Kate Upton on Her First Sports Illustrated Cover: ‘I Felt Terrible About Myself’
By Lauren Schutte | omg! – 4 hours ago
Shockingly, it was what came after she'd landed the coveted cover of "Sports Illustrated's" Swimsuit issue in 2012 — an honor she repeated in 2013 — that both made the 21-year-old a household name and brought out a darker side to being the new "It" girl.
"After my first Sports Illustrated cover, I felt terrible about myself for a solid month," Upton tells Elle in its September issue. "Every single guy I met was either married or about to be married, and I felt like I was their bachelor present or something. I'm not a toy, I'm a human. I'm not here to be used. I am a grown woman, and you need to figure your s**t out."
And while the Michigan-born, Florida-raised beauty didn't confirm (or deny!) the rumors that she's romantically involved with "Dancing With the Stars" pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy, she did divulge a bit a of her current approach to dating.
"I really have never had a serious relationship in the industry. I'm just having fun. Obviously I have a very busy schedule at this time in my life, and I don't put relationships as a priority."
Being seen as a sexpot isn't the model’s only lament. Upton, who'll appear alongside Cameron Diazand Leslie Mann in "The Other Woman," out next year, says she also bristles at the assumption that she's just a dumb blonde.
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"People deal with models like they are children," she notes. "They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb you're not even going to know."
Upton even tells the mag the small cross tattoo she sports on the inside of her right middle finger was inspired by someone who dared to pass judgment on her while she was on the job.
"I was at a photo shoot and I was wearing a cross necklace that my mom bought me, and somebody made a joke like, 'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.' And then they took [my necklace] away. I was really affected by that. The whole thing made me realize that I do want [a cross] with me, at all times."
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For more of Upton's interview, pick up the September issue of Elle, on newsstands August 20.
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- Mega Annoying! • Report Abuse
It cracks me up how these women pose for magazine covers wearing hardly anything and then whine about being viewed as sex objects.
36 Replies - Tom P • Report Abuse
Look at me, look at me, LOOK AT ME!!!!....Stop looking at me you sexist pigs.....
31 Replies - Tyler W • Report Abuse
Take your clothes off for a living, pay the price. There are a lot of beautiful women out there who keep there clothes on and earn the respect of others.
15 Replies - DQ • Report Abuse
she makes herself into a piece of meat and then complains about being a piece of meat?
39 Replies - Anthony • Report Abuse
Girls in Afghanistan get acid thrown in their faces for trying to receive an education, and this pampered barbie doll has the nerve to complain about her plight in life? I cannot stand pretty people problem complaining.
18 Replies - Vanessa • Report Abuse
Laugh all the way to the bank, big deal, wish someone would treat me like a toy, whine me up and give me millions of dollars, I'll be the best damn toy you ever did see!
1 Reply - Juan Alfonso • Report Abuse
who determined that she was the most lusted after woman in the world
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