Kate Upton is an American professional model and actress. She is known for her appearance on the covers of famous magazines like Vanity Fair 100th-anniversary, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Talking about her early life, Kate Upton was born Katherine Elizabeth Upton on 10 June 1992, in St. Joseph, Michigan, United States.
Besides this, Kate is American by nationality, and she comes from a White ethnic background. Upton practices the Christian religion while her zodiac sign is Gemini.
Furthermore, Kate Upton is the daughter of her mother, Shelly Upton, and her father, Jeff Upton. Her mother, Shelly was a former Texas state tennis champion, whereas, her father, Jeff worked as a high school athletics director.
Additionally, Kate was raised and grew up in her childhood days in Florida alongside her three siblings named Laura Upton, Christie Williams, and David Upton.
Regarding her academic qualifications, Kate went to the Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy. Further, she as a young horserider performed at the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) and participated at a national level
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Career and Professional Life
Moving onto her professional career, Kate Upton is a very famous model, actress, and influencer. Upton began her modeling career at the age of 15 when she worked with the famous modeling agency called Elite Model Management in the year 2008.
After some time, Kate moved to New York City where she joined the modeling agency named IMG Models. She worked with the clothing companies like Dooney& Bourke and Garage in her initial days.
Later on, Kate became the cover girl in the 2010-11 issue of Guess magazine, and she was further featured in the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.
Furthermore, Kate then made a viral video of herself dancing during a Los Angeles Clippers game event in the year 2011 and shared it on her YouTube. After this, the video went viral all over the platform, and she was more popular at that time.
Moreover, in her career, Kate had featured on the cover magazine of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue in the simultaneous years 2012 and 2013.
Apart from her modeling career, Kate even made her acting debut in a movie called Tower Heist in 2011, where she played a cameo role as the mistress of Mr. Hightower.
Further, she had featured in the movie called The Other Woman in the year 2014, alongside talented actors like Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Cameron Diaz.
Additionally, Kate even appeared in the music video for Lady Antebellum’s hit Bartender alongside famous actor and comedian Tony Hale in the year 2014.
Kate further appeared in the role of Meg in William H. Macy’s directorial film called The Layover in the year 2017. Moreover, she worked with the director James Franco on his biographical comedy-drama film called The Disaster Artist.
Personal Life and Relationship
Moving onto her personal life and relationship status, Kate Upton’s current relationship status is married. Kate is a married woman as she is married to her long-term boyfriend named Justin Verlander.
Additionally, her husband, Justin is an American professional baseball pitcher who currently played for the Houston Astros team of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Furthermore, the couple dated each other in 2014, and, later on, they got engaged in April 2016. Afterward, they were married on 4 November 2017 at Rosewood Castiglion Del Bosco resort in Tuscany, Italy
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Moreover, the couple was blessed with one beautiful child, a daughter named Genevieve Upton Verlander, who was born on 7 November 2018.
Apart from this, before her marriage to Justin, Kate had previously dated some famous celebrities such as Blake Griffin, Mark Sanches, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Sean Combs, and Sean Faros.
As of now, Kate and Justin lived happily raising their daughter, and there is no news of the couple’s extramarital affairs or divorce.
