10 Things You Might Want to Know About Kate Upton – [FACTS]

Kate Upton has drawn and caught attention after she was named as Rookie of the Year by the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was born and raised in St. Joseph Michigan, USA. She is known and easily identified with her blonde hair and blue and green eye color combination. She is an American actress and model who has made a couple of appearances on the said sports magazine that awarded her the Rookie title last year in 2011 where it made an announcement in 2012 that she would be the cover model for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Her instant fame was triggered because of her video that became viral while she was doing “the dougie”.

10. The Unveiled Romance/Relationship

In May 2011, a photograph was taken wherein Kate was smooching Kanye West at the balcony of Cannes Hotel and currently, there is a rumor circulating that she is dating Mark Sanchez, a known NFL star.

9. An Equestrian by Heart

You may not believe it, but based on her profile, she was part of the American Paint Horse Association where she competed on a national level. In fact, her horse was named Roanie Pony and she had won various titles and championships such as APHA Reserve World Championships, APHA Top Twenty, and Under Reserve All-Around Champion at the APHA World Championship Show. Her last competition happened in 2009.

8. The Unexpected Discovery

She had no intentions to reach the glamour and stardom at her age, but it happened naturally while she was attending a casting call. On the spot, she quickly signed a contract for Elite Model Management located in Miami and she eventually joined IMG Models upon moving to New York City and the rest is history.

7. She’s a Guess Model

Indeed, blond girl rock like Anna Nicole Smith and Claudia Schiffer, who happened to be the models of Guess where Kate Upton also appeared as its model from 2010-2011.

6. An Acting Career

She might have left her first love, which was Equestrianism and she has been active in pursuing her modeling career. There is another undiscovered passion in her, which had something to do with a cameo role in Tower Heist and it was followed by a flick The Three Stooges where she played as a dirty nun.

5. Political Clan

Not everyone is aware that her uncle is the Congressman of the 6^th District in Michigan, named Fred Upton, who also serves as the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

4. Wearing Bikini is Ordinary for Her

Some might wonder why she is used to wearing bikini at her age. Yes, she just turned 19 this year and she just had her debut last year. Surprisingly, it was part of the custom in Florida where she grew up to really wear teeny-weeny bikinis where it is normal to find any girl in Florida wearing such swimwear.

3. She can make you laugh

She does not just show off her beautiful and perfect figure but she knows how she can make people laugh and at the same time, she can laugh herself out loud diminishing the impression that she is a serious person. In fact, she did appear on Tosh.0 where she did something with a small piece of banana.

2. She is Sports Minded

Indeed, she has a strong passion when it comes to sports. When she won various series of competition in equestrianism, she accepted the same challenge when she participated in a baseball game in 2011, which was an All Star Celebrity Sports Activity.

1. She Loves to Eat

Everyone has tagging her as the Goddess because of her perfect figure of 33-25-36. Would you believe that according to her friend who disclosed this secret that she is not really conscious about her body figure? In fact, she does not care about what a model should look like. She’s not too hard on herself because whenever she wants to eat something, she would definitely eat it. She does not deprive herself as other models do because of the rule that they have to maintain their statistics as part of their job. As she stated, if she has cravings, she would not resist. She’ll eat whatever she likes. Although she recognizes her trainer’s effort in keeping her body always in shape, but she is naturally gifted on natural curves without exerting any effort on her part.