Welcome to this week’s edition of Unwrapped! As always, we will be grading all of the new photoshoots (or “eye candy”, as we like to call them) from the week gone by, judging them like so:
Sweet (Great) • Bland (Iffy) • Sour (Awful)
You, the reader, will also get the chance to grade the “eye candy” yourself by giving your opinion on each shoot and voting for your favorite out of the whole bunch. Now, dive in!
Angelina Love‘s Going It Alone
Grade: Sour. Those of us hoping for a more refined look from Angelina upon her TNA return were sadly mistaken when she returned with the same messy style that she had prior. The choker around the neck, the boobs bursting out of the top and the ripped pants look are all clashing and just doesn’t look good at all. The poses offer no variety either with Angelina basically just changing her angles rather than her poses.
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Christy Hemme‘s Fire & Water
Grade: Sweet. Not even going to beat around the bush — this may just be the best Knockouts photoshoot in TNA history. These TNA photoshoots are usually just taken against a white background and then overly saturated in Photoshop but this one, this fights all that and makes me want to see more. Christy comes across so seductive, tempting and gorgeous. Her red, fiery hair is coiffed to perfection in some of the shots and then we have the shots where she’s been doused in water — offering some extra edge. I can’t quite put my finger on why I like it, but Christy did a great job.
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Gail Kim‘s Green with Envy
Grade: Sweet. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day which passed earlier this week, Gail is seen in a sequined light green top and looks gorgeous in it. Now, I’m not a fan of the booty shorts but I don’t know — something about this shoot makes it look more classy than trashy. I guess that’s just Gail’s amazing elegance. Gail has really worked on varying up the poses in this week’s shoot; she has some perfect profile shots but then she also has some shots where she uses her legs to make herself look that much more sexier.
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Jillian‘s Grammy Dress
Grade: Sweet. Who is this and what has she done with Jillian? The former Divas Champion has ditched the safe jeans and a tee look and upgraded to something elegant and sexy. The dress is to die for; it looks like a bandage dress which is extremely form fitting and makes Jillian’s boobs look amazing without looking trashy. The colours work really well together and the detailing is exquisite. Then we look down and see the gorgeous gladiator-like wedges. Jillian looks like a red carpet fashionista right here!
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Madison Rayne‘s Lingerie Day
Grade: Sour. No one could get away with this photoshoot and lo-and-behold, Madison doesn’t. The wrestling/lingerie photoshoots are passe and trashy, quite frankly. It’s hard to judge this as an ‘outfit’ because it really isn’t but the beaded necklace is just sitting there and offering nothing — it just emphasises her boobs more, which I guess is the point. Throw in some awkward facial expressions and it’s evident that Madison doesn’t wanna be doing a lingerie photoshoot anymore than I want to see one.
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Rosa Mendes‘ Little Black Dress
Grade: Bland. Hot girl, short black dress and bland poses — not exactly an imaginative photoshoot from Rosa. The dress is cute but is a little too simple for Rosa, who works much better in daring outfits. The poses again, are far too safe. Rosa looks bored and as though she doesn’t want to be there.
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Rosa Mendes‘ Bamboo & Booty
Grade: Sweet. Rosa gets two photoshoots this week and this one is far better than the one above. Immediately what strikes you is the shiny booty shorts which look as though they’ve been borrowed straight out of a Beyonce video. Rosa is working it out though, as she goes for something a little more simple up top — a black vest. The accessorizing though, is cute with a beaded cross necklace and a nice bracelet. Rosa’s looking far more happy in this shoot too. The setting provides a happy atmosphere so perhaps that could explain it. The bamboo background actually complements Rosa’s skin tone.
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Sarita‘s In Bloom
Grade: Bland. I actually like this outfit, it makes me think of spring and how the summer’s nearly here — it gets you in the mood. You can just imagine it smelling like lavendar, even. However, it looks awkward on Sarita who perhaps doesn’t have the body to fill it out. Then there’s the bland poses which aptly fits the category. This could’ve been a great shoot but lacks something.
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Serena‘s Razor Edged
Grade: Bland. This top makes you look twice; it’s got so many things going on but in a good way. You’d certainly remember it. There’s all sorts of textures and detailing but it isn’t done justice by Serena’s lack of posing. With her hair chopped off, her face is that much more striking but she isn’t using it like she could. This is the standard ‘hands on hips, turn, turn’ photoshoot.
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Taylor Wilde‘s Bait and Switch
Grade: Sour. What on earth…? Has Taylor Wilde just worn jeans over a bathing suit? I think so. It seems as though she was trying to go for a club look and thought we wouldn’t notice. Honestly, I think there’s nothing more to say than, bathing suit tucked into your jeans… really? The posing doesn’t salvage this either.
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The Beautiful People‘s Strapped Up
Grade: Bland. Yawn, boring. The Beautiful People may be the new Knockouts Tag Team Champions but the photoshoot is the standard ‘posing with the belts’ pictorial. Honestly, there’s not much more you can do with such an accessory other than show it off and look at it in adoration. Just bland.
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Be sure to grade each photoshoot, vote for your favorite below, and tell us what you think in the comments!
