The amazing and popular model Kate Upton became famous in 2011 thanks to her appearances in the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT ISSUE. As a matter of fact, "Sports" has illustrated all her life. First of all, Kate, born June 10, 1992, in St.Joseph, Michigan, is the daughter of Shelley Davis, a former Texas State tennis champion, and Jeff Upton, a high school athletics director. "Made", and raised, -after her family moved to Melbourne, Florida- by sports lovers, it was natural for Kate to like it too. Before becoming a model at age 15, the Upton's sweet heart was a junior equestrian champion in the United States. It's in the "Sunny State" of the south-east that this splendid blond American darling developed her special relationship with the beaches. Because in Florida, beach is a way of life, it's where you have to be, especially if you are beautiful.
More of a tomboy when she was a child, Kate had to be patient before some female attributes made their appearance on her body. But when they did, it was almost all at once, it was very suddenly, and, wow !, it was pretty spectacular ! Her breasts, especially, were not those of a teenager, but those of a full grown woman. With such a curvy body, you would not have bet that Upton would be accepted by the bosses of the modeling industry. She was not the typical overly-skinny model that is normally on magazine covers. But, in 2008, when Kate attended a casting call in Miami for "Elite Model Management", she was signed by them the same day. They would discover rapidly that this attractive teenager was not only different from the other young models, because she was not as thin as them, but she was also mentally different. Not the kind of shy or docile one...
Right from the start, Upton wanted to do it her own way : «I started modeling at a young age, at 15, but before that I was doing competitive horseback riding and my mom always encouraged me to take things into my own hands. She told me that I'm in charge of my career and in charge of my success. I dealt with a lot of things in the horseback riding industry and I took that knowledge and put it into modeling. I think having success in horseback riding at a young age showed me that success is possible at a young age. A lot of agents say, "wait for your time, wait for your time", but I believe in creating your own time. Also, because many models are so young, agents speak to them in a very intimidating way and bully them into doing things, but I'm not one to be bullied.» Things have changed since then. Kate learned that she can not always get what she wants : «now it's out of my hands, -it has kind of been rolling on its own-, but at the beginning I was micromanaging every little step.»
Well aware of her somewhat exceptional statute, as a "rounder" model, Upton said that she wanted to be an inspiration for all those girls and women who don't fit in the beauty standards of the modeling industry. According to what she thinks, Kate says that you don't have to suffer and be miserable because you feel you have to be skinny to be beautiful, successful and happy in your career or in your every day life. Upton adds : «I wanted to inspire them by going through it and making it out the other end. Everybody goes through hard times, regardless whether they didn't get the job that they wanted or if they are criticized for their body, so I think they can relate to that and people are rooting for me. Me being criticized is more on a global level, but it still hurts just as much for any girl if she's at school being criticized or at work being criticized».
Cause, even though the fashion industry has celebrated her and put her on their biggest covers, many observers or journalists have noticed that, up to now, Kate Upton has not been in an advertising campaign for one of the big fashion brands. That's why they say that, even if she is very popular, Kate is not a great model, yet... At least, as they view it, she's not among the most shining and respected stars of modeling, even if she's only 22. Others even think that Upton's career may be in jeopardy if she continues to lose control of her weight like she did some times before, and as it appears on many photos where she looks fat (see pic above). Kate responds to these critics by saying that, so far, she is proud of her success. If she is not already at the top with the most famous models, if her success is more on the commercial side, Upton explains that it's not because she doesn't get many offers in fashion campaigns. She just can't do it all. The model of the year, in 2013, at the 10th Annual Style Awards at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, Kate mentions that she has other interests too, like acting : «the more my career grows, I think that people will see that I have a lot more to offer and a lot more to give, but I want to do it right and that's why it's taking me time. I'm patient about it.»
About her supposed weight problems, Upton replies : «I'm not going to starve just to be thin. I want to enjoy life and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable» (...) «My curves are natural. They're not going away, no matter how I try.» (...) «I wish I had smaller boobs every day of my life as I would love to wear spaghetti tops bra less or go for the smallest bikini design.» But, at the end, Kate, who is presently in love with pro baseball player Justin Verlander, (there are even gossips about her being pregnant), declares that she loves her body and feels very confident with where she is and who she is as a person.
Early in her career, Kate Upton has been pegged as a bikini girl but she does not want to be doing bikini shoots her whole life. She became celeb because of them but, for her, it's important that this work translates into acting or other areas. Because she appears very sexy and almost completely naked on many of these photos, Upton has been criticized by some people, especially in social media. A blogger has even called her : «thick, vulgar, almost pornographic.» She's been compared to Marilyn Monroe. As a matter of fact, it's true. When you analyze her pictures, it seems that Kate tries to imitate the legendary Hollywood blonde. Maybe it comes from those who direct the shootings. They want to recreate and exploit this Marilyn look, because, even more than 50 years after her death, Norma Jean is still the ideal beauty and the phantasm of the American men. "Playing" Marilyn is a natural for Kate Upton. She loves to play. Playing is at the center of her personality : playing games, playing sports, playing roles in movies, playing a bombshell, playing with the imagination of men who dream to see her naked. For this pin up girl, who's name appears at the top of the hot list of many men magazines, it's a fun game to drive people crazy by exposing her sexy body. She does it on purpose : «I like my bikinis very small, and I also like, uh, nude-colored bikinis because people double-take, they think I'm naked on the beach.»
Yes, it seems that Kate Upton enjoys her power to excite men, but, unfortunately for them, she pretends that she will stay away from being photographed naked. Being shot nude, like famous models Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Lara Stone, is out of question for Kate. Here is why : «For me those photos are art. Your body is art, your body is beautiful, and to be photographed in that way is amazing and it's received in a very positive way. But with Social media and the Internet and not so great blogs and the attention like that, I don't think that my pictures would be received in the way that I'd want them to be received. That's why I've stayed away from them. I really appreciate those photos and I think those women are beautiful and I think a woman is beautiful, but I think Social media and the Internet have prevented me from putting myself out there like that.»
Anyway, Kate Upton came so close -an inch or two of tissue, or a very fine layer of body paint- to be photographed naked, that it does not really make a big difference. I think that she may have been the hottest teenager being shot in bikinis, in recent years. But if Kate doesn't take care of her weight problems, her career on the beaches, as a model, is near its end, even though she is still in demand. Being more and more interested in shooting movies (she appeared recently in the movie THE OTHER WOMAN, photo above) or doing other things, Upton would move without regrets over these beach "adventures" that were so important and lucrative for her. All these wonderful bikini pictures will not disappear. Men will look at them for ever. By doing that too intensively, they may be dazed and see candles. And if they look intensively at Kate Upton's marvelous blue eyes, they will see A SKY FULL OF STARS (see video below).
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