Kate Upton
Born
Katherine Elizabeth Upton
June 10 1992 age 30
St. Joseph Michigan U.S.
Education Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Occupation
Model
actress
Years active 2008–present
Spouses
Justin Verlander
m.
Children 1
Relatives Fred Upton uncle
Modeling information
Height 5 ft 10 in 1.78 m1
Hair color Blonde1
Eye color Bluegreen1
Agency
The Lions
New York Los Angeles
Katherine Elizabeth Upton2 born June 10 19923 is an American model. She first appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2011 and was the cover model for the 2012 2013 and 2017 issues. In addition she was the subject of the 100th-anniversary Vanity Fair cover.
Upton has also appeared in the films Tower Heist 2011 The Other Woman 2014 and The Layover 2017.
Early lifeedit
Upton was born in St. Joseph Michigan. She is the daughter of Shelley née Davis a former Texas state tennis champion and Jeff Upton a high school athletics director.4567 Her uncle is U.S. Representative Fred Upton.89 Uptons great-grandfather Frederick Upton was co-founder of appliance manufacturer and marketer Whirlpool Corporation.10
In 1999 Upton moved with her family to Melbourne Florida2 where she was a student at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy.1112 As a young equestrian she showed at the American Paint Horse Association APHA and competed at a national level.13 With her horse Roanie14 she won three APHA Reserve World Championships – 13 and Under Western Riding 13 and Under Horsemanship and 14–18 Western Riding. She was named the 13 and Under Reserve All-Around Champion giving her a total of four reserve championships 2nd place. In addition Upton ended up third overall on the APHA youth Top Twenty.15 With a second horse Colby14 she won 14–18 Western Riding and was included in the top 5 in 14–18 Horsemanship and 14–18 Western Pleasure in 2009.15
Careeredit
Upton attended a casting call in Miami for Elite Model Management in 2008 and was signed the same day. She eventually moved to New York City where she then signed with IMG Models.16
Upton first modeled clothing for Garage and Dooney & Bourke.16 She was the 2010–11 face of Guess.17 In 2011 Upton appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.18 She was featured in the body paint section and named Rookie of the Year for the issue.16 She has since modeled for Beach Bunny Swimwear119 and has appeared in Complex2021 and Esquire as The Woman of the Summer.22 Upton wore one of the Beach Bunny suits in the 2014 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.23
In April 2011 an Internet video of her doing the dougie hip-hop dance at a Los Angeles Clippers game went viral and served to increase her popularity.132425 Guy Trebay of The New York Times observed that this served to illustrate the power of social media to bestow stardom upon a model which had previously been the domain of top designer runway shows.26 In April 2012 Upton appeared in a video of herself performing the Cat Daddy dance to the song of the same name by The Rej3ctz which also went viral.27
Upton made an appearance in a June 2011 episode of Tosh.028 and participated in the 2011 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Chase Field in Phoenix Arizona in July 2011.29
Uptons acting debut was in the film Tower Heist as Mr. Hightowers mistress. It was released in November 2011.30 She also appeared in The Three Stooges as Sister Bernice.31
Upton appeared on the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue released in February 2012.3233 Upton has also recounted the negative aftereffects of the 2012 Sports Illustrated cover as she was subjected to criticism and felt she had been objectified.34
Upton has appeared in editorials for American Italian British Spanish German and Brazilian Vogue Harpers Bazaar V Mademoiselle LOVE Italian German and American GQ Cosmopolitan Glamour and Esquire. She has appeared on the covers of Italian American and British Vogue French and American Elle American Italian and German GQ Esquire and Vanity Fair.
She has appeared in advertising campaigns for David Yurman Sam Edelman Betsey Johnson Guess? Victorias Secret Express and Bare Necessities. She was named the new face of Bobbi Brown cosmetics in 2014.35
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