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How Kate Upton Outsmarted Us All

It was already a big year for Kate Upton. The 18-year-old Floridian had landed a coveted position as the face of Guess, before booking the holy grail gig: a Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit spread as 'Rookie of the Year.' A month after the magazine hit stands, a clip emerged of Upton at a basketball game, a portrait of all-American girl beauty in a rendition of the 'dougie.' On the heels of the viral video, The New York Timesran a feature: 'Model Struts Path to Stardom Not on Runway, but on YouTube.'

It's for this reason that Kate Upton is often cited among the first of fashion's social media set. Discovered at an open casting call in Miami at age 15, she was never forced to vlog or Vine her way to household status, but her traditional industry trajectory was mere kindling until Upton's online appeal lit the match. What followed was unprecedented: back-to-back Sports Illustrated, Vogue, and Vanity Fair covers, a throng of "sexiest women" accolades, and an embrace by Hollywood's elite.

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LOS ANGELES – Journalist Gayle King, plus-sized model Hunter McGrady and returning stars Chrissy Teigen and Kate Upton pose on separate covers unveiled on May 14 for Sports Illustrated’s 60th annual swimsuit issue.

First-time Sports Illustrated model King, the 69-year-old co-host of American talk show CBS Mornings, smiled in a pink-and-green patterned one-piece suit with spaghetti straps.

McGrady, who founded a fashion line for sizes up to 5X, wore a brown one-piece with large cutouts. She first appeared in the magazine in 2017.

Upton donned a pink and red ruffled bikini for her fourth swimsuit issue cover. Teigen, who graced the cover of the 50th-anniversary issue, posed in an orange suit with a plunging neckline for the current issue, which will debut on newsstands on May 17.

American publication Sports Illustrated debuted the swimsuit issue in 1964 and was known for showcasing skinny young women in revealing bikinis.

In recent years, it has diversified its pool of models by featuring older women, larger bodies, trans models, Paralympic athletes and a woman in a burkini,

Kate Upton

American model and actress (born 1992)

Not to be confused with Australian actress Cate Blanchett, whose marital name is Upton.

Katherine Elizabeth Upton[2] (born June 10, 1992)[3] is an American model and actress. 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 life

Katherine Elizabeth 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.[4][5][6][7] Her uncle is former U.S. RepresentativeFred Upton.[8][9] Upton's great-grandfather, Frederick Upton, was co-founder of appliance manufacturer and marketer Whirlpool Corporation.[10]

In 1999, Upton moved with her family to Me

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