    printemps2014Tracie Egan Morrissey
    1/15/14 1:35pm

    Can we talk about how this model is wearing a long sleeve top? This is the most shocking image out of them all to me. It's like maybe they thought a woman who wasn't falling out of her swimsuit could still be sexy!

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      BrassyBibliophileprintemps2014
      1/15/14 1:39pm

      And she's wearing glasses!

      ETA: Goggles.

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      Mal7931printemps2014
      1/15/14 1:40pm

      And glasses! Looks like a teacher who forgot her pants.

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    lksajfoilkTracie Egan Morrissey
    1/15/14 3:24pm

    I was thinking about this the other day: How many Angelina Jolie/Adriana Lima/Megan Fox "perfect" woman are there out there who aren't in any type of entertainment or looks-based job? Do you think most women that attractive inherently know they should flock to modeling or acting because they know they'll make a killing or do you think there are a lot of 10s and 11s out there working as accountants and day care owners and lawyers, etc.? (I live in a fairly small town — not a ton of good-looking people here.)

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      LadySparrowlksajfoilk
      1/15/14 3:50pm

      The most shockingly beautiful woman I've ever seen teaches yoga to kids. She thinks of herself as "cute" and blushes with real sincerity when anyone compliments her.

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      Sunnyside_Ladylksajfoilk
      1/15/14 4:19pm

      The most beautiful woman I know WAS a model when she was a child but now works in HR for a large corporation.

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    AP BearTracie Egan Morrissey
    1/15/14 1:40pm

    Ok I stand corrected. Beyonce is the only black woman to have a cover of her own. Good for you Queen Bey.

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      TroiAP Bear
      1/15/14 1:42pm

      You do know that Tyra Banks is black right?

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      CatAssAP Bear
      1/15/14 1:52pm

      Actually if you look again, the cover after Tyra's team-shot is of just Tyra, it's just that she's 'shopped all to hell and looks white.

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    CatAssTracie Egan Morrissey
    1/15/14 1:50pm

    This body-builder style suit is the least flattering swimsuit in the world, possibly. Though she DOES look ripped as hell, so I guess that depends on what you're into.

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      SuperHybridSystem3CatAss
      1/15/14 2:04pm

      That was the first issue I ever received, when I was 12. I don't think it occurred to my mom that when she got me a subscription to SI that this would show up. I was in love.

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      Doña AlejoCatAss
      1/15/14 2:11pm

      Entering the era of the weirdly high-cut bikini bottoms that made everyone look like they had really long asses.

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    Bears for PresidentTracie Egan Morrissey
    1/15/14 1:37pm

    I'm just glad that Sexy eventually decided to put on a coat.

    - Sexy's Grandmother

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      ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILDTracie Egan Morrissey
      1/15/14 1:36pm

      tl;dr: a lot of skinny white chicks

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        kcametogetdownʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILD
        1/15/14 1:48pm

        And they get even skinnier as the years go by! Next year's cover will be a skeleton clad in knitting yarn.

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        hickorydickoryduckkcametogetdown
        1/15/14 3:59pm

        No one considers Kate Upton super skinny.

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