curvaceous blond model has landed
herself the sizzling June cover of
fashion bible Vogue magazine.
Vogue editor Anna Wintour appears to
have finally given Upton her seal of
approval, because it's the first time
she's graced the U.S. cover, appearing
previously on international versions of
the sartorial codex.
The 20-year-old model, a trained
equestrian who got her start in Florida
at age 12, has worked her way into
our lives through Sports Illustrated
swimsuit-edition covers, viral videos,
popular TV ads and our daily social
media consumption.
And she is beyond thrilled about it.
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"My behind the scenes video
@voguemagazine ... Can I go back
now?such a fun shoot n my sister
came with me!" she tweeted, and she
has already changed her Twitter
profile pic to the mag's cover.
The girl with a signature mole has
amassed more than 935,000 Twitter
followers by publication time and is
said to be an early user of the site's
video-sharing application, Vine.
"It's just me sharing my life," she said
of tweeting. "I like it if it's authentic
and in the moment and happening."
"I didn't buy the magazines [growing
up] that had models on the covers,
because I didn't know them. So I think
this kind of gives me, as a model, a
personality that people can connect
with."
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Vogue writer Lizzie Widdicombe calls
her "goofy, disarming, improbably
wholesome." Legendary photographer
Mario Testino shot the cover girl in
Uruguay.
But with the limelight comes harsh
criticism, including claims of her being
overweight, average or not that
special. But her mischievous smile and
buoyant confidence have elevated her
to role model for some women.
"The things that they're rejecting are
things that I can't change," she said of
her critics. "I can't change my bra
size. They're natural! I can work out
and I can stay healthy and motivated,
but I can't change some things. I
really just live my life. I love my body.
It's what God gave me! I feel
confident with myself, and if that
inspires other women to feel confident
with their bodies, great."
"It's kind of funny to think, Oh, wow,
the news is talking about whether I'm
fat or not," she added.
She said she has hopes of starting her
very own lingerie line and has already
begun her fledgling film career.
"Acting I'm very interested in," she
said. "I'm American -- more is more!"
Upton moved to Miami around the age
of 15 because she had so much
modeling work there and said she felt
that her new curves, which "all came
at once." were embraced by the
beachside city.
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"In Miami, boobs are fantastic," she
said. "I was so proud of them. I was
so excited. Are you kidding? I'm in
Florida, and I'm constantly in bikinis. I
was like, Yes! Killing it! All the girls on
the beach are gonna be so jealous!"
The young model said she switched
from Elite, a New York modeling
agency, to IMG -- she did it with a
cold call -- because her goal was to
get on the cover of Sports Illustrated
and become a celebrity in order to do
it.
"I always had career goals. And I
figured out a path I wanted to take to
accomplish those goals. If that meant
calling the best modeling agency in the
world, that's what it meant," she said,
later adding, "I never set out to be on
the runway."
And boy, are we glad she didn't.
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