We love our annual swimsuit issue, and every year we put enormous effort into getting it just right. But as fun as a feature like this can be, it’s admittedly been missing one critical ingredient: your input.

So this year, for the first time ever, we’re proud to present our AFM swimsuit contest, featuring regular austinites who have killer bikini bodies to boot. based solely on your nominations and votes, these three individuals show how fit and sexy this city really is...not to mention that the start of summer is upon us.

If you happened to follow the competition, then you know how close this race actually was.* And we think this year’s winners give our professional models a real run for their money. Judge for yourself!

*votes tabulated at time of publication.

What AFM readers said...

Lene Lay 1,022 votes (807 likes, 215 comments)

Raquel Christine Hill: Is it wrong to have you taped to my mirror as inspiration? I wanna look like you, pretty girl!

Jamie Eason: Aw, how cute is she? Love this! Good luck, Lene Lay!

Emily Hall: You definitely outshine the competition!

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Cile Cook 993 votes (751 likes, 242 comments)

Britany Walker: Cile for the win! Cile for the win!!!

Chris Ward: Cile is welcome to sub on our bowling team anytime.

Glenn Williams: Should be a love button!

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Eli Oldham 449 votes (282 likes, 167 comments)

Mike White: Eli definitely has the look every guy would want at the beach! No matter what happens, he is the real winner.

Laura CaJacob: Lookin’ good! This guy clearly eats well...

Josh C. Valdez: I’ll be in Eli’s dynamic strength class tomorrow...ruh roh)

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A Special Thanks to...
A big thank you to Andy Lukei and Austin Paddle Sports as well as everyone who entered and voted. Congratulations again to our three winners and seven other finalists — Adam Reardon, Anna Moyano, Ashley Elgie, Beverly Foreman, Elisa Flores, Robert Ayala and Tim. (pictured from left to right, below).