Looking Back
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photograph by JOHN G. ZIMMERMAN
THE ORIGINAL
  Christie Brinkley
1981 Florida
swimsuit by Norma Kamali for OMO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
How'd they get the birds just right? The 1981 image (above) was blown up on a 12-by-14-foot vinyl sheet.
COLOR PHOTO
photograph by BRIAN LANKER
THE ORIGINAL
  Paulina Porizkova
1985 Australia
swimsuit bottom by Catalina
COLOR PHOTO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
It took three tries to find shells--the first pair was too big, the second too small--that fit just right.
COLOR PHOTO
photograph by HANS FEURER
THE ORIGINAL
  Sarah O'Hare
1999 British Virgin Islands
COLOR PHOTO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
It took 2,400 pounds of beige and white sand to construct this 10-by-14-foot "beach" in the studio.
COLOR PHOTO
photograph by PAOLO CURTO
THE ORIGINAL
  Stacey Williams
1993 Florida Keys
COLOR PHOTO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
You can't buy this suit in any store--so tailor Raul Zevallos had to cut his own fabric and stitch on his own daisies.
COLOR PHOTO
photograph by BRIAN LANKER
THE ORIGINAL
  Kathy Ireland
1986 Bora Bora
swimsuit by Gilda Marx
COLOR PHOTO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
Marissa is occasionally inundated by flowers from admirers, but this was the first time she'd bathed in 4,000 plumeria.
COLOR PHOTO
photograph by ROBERT ERDMANN
THE ORIGINAL
  Heidi Klum
2000 Malaysia
swimsuit by Gottex
COLOR PHOTO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
This 15-foot, 75-pound Burmese python was the smaller of the two snakes brought in for this shot. The other outweighed Marissa.
COLOR PHOTO
photograph by WALTER IOOSS JR.
THE ORIGINAL
  Cheryl Tiegs
1978 Brazil
swimsuit by Monika for Elon
COLOR PHOTO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
How to get that '70s look? Think lots of curlers and gobs of dark eye shadow.
COLOR PHOTO
photograph by ROBERT HUNTZINGER
THE ORIGINAL
  Elle Macpherson
1990 Windward Islands
swimsuit by LisaLamas
COLOR PHOTO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
If you think Marissa looks hot in this shot, you're right-- the studio's thermostat was cranked up to 90° to ward off goose bumps.
COLOR PHOTO
photograph by RUSSELL JAMES
THE ORIGINAL
  Tyra Banks
1997 Bahamas
swimsuit by Salinas for Pisces
COLOR PHOTO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
This was the easiest suit to find, since an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny polka-dot bikini never goes out of style.
COLOR PHOTO
photograph by MIKE REINHARDT
THE ORIGINAL
  Daniela Pestova
1995 Bermuda
swimsuit by Gottex
COLOR PHOTO
photographed by Frank W. Ockenfels
MARISSA'S VERSION
Fear not--that nasty pillar of coral is Styrofoam.