I was surprised and dismayed when Kim Cloutier (who’s 24 today) didn’t come back after her 2009 debut.
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I found her breathtaking. That auburn hair, those pale eyes, those Platonic ideals of lips. She demanded your attention, then seemed to shrug it off.
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I wonder if her cool, almost disdainful Montréality played a role in her not returning in 2010. Is she not in line with the warmer, more playful SI look? Maybe.
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But I could have stared at a lot more of her.