Hot Bodies

Before she gained fame for being Tyga's close ... um, friend ... model Val Mercado put in some serious work in a lot of bikinis.

Check out her swimsuit photo shoot from last year in Miami.

Zac Efron could actually make the "Baywatch" remake work, even if the script sucks.

Zac was taking swimming lessons Thursday to sharpen his skills for the role.

Verdict -- he's plenty sharp already.

'Bachelor' contestant Lauren Bushnell still has a ways to go to the final rose, but she's a total winner in a bikini.

Lauren B. hit the beach in Cabo San Lucas with her family.

There are still 17 ladies left in the 'Bachelor' house this season -- and Lauren, a flight attendant, is definitely a frontrunner ... with fans, anyway. There are even rumors she won the whole thing.

Lauren's next one-on-one date with Ben H. better require a bikini! For her, not him.

If Usher can act as well as he throws a punch, he's gonna kill as boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard in the upcoming Roberto Duran biopic "Hands of Stone."

Usher's actually been training for 2 years at Decatur Boxing Club outside Atlanta. The club's owner Xavier Biggs tells us his student put in two-a-days -- 2 hours a day, 6 days a week and even met with Sugar Ray to prepare for the role in the film.

Filming has wrapped, but Usher hasn't stopped climbing into the ring. Biggs -- whose brother won Olympic gold -- says the singer's gotten so good he can hang with the pros.

Manti Te'o has officially rebounded from Lennay Kekua (R.I.P.) ... and his new girlfriend is a smokin' hot model.

Here's Atlanta Falcons linebacker Kroy Biermann proving bikini bottoms aren't just for women -- rockin' a pair of grape smugglers on a beach vacation with is famous reality star wife.

Khloe Kardashian flashed her hot pink, deeep V as she stepped out in NYC.

Settle down, the V of which we speak is merely the extremely plunging front of the ridiculously hot dress she wore to "Live! with Kelly and Michael."

She's definitely stepped up her style game during her NY promo tour -- but consider this: Khloe told Howard Stern she plans to get a boob job in the future. Now imagine the pink dress, post surgery.

Ummm ... get this chick to Bev Hills, STAT!

Rapper Mike Stud is no dummy ... putting his smokin' hot model GF Josie Canseco front and center (in a thong) in his new music video for his song "Anyone Else" ... and TMZ Sports has the footage.

Stud and Josie -- daughter of the baseball legend -- have been dating for a while ... and Stud wrote the song about her.

You gotta watch the entire thing ... Josie (who's already been featured on SI.com) flaunts her insane physique while eating pizza and a grilled cheese sandwich.

Enjoy!

Here's the Team USA men's gymnastics team showing off their ridiculous, shredded physiques on a beach in Brazil.

It appears the guys are there to get in some training sessions in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics ... which are set to go down in Rio.

Nice speedos.

#GoUSA

Khloe Kardashian left her NYC hotel in Soho Wednesday dressed to kill ... more than once.

Khloe wore the leopard print jumpsuit to her appearance on "Watch What Happens Live." She busted out a more business-like 2-piece suit -- cleavage included -- for Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show.'

Luggage fees must've been a bitch for this trip.

Derek Jeter's fiancee Hannah Davis has no reason to scramble to get into wedding shape.

The 25-year-old made being perfect look too easy during a Sports Illustrated photo shoot on a Hawaiian beach.

Round 1 of the NFL playoffs jumps off today, and we're celebrating the best way we know how -- with the hottest wives and gfs who'll be cheering on their dudes and the 8 teams playing this weekend.

Check out the gallery to see which squad wins in the hot WAG department.

Leonardo DiCaprio's former chick and 23-year-old German model Toni Garrn needed just a little more sunscreen for a couple extra spots.

Garrn and a friend went topless to enjoy the sunshine in Mexico this week -- bet the sunshine enjoyed it too. Most guys would kick themselves for leaving TG behind.

Remember Leryn Franco -- the Paraguayan javelin thrower who finished 51st but was voted hottest athlete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? Maybe these super hot pics will jog your memory.

Leryn resurfaced Thursday on a beach in Miami.

They should make paddle ball an Olympic sport ... she definitely qualifies.

Ronda Rousey's confidence is back to champion form, and TMZ Sports has the hard evidence -- Ronda sporting NOTHING but body paint on a Caribbean beach!

The ex-UFC champ is doing a photo shoot for S.I.'s upcoming Swimsuit Issue on Petite Martinique island, off the coast of Grenada. We checked, and what looks like a swimsuit ... is just paint.

As you can imagine, Ronda's shoot on a public beach drew plenty of attention ... hence these pics.

Charlotte McKinney ... 2 reasons you blew it by not being in Las Vegas Wednesday night.

The model and "Dancing with the Stars" alum broke necks with a grand opening ... of the Encore Players club at the Wynn.

She's come a long way since busting on the scene in that Carl's Jr. ad -- but not too far. Thankfully.