Kate Upton: Sports Illustrated Darling, but Not Fit for Victoria’s Secret
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Kate Upton's Sports Illustrated cover, first posted by TMZ.
You’d think Kate Upton would be the toast of the town right now. She’s on the cover of the latest Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, all but falling out of her bikini top, wearing what is quite possibly the lowest cut bottom ever. Across the country, 13-year-old teenage boys (and girls, and men, and women) are a-drool.
But for Victoria’s Secret, she’s like a day-old Big Mac. Though Upton’s been featured in the lingerie catalog before, the woman who casts the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show said she’d never deign to let Upton walk that coveted runway. Sophia Neophitou told the New York Times that “we would never use” Upton because her look is “too obvious” to be featured in the high profile production.
“She’s like a Page 3 girl,” Neophitou said, referencing the busty, barely clad women featured in The Sun, a London tabloid. “She’s like a footballer’s wife, with the too-blond hair and that kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy.”
Upton’s rep didn’t immediately respond to ABCNews.com’s requests for comment. But the 19-year-old, Michigan-born model and actress doesn’t seem to care. Her Twitter feed is full of thank yous to her adoring fans, nearly 200,000 of which appear to find her “too-blond hair and that kind of face” entirely alluring.
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What’s with the snarky comments about this woman? She’s on the cover. For good reason. She’s beautiful and healthy. I understand VS has a ‘look’ they use but the nasty comments about Kate–who’s been in their catalog–were plain mean.
Posted by: Jen | February 15, 2012, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm
Oh yeah, Kate is fit enough for my secret…
Posted by: nerobama | February 15, 2012, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm
I guess she is not slutty enough for Victoria’s Secret.
Posted by: Fred | February 15, 2012, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm
What did Kate steal your boyfriend or something Sophia?
Posted by: Nobody | February 15, 2012, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm
Ever get a good look in the mirror, Sophia? You have a face that could stop a cock at forty paces. And that’s not a typo…
Posted by: Guest Host | February 15, 2012, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
Missing the point people, she is just stating that she has a generic image, not that she is not pretty, only that her image is a dime a dozen and that VS is looking for a more unique look. What is the matter with a honest opinion.
Posted by: Rick | February 15, 2012, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm
NOBODY’s post made me laugh up coffee outta my nose! LMAO
Posted by: bjc70 | February 15, 2012, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm
Kate is definitely gorgeous (absolutely no way of denying that) but I agree that her look is generic. How often do you see busty blondes with a pretty face?
Posted by: Ash | February 15, 2012, 4:00 pm 4:00 pm
I think she would have done better to say “She isn’t exotic enough”…….and I’d like to know where I can buy her face lol
Posted by: samhiguchi | February 15, 2012, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm
Generic???….I would love to wake up to next to that generic look any day.
Posted by: david | February 15, 2012, 4:06 pm 4:06 pm
She’s cute, however, appears to have purchased her breast-job at Walmart, at half off, performed by breast-job students.
That’ll limit the scope of her work a bit — Victoria’s Secret doesn’t care if their models have had surgery, however, the prefer that it look more natural.
Posted by: Benjitek | February 15, 2012, 5:23 pm 5:23 pm
Oh she’s just fine.I wish I looked like that,hey wait I did when I was Twenty
Posted by: allazay | February 15, 2012, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm
I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for eating crackers
Posted by: Chris | February 15, 2012, 8:27 pm 8:27 pm
Seriously? How in the hell does she look any different than any of the just-as-blonde chicks with the photoshopped-in boobs? And what on earth would possess someone to “never” use someone who they previously featured? Maybe it’s that her boobs are real.
Posted by: What? | February 15, 2012, 10:53 pm 10:53 pm
She’s not shaped like the cookie cutter models VS uses. She’s not ultra thin, her boobs don’t sit high and tight, and her rear end is a little bigger. Having said that, I would think dinner with Kate would be immensely more fun than dinner with Alesandra. She seems totally approachable which is what makes those male fantasies seem reachable. VS models seem cold and aloof.
Posted by: BELOHARD | February 15, 2012, 11:19 pm 11:19 pm
She is an attractive woman but has a generic look and VS looks for women who are more exotic and more toned than her. Her boobs do not look natural in their shape and height and VS looks for natural looking beautiful women.
I think Alessandra Lima would have made a more attractive SI front cover model as she is so so beautiful and so alluring and has an exotic look!
To Kate’s defense, the bathingsuit choice and the photo angle were not the best. Had they put her in a more tasteful suit and has a better photo angle, she would have looked a lot better.
Posted by: Kristi | February 16, 2012, 3:16 am 3:16 am
Sophia is off her rocker! Kate Upton is gorgeous and her beauty hasn’t even peaked! She’s only 19! I think it’s refreshing to see a model with a realistic body and face. If she’s so “dime a dozen”, why is she the world’s current superstar? She’ll be around for years to come.
Posted by: Dave | February 16, 2012, 8:44 am 8:44 am
OK, fine if she’s not the current “look” that VS is currently hyping…but, seriously, to say that her face is something that anyone can “buy”???? Really, Sophia?? BITTER MUCH? Really unprofessional, not too mention unkind.
Posted by: Sunny | February 16, 2012, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm
She is pretty, typical American blonde, nothing wrong with that. But could they not find a bikini top to fit, her boobs look wide and flat, like she is lying down. Fat boobies are not pretty.Squishing out the side, makes my boobies look firm, lol!
Posted by: SHAUNA | February 16, 2012, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
She’s pretty, but she’s not a unique beauty like Alessandra Ambrosio. Anyone could look like her with the right diet, some hair color, good makeup, and a boob job. The next VS angel should be exquisite. I’d recommend someone like Charlotte Casiraghi.
Posted by: nicole | February 16, 2012, 8:06 pm 8:06 pm
What they’re saying, without saying it, is that Kate has a real person’s figure, not the usual anorexic model’s. The “fashion” industry has drunk it’s own Kool Aid on this for too long, buying totally into the “..you can’t be too thin or too rich” hype.
Gimme Kate and a double cheeseburger!
Posted by: Dave | February 17, 2012, 10:57 am 10:57 am
She’s not Beautiful, She may be “hot” and She’s very pretty indeed but that’s not the same thing.
And here look is very generic. If you look at VS models, they have a classier more natural look.
It’s not as ‘In Your face’ as Upton’s.
Posted by: bansidhe | February 17, 2012, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm
The director of Victoria’s Secret must be a snooty B—h! Kate is the most sexy and beautiful sweet young lady, blond hair and all that I have feasted my eyes upon. She can walk down my runway anytime!!
Posted by: Marvin | February 17, 2012, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm
shes too fat for vs lol
Posted by: ana | February 17, 2012, 8:01 pm 8:01 pm
Out of all the models in this current swimsuit issue, she is the one that stands out. She is beautiful and her body is out of this world…. and I am a girl. The VS models are way too thin and scrawny. Kate would be an asset to the VS team…..
Posted by: Tammie | February 18, 2012, 9:21 am 9:21 am
What’s the point of this article and why was this woman paid money to write it?
Posted by: hickey | February 18, 2012, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm
When she has clothes on, she doesn’t look that great. Rather ordinary. She’s cute with a rocking body, but she is not exotic. She does look like every other girl in Hollywood. Same nose, same hair, same doctor.
Posted by: Lucy | February 21, 2012, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm
What Ms. Neophitou is really saying, in code of course, is ‘non ethnic types are no longer welcome.’
Silly, as all beauty should be recognised – and Ms. Upton is more beautiful than many of those scrawny VS slappers.
Posted by: pdevlin | March 3, 2012, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm
They probably wouldnt have put marilyn monroe on the victoria secret runway either for being to “american” which shows how stupid they are. Im sick of all the exotic looks with the same chiselled long noses and puffy lips. Its old. I never thought giselle was pretty…even manish. But this kate girl is so appealing. Victoria secret needs to know that sex appeal and having that extra something is motte important than a chiseled exotic face…which is why we love marilyn. Vs models used to ne better but are too thin now. They keep having the same face with different hsir and skin colors. They need the all american look badly… Especially kate upton. Christie brolly had the all american look…and tons of the sexiest women have. I love adriana lima but the rest of vs models recent ones arent as pretty and hot as kate. Vs should get with it. The curves are much more attractive to straight men and women.
Posted by: Elizabeth | March 17, 2012, 5:40 am 5:40 am
Obviously Kate Upton has got the looks and the body, but I agree with Sophia on this one. I think a vs models takes much more than just fake tans and overly bleached hair with a great body. Vs models have the one in a million, exotic looks that just are stunner!
Posted by: Monique | April 16, 2012, 11:56 pm 11:56 pm
i think being featured on sports illustrated the way she was (bursting out of her top and a practically non-exixtent bottom) kinda discredited her in the eyes of victoria’s secret. VS models are exotic, yes, but they also hold level of class. sports illustrated is a great stepping stone in uptown’s career, but it’s also a step towards a different career than that of a VS model. personally, i think uptown is a pretty girl, but after seeing her SI cover, i can’t imagine her being able to return to VS or go down that career path.
Posted by: Jo | May 13, 2012, 1:10 am 1:10 am
Shut up all of you, guys! KATE IS JUST A TYPICAL SEXY BLONDE GIRL. NOTHING SPECIAL. EXCUSE ME? VS MODELS ARE SEXY FASHION MODELS. THEY ARE MODELS FOR THEY HAVE HIGH FASHION BEATY. KATE UPTON IS TOO COMMERCIAL TO WALK THE RUNWAY. GISELE MAY BE A FOOTBALLER’S WIFE BUT HELLO? SHE’S AWAKENED THE SEXY SUPERMODEL ERA. SHE’S EVEN DESCRIBED AS THE ATHLETIC AND SEXY MODEL YET IS NOT COMMERCIAL. JUST TO ADD, CANDICE SWANEPOEL IS TOO GOOD THAN KATE. SHE’S GOT BEAUTIFUL FACE AND ROCKIN SEXY CURVES. WHAT’S SPECIAL IN KATE? SHE JUST HAPPENED TO LAND AN SI COVER. SHE’S NOT THAT UBER sEXY TO ME. AND HER BOOBS ARE REALLY WEIRD! I DON’T LIKE HER FACE. SHE’S JUST A TYPICAL BLONDE. NOTHING REALLY
Posted by: alice | May 14, 2012, 8:54 am 8:54 am