Are Models Really That Bad At Dancing?

The news that Pamela Anderson will probably be on Dancing with the Stars got me thinking.

It is generally held that models don't do that well on Dancing with the Stars so I went back and looked at how they did over the seasons.

I split them into two types:

• "Fashion" models that primarily do Vogue-type assignments where the key thing is the clothes they are wearing
• "Topless" models that primarily take their clothes off so people can see them and not the clothes

I defined it as either what they are best known for, or where they started out. Some actresses do modeling (as do dance professionals!) but I discarded those. I came up with the following results:

Fashion
Rachel Hunter (Season 1)         4 of 6
Paulina Porizkova (Season 4) 11 of 11
Josie Maran (Season 5)         12 of 12
Kathy Ireland (Season 9)         15 of 16

Topless
Kelly Monaco (Season 1)         1 of 6
Brooke Burke (Season 7)         1 of 12
Holly Madison (Season 8)         11 of 13
Joanna Krupa (Season 9)         4 of 16

Some notes:

• I left out Priscilla Presley (it was a long time ago) and Shannon Elizabeth (she really is an actress)
• Kelly Monaco is an established actress, but is (in)famous for sending naked pictures of herself to Playboy to get a job. She was successful.
• I left out the men - Albert Reed is a fashion model (came 11 of 12 in season 5) and Gilles Marini, while not technically a model, is always taking his clothes off and came second in season 8.  Plus Cameron Mathison appeared in Playgirl, and came 5th of 12 in season 5.

So what does this mean?

Well, apart from Holly Madison (who you could argue might have done better if she had more time to prepare) the Topless models have been very successful.  Kelly and Brooke won the whole thing and Joanna acquitted herself pretty well.

The fashion models all left pretty early, and surprisingly seemed to feel upcomfortable on the dance floor.  I would have thought a catwalk would have been pretty scary and the dance floor a breeze!

Perhaps one needs a certain body-type to be successful at dancing and topless models normally have that (perhaps males are attracted to body-types that are good for dancing?).  Or maybe fashion models have a body-type that is not condusive to dancing - long limbs, willowy.

What do you think?  Am I making it up?  Or does the fact you flash your bits mean you've got a higher chance of being a better dancer?  Or perhaps men only turn out to vote for those ladies?

If I'm right, Pamela Anderson is going to walk it!