Bikini Awards

by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards Round 2: Drita Vs. Michelle Rodriguez

Drita D'Avanzo and Michelle Rodriguez

We’ve been having so much fun with our annual VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards (and judging by the amount of votes you’ve placed, so have you) that we decided to extend things a bit. We’re turning this into a bracket style throwdown, starting with a couple of ladies who know a thing or two about throwdowns: Mob WivesDrita D’Avanzo and Lost actress Michelle Rodriguez. We can tell you who wants this more: Drita started her own campaign to rally votes for herself in the Reality TV round (not that she needed it; look at that photo!). But Michelle is coming off a surprise victory in the Hollywood leading ladies category, where she narrowly beat Scarlett Johansson by a handful of votes. That girl has some fight in her. Who’s your favorite? Choose carefully, and choose often. Polls close Tuesday at midnight!

[Photos: House of Jackie Brown, Splash News Online]

 

by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards Round 2: Selena Gomez Vs. Claudia Romani

Selena Gomez, Claudia Romani

We didn’t want the VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards to end after just a couple of weeks, and we don’t think you did either. That’s why we’re extending them into a bracket-style showdown. While the first round featured ladies competing against their peers; now it’s time to see how they do against a whole other category of beach beauties. Here we have Disney star victor Selena Gomez in her Spring Breakers finery going halter-to-halter against Italian model Claudia Romani. You might think Selena holds the advantage, due to name recognition if nothing else. But a quick image search of Claudia turns up almost nothing but bikini pics. This girl’s a pro. And she has a fanbase that helped her beat the likes of Miranda Kerr and Kate Upton. Which lovely lady do you want to see continue in this very important competition? Think long and hard before you decide, but decide quickly. Polls close Tuesday at midnight.

[Photos: Splash News Online]

by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards: Courtney Stodden, Maria Menounos And All The Other Ladies Who Defy Categorization

Arianny Celeste, Maria Menounos, Courtney Stodden

It’s the second week of the annual Bikini Awards, and you’d think we’d run out of sexy men and women to objectify in their tiny triangles of fabric. But though we’ve thoroughly covered the supermodels, pop singers, Disney alums, reality-TV stars, Hollywood stunners and, of course, the boys of summer, we have one more category of bikini greatness to share with you. Only we have no idea what to call them, as these ladies kind of defy simple categorizations. We have the likes of Maria Menounos, TV presenter and now an expert ballroom dancer. There are foreign hotties like Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis, Swiss-Italian TV hostess Michelle Hunziker and Miss Finland, Sara Chafak. UFC Octogon girl Arianny Celeste basically dons bikinis for a living, but that doesn’t mean she minds wearing them on her days off too. Courtney Stodden demonstrated earlier this week that she’s as good at dancing in a two-piece as she is at floor-flashing in one. Socialite Tinsley Mortimer manages to make her dip in a pool look super classy. And though since dating George Clooney, Stacy Keibler has been covering up more than flashing her amazing gams, she still managed to land a magazine cover baring her magnificent midriff. Which of these multi-talented women do you most love seeing splash around at the beach? Peruse the gallery and then choose. Voting ends July 15 at 11 p.m. ET.

[Photos: Splash News Online, Twitter]

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by Ambika Muttoo (@missmuttoo)

Scarlett Johansson In A Bikini, With A Mystery Man? Color Us Intrigued!

Scarlett Johansson Weekend Italy, Bikini Pictures, Mystery Man

Anytime Scarlett Johansson slips on a bikini is a simultaneous cause for celebration and envy. We don’t really need to explain why, right? Those curves should be illegal. There’s the reason why she’s featured so highly in our VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards! The fact that she spent the weekend chilling in Taormina in Italy makes us even more jealous. That’s in Sicily, by the way, and looks completely and utterly stunning. Scarlett definitely rolls in style: She was spotted sunbathing, not on a beach — that’s too plebeian — but on a beautiful yacht! But here’s what has us even more piqued. As you can see in the photograph above, she was also in the company of a tanned, very muscular, rather good-looking mystery man. He looks quite interested in the sight that’s sprawled out in front of him, and we don’t blame him one bit. Scarlett may have covered up her face with a visor and sunglasses, but that white bikini takes care of the rest of her business. So who is the guy? We hate to break the bubble — ours included — but her spokesperson, Marcel Pariseau, says he’s her bodyguard, “If you go back and look at photos from the premiere of the Avengers in Rome, you’ll see it’s her security guard.” Hmm, that doesn’t mean he can’t fulfill other duties, does it? It’s a pretty amazing body to guard! Catch two more photographs of Scarlett on vacay right after the jump! Read more…

by Jordan Runtagh (@JordanRuntagh)

Courtney Stodden Wanted To Be In Our Bikini Awards, So She Posted Her Own Cat Daddy Video

Although the voting for the VH1 Bikini Awards is far from over, Kate Upton is truly shaping up to be the bikini queen of the summer. Between her accession to tropical goddess level with her SI Swimsuit Edition cover, as well as her recent sizzling turn in the pages of GQ, it’s hard to argue that she is the (un)official beach bod of 2012. And you could do a lot worse! We know we’re supposed to be impartial, but she totally has our vote for the bikini awards. As journalists we’re supposed to be fair and balanced about some things, but Kate Upton’s supreme hotness is not one of them.

But now Kate’s got a challenger to the two-piece throne in the form of Courtney Stodden! The teen bride has copied her signature bikini-filled “Cat Daddy” video, posting the clip to her YouTube channel over the weekend. She titled the vid “This Video Will Be Age Restricted In…” as a tribute to Kate’s original, which was famously banned (at least for a minute) from the media sharing site. And for extra proof that she’s America’s favorite blonde bombshell, she donned a stars and stripes bikini! An homage to Kate’s patriotic GQ look, perhaps? Jeez Courtney, if you wanted to be in the bikini awards so badly, you could have just shot us an email or something.

Who do you think did the “Cat Daddy” better? And by “better” we mean “hotter.” Let us know in the poll below!

by Jordan Runtagh (@JordanRuntagh)

Bikini Awards: Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba And Anne Hathaway Lead The Leading Ladies

Bikini awards hollywood's leading ladies

Welcome back to the ever-popular and much beloved VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards! Yes, it’s that time of year again, where we pit your favorite stripped down celebs against one another to see has the most bangin’ bikini bod of 2012. Happy summer, folks!

Any D-lister knows that all they gotta do to make headlines is strut their stuff beachside in as little clothing as possible. But amazingly, this same trick also works for the Hollywood elite! No matter how big their movies open, superstars in bikinis will always lead the news. And 2012 has been no different! Fresh off her unfortunate phone hacking, Scarlett Johansson forgot her troubles (and Sean Penn) under the hot tropical sun. Jessica Alba showed off her toned torso mere months after giving birth to her second daughter Haven, while Anne Hathaway showed off her Catwoman-worthy body and new haircut! Big screen badass Michelle Rodriguez hit up Cap d’Antibes, and Gabrielle Union kept it right here in the USA as she basked in the Miami heat.

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by Jordan Runtagh (@JordanRuntagh)

VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards: Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Beyonce Head Up The Pop Stars Edition

Bikini awards pop stars edition

Welcome back to the ever-popular and much beloved VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards! Yes, it’s that time of year again, where we pit your favorite stripped down celebs against one another to see has the most bangin’ bikini bod of 2012. Happy summer, folks!

Pop singers are famous for giving us some of the best ear candy the world has to offer. But now they’re a treat for the eyes as well and the ears as we roll out the pop star edition of our patented Bikini Awards! We’ve got some of the biggest names in music strutting their stuff on the beach. Nicki Minaj is all business as she films her sizzling video for ‘Starships.’ But Rihanna, Beyonce and Alicia Keys are in casual mode, posting stripped down photos to their tumblrs, twitters and facebook. Jamie Lynn Spears ups the “aww” factor by posing with her adorable daughter Maddie, and LeAnn Rimes brings the “whoa” with her rock hard bod. British babes Geri Halliwell and Tulisa Contostavlos do the queen proud in their two-pieces, and LMFAO’s Redfoo, well…he’s just happy to be here. Check out the gallery below and cast your vote for the hottest pop star bikini bod of 2012. Polls close on July 15th at 11 p.m. ET!

[Photo: Twitter/Tumblr]

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by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

Heidi Klum Tweets Her Late Entry Into Our Bikini Awards

Heidi Klum in a bikini

Heidi Klum must have realized that the dearth of paparazzi shots of her on the beach this year had left her out both our Supermodel and Reality-TV star categories in the VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards. Clearly that’s why she decided to tweet out the above pics on the Fourth of July. “Happy 4th of July everyone!!” she tweeted yesterday, adding with the second pic, “Gorgeous day!”

Well, Heidi, you may have just inspired us to add an extra category to the Awards this year — the Wild Card round. Which is good, because with an eighth category (yes, we have more to come) we have enough to do this bracket style, which means you’ll get three whole weeks of bikini madness. Stay tuned. And in case you missed them on Monday, here are all the other supermodels in contention:

[Photos: Twitter]

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by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards: One Direction, Joe Manganiello, Jersey Shore Represent For The Guys

Harry Styles, Joe Manganiello, Ronnie, Shemar Moore

We here at VH1 Celebrity pride ourselves on the fact that we are equal opportunity oglers. Of course, the paparazzi aren’t as egalitarian, so when we went about putting together today’s Bikini Awards contest, the Mankinis (sorry, but we promise no Speedos), we had a much more limited selection. Photographers were on hand to capture the likes of Joe Manganiello, Channing Tatum, Justin Bieber, Harry Styles and Shemar Moore, but they really didn’t present the sheer quantity of angles and attention to detail as they did for, say, Adriana Lima. But through our hard work and perseverance, we made sure to bring you the best of the man flesh on display, including three meaty servings from the Jersey Shore, the always shapely form of Mark Wahlberg, the unwaxed masterpiece that is Hugh Jackman, One Direction’s delicious Liam and Louis, and the deceptively sweet-faced James Marsden and Patrick Schwarzenegger. Ogle away, and then vote for your favorite. Polls close July 15 at 11 p.m. ET!

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[Photos: Splash News Online]

by Jordan Runtagh (@JordanRuntagh)

Bikini Awards: Mob Wives, Basketball Wives, Housewives And More! Reality Stars Strip Down

Reality stars bikini awards
Welcome back to the ever-popular and much beloved VH1 Celebrity Bikini Awards! Yes, it’s that time of year again, where we pit your favorite stripped down celebs against one another to see has the most bangin’ bikini bod of 2012. Happy summer, folks!

Now that we’ve made Mickey Mouse blush by showing the sexiest Disney stars in bikinis, VH1 Celebrity continues the swimsuit parade with the hottest ladies of reality television. Our last list may have been filled with teen queens, but this time it’s all about the Wives!

We’ve got Mob Wives stars Big Ang, Drita D’Avanzo and Renee Graziano, Evelyn Lozada from Basketball Wives, Imani Showalter and Draya Michele of Basketball Wives LA AND Real Housewives Countess LuAnn, Kelly Bensimon and Gretchen Rossi. That’s a lot of seriously hot wives! Plus we have Ice-T’s lovely wife Coco, and ex-My Fair Brady lady Adrianne Curry. Girl Next Door Kendra Wilkinson recently got married, and even Kim Kardashian was a wife for a little while there, right?

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