Sega picks America's next top Bayonetta model in Maxim competition

by Justin McElroy on Nov 23rd 2009 1:30PM

Sega and Maxim.com have selected a winner in their search for a model that best captures the lead character from forthcoming action title Bayonetta. The young lady, Andrea Bonaccorso, walks away (slowly, considering she has guns for shoes) with an Xbox 360, a copy of the game and a 50-inch Panasonic TC-P50X1 HDTV Plasma TV. She'll also appear on Maxim.com, in a sensible, dignified outfit, we're sure.

So how did she qualify for such an honor? This is really what it says in the press release: "While some entrants perfectly mirrored the outfit of the character and others simply donned librarian glasses, Andrea married both elements to come out on top."

So, there you have it. We're rewarding this girl for wearing both clothes and glasses.

Meanwhile, Joystiq and Joystiq.com selected a loser in Sega and Maxim.com's Bayonetta Model Search and it's all of us.

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Tags: bayonetta, competition, maxim, Microsoft, Platinum Games, PlatinumGames, sega, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (71)

Kinda close...but no cigar.

That's a nice pile of swag, though.

Wait, 720p plasma? Screw that, that sucks!

Why the hell do I care?

If that's all you bought a HDTV for, I feel bad for your TV.

you don't care, but you feel bad.

gotcha

First, STFU.

Second, very few TV's make old games look good. I have a Bravia and I STILL have issues with PS2 upscaling and NES games, among other things.

I REALLY hope this is a troll.

Then, please, for our sanity, speak as if you passed the first grade.

i did pass da first grad. i jus dont has good gramma.

God willing, you 'wont got n akount' soon.

yeah, she's not even close! Just look at her head, it's way too big in relation to her body.

If you don't have good grammar, which I think you're lying about, at least try to stay on-topic.

@Darth - funny how you are part of the self-imposed "anti troll defense force", which joystiq doesn't need, yet YOU troll the most.

Is the bluray dawg related to the golden retriever?

Darth has been on joystiq for about 3 weeks and he already has over 1200 comments! Whats he do sit here all day and just wait for new posts?

A better question is: How does Darth even play games if he lives on Joystiq? There is no way he can possibly have time to do anything else. Do you eat, sleep, breathe? I have my doubts.

I'd "Bayonetta" her if you catch my drift.

Actually I have no idea what that even means.

You'd stab her with a knife mounted to a rifle?

Not cool dude. Not cool.

I do wonder what kind of women are reading Maxim. I used to be called a chauvinistic pig for carrying that magazine in my car...

it seems extremely hot women are looking for opportunities... lucky bastards...

you're my kind of guy!

i'd have a loving relationship with her, followed by modest missionary-position sexual intercourse

if you catch my drift

And thus the replacement of EGM with Maxim reaches its logical conclusion.

I was about to post something about that.

The logical conclusion is that we all kill ourselves, right?

Okay, just making sure. *blam*

One down.

Who does the voice for bayonetta

Sidney's my best friend, and I don't think I'm the only one who thought her costume was better on all fronts. Just looked the part better, too.

I figured you were biased but after looking at the contestants you got robbed. Sidney was #1 by miles.

http://www.maxim.com/gaming/articles/84545/choose-hottest-bayonetta.html

Yeah, by a lot. How did she not win?

Really! She is the ONLY one who got the hair right. WTF?

The girl that won was at best fourth place in overall look of the character.

She got robbed.

We were robbed. :(
I could have used the cash she was going to share with me for the photos I took.

Your friend did get robbed. What the hell, who voted for this? Sidney was by far the best out of all the models. Politics maybe? There is always some behind the scenes BS going down in almost everything.

I call for a recount, Sidney should have been the model.

Sydney does indeed look the most like Bayonetta, but this is Maxim and this chick is licking a gun. She's licking.....a gun.

You really can't beat that.

yeah, i don't understand it. most of the comments on Maxim were people saying they voted for Sidney. :( i'm sorry, she really deserved to win.

also, love the Nerf guns :P

According to the polls everybody either voted for Andrea or Sidney. So it was first pic or last pic.

Something smells fishy about these results.

....really? Is that you Cody??

Will probably get downvotes but this kind of cliche stuff is whats holding the games industry back, some games portray girls and sex realistically then this just sticks a big titted chick who just wears hair, in an environment and calls it a 'game'.

The only cliche i hate more than this is the 'gamers are sad virgins who are afraid of the sun.

Oh lord, shut the hell up.

"then this just sticks a big titted chick who just wears hair, in an environment and calls it a 'game'."

Are you implying this isn't a game?

Bayonetta isn't that out of proportion...

not surprising a white kid said this.

nobody was bitching when it was a flawless ripped tanned man named Dante doing it, but when its a flawless curvy woman who actually doesn't look like a typical tabloid girl in a game, its holding us back!

Double fucking standards. At least the characters are white, right?. there are even less Latin/Black characters lining up for games but I imagine that never crossed your mind.

also, its not this game's nature, style of play, genre, ect. to provide a realistic look on girls and/or sex. I doubt there's anything really sexual in the game.

Gamers ARE afraid of the sun, they've even come up with a cute name for it, the day ball. The being a virgin just comes with the territory.

"At least the characters are white, right" xD

I was pointing out that the media will focus squarely on this kind of game and people's perception of the medium will be that games are just full of tits.

"Gamers ARE afraid of the sun, they've even come up with a cute name for it, the day ball. The being a virgin just comes with the territory."

That's the stupidest fuckin' thing I've ever heard. Anyways, I'll tell you why there aren't many Latin or black people in games, because whether you want to believe it or not, they are a minority in America and Europe. You don't see white people in a Japanese developed game, do you? (Excluding anime characters, they are just... Different)

Wouldn't worry about what the "media" thinks. They have been backwards since the beginning.

Also, games featuring women tend to have tits, as if there was a choice. Bayonetta certainly hasn't been throwing them in your face.

its stupid, because i wasn't serious about that part. i have heard the day ball thing though and its quite sad.

Haven't really played a japanese game that didn't feature the anime style, or at least a variation. And whether or not they are actually white, or asian is impossible to tell. Same complexion with freakishly giant eyes. Lost planet and MGS4 are the few I can think of that don't, but yeah they are pretty pale in general. It would be ignorant to assume there wasn't SOME sort of connection, even if it is just a cultural one.

Too bad Sarah Palin is old now, she would have been perfect

http://girlontheright.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sarah-palin.jpg

CANT UNSEE

GMILF!

I'm a firm believer that glasses are the new boobs.

Hey my eyes are up here?

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