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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
Judges
No. of episodes5
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 2005 (2005-01)

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search is a reality television show produced by NBC that debuted in January 2005, prior to the launch of that year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in February.

Premise

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The show documented twelve previously unknown fashion models as they competed against one another for a pictorial in the 2005 edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in addition to a modeling contract with NEXT Model Management worth 1 million dollars.

The twelve contestants were chosen after NBC and Sports Illustrated launched a nationwide search of 3,000 women.[1] The finalists were judged on their photo shoots as well fitness tests.

The show's tagline was "The business of being beautiful is about to get ugly."

Judges

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Contestants

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(In order of elimination)

Week 1 - Come As You Are

Week 2 - 70s Shoot

Week 3 - Freeze Frame

  • Krisi Ballentine
  • Betti Formeus

Week 4 - Runway

  • Jenna Spilde

Week 5 - Final Shoot

  • Stacy Klimek
  • Shannon Hughes (runner-up)
  • Alicia Hall (winner)
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Camille Kostek won the first ever Sports Illustrated Swim Search in 2018, eventually landing a solo cover the following year[2]

In 2017, the issue hosted its first ever open casting call where aspirants were asked to submit a 60-second video via Instagram.[3] The three-part series called Sports Illustrated Swim Search which documented the first ever open casting call with Camille Kostek as a winner (becoming a cover model in 2019) premiered on SI TV and Amazon Prime Video in February 2018.[4] The following year, the model search held an in-person open casting call in Miami, and has been held annually since.[5][6] The 2019 show of finalists was characterized as the magazine's most diverse group of models in its history, featuring among others 55-year-old model Kathy Jacobs, alopecia sufferer Christie Valdiserri, and plus-sized model Ashley Alexiss.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Swimsuit Model Search: Meet the competitors". EW.com. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  2. ^ "Model Camille Kostek Lands Her First Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover — as a Rookie!". People. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  3. ^ "SI Swimsuit to host open casting call". SI.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "Watch a free preview of SI Swimsuit Model Search show". SI.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  5. ^ "SI Swimsuit to host open casting call in Miami!". SI.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "SI Swimsuit to host third-annual open casting call in Miami". SI.com. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Nolasco, Stephanie (August 23, 2019). "SI Swimsuit unveils fifth-generation military member, 55-year-old model as finalists". Fox News.
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