"Best Sports Illustrated Model SAMANTHA HOOPES vs MARLOES HORST"

Samantha Hoopes (born February 10, 1991) is an American model known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from 2014 to 2020. Hoopes is from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Central Bucks East High School. She is the youngest of five sisters. She went to Barbizon Chique in Philadelphia for modeling training. She first attended a branch campus then Penn State University majoring in business after changing her major from kinesiology. Hoopes wanted to be a gym teacher and coach a team on the side. Hoopes played field hockey in middle school but not in high school. Since she was modeling, she was told not to play field hockey because she would always get bruises. In 2013, Hoopes moved to Hollywood to start her modeling career. She appeared nude in the 2014 Sports Illustrated's 50th Anniversary Swimsuit issue body paint section. Hoopes has modeled for Guess and Levi's Jeans.

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Marloes Horst is a Dutch fashion model. Horst started her career with IMG Models before switching to Next Management in 2009. She then debuted walking for Prada and appearing in a fragrance campaign for Valentino. After having struggles in London and Paris, Horst moved to New York City. In 2010, she appeared in the Pirelli calendar photographed by Terry Richardson. She also walked for Chanel that year. In 2014, Horst appeared as a rookie in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in which her photoshoot took place in Madagascar. Horst has appeared in advertisements for Adidas, Calvin Klein, Diesel, H&M, Joe Fresh, Carolina Herrera, DKNY and Donna Karan, Nine West, Emporio Armani, Levi's, Stella McCartney, Ralph Lauren, Kenzo, and Tommy Hilfiger among others. Horst has been a Maybelline spokesmodel.Danielle Nicole Herrington (born May 26, 1993) is an American model known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including the cover of 2018 edition where she became the third African-American woman to appear on the cover — after Tyra Banks (1997) and Beyonce (2007). Herrington was raised in Compton, California, but rose to fame after becoming a resident of Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. Growing up, she attended Gahr High School in Cerritos, California, before dropping out her sophomore year to be homeschooled, so she can focus on her modeling career. Herrington came from a working family. She describes her childhood as normal and says she was focused on school until college. Herrington started envisioning herself as a professional model at the age of 8. She attended John Casablancas' modelling school at age 10 or 11 with the encouragement of her mother. She began modelling at age 13, and Herrington was featured in GQ in November 2016 before she had 10,000 Instagram followers as an Instagram model on the rise who had already done jobs for Victoria's Secret. She first appeared in the Swimsuit issue in 2017, which she booked four months after moving to New York City to pursue her career at age 21. The 2017 Swimsuit issue photoshoot, which took place in Fiji, was her first major photoshoot. Her first runway performance was her New York Fashion Week debut at the Philipp Plein's spring show in September 2017 along with Irina Shayk and Adriana Lima. She was selected as the SI Swimsuit issue cover model for the 2018 issue, becoming the third black woman to appear on the cover of the Swimsuit Issue—after Tyra Banks (1997) and Beyonce (2007). Herrington shot the 2018 Swimsuit Issue in the Bahamas. She walked the runway for Plein the second time for its Fall 2018 show.

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