Kate Upton named model of the year, covers Vanity Fair

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-4973891917352186"; /* hotnewsof_main_Blog1_ */ google_ad_slot = "6959597717"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">From: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/">http://www.latimes.com</a><br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vDiUArW5JnY?feature=player_profilepage" width="640"></iframe> <br /><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; float: left; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"><span class="byline" itemprop="author" style="display: block;">By Nardine Saad</span><br /><div class="date" style="color: #930000; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">September 3, 2013</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: white; display: inline; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-left: 6px;">, </span><span class="timeString" style="display: inline; text-transform: lowercase;">2:09 p.m.</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 345px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Kate <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/us/new-york/suffolk-county-%28new-york%29/brookhaven-%28suffolk-new-york%29/upton-PLGEO100100501258891.topic" id="PLGEO100100501258891" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Upton">Upton</a> has been named model of the year and will pick up her pretty prize Wednesday at the 10th annual Style Awards that kick off New York's Mercedes-Benz Fashion week.</div><div class="p402_premium" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Reality-star-turned-fashion designer <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/human-interest/nicole-richie-PECLB001720.topic" id="PECLB001720" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Nicole Richie">Nicole Richie</a> will host the event, which also honors designer<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/services-shopping/clothing-accessories-shoes/zac-posen-PRDCAS0000692.topic" id="PRDCAS0000692" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Zac Posen">Zac Posen</a>, celeb stylist and designer <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/rachel-zoe-PECLB0000009419.topic" id="PECLB0000009419" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Rachel Zoe">Rachel Zoe</a>, and New York Giants wide receiver (also turned designer) Victor Cruz. The awards will air on CNN on Sept. 14, <a href="http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/dressed/2013/09/as-if-we-couldnt-get-enough-ka.html" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">according to</a> Glamour.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Upton, the curvaceous, self-promoting honoree, got her start in Florida at age 12, but really catalyzed her career by landing the highly coveted <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/sports-illustrated-01026001767.topic" id="01026001767" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> Swimsuit cover spot (twice), having her Dougie YouTube video go viral and embracing the millennial age by becoming an Internet personality.</div><div class="articlerail" style="clear: both; float: left; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 234px; z-index: 4;"><div id="story-leftrail-ad" style="clear: both; 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"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."</span><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-kate-upton-pictures-photos,0,1563003.photogallery" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">PHOTOS: Kate Upton: Cover girl to glamour girl</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">But the 21-year-old has been turning heads in the high-fashion realm too, since she's graced the cover of American Vogue and international versions of the sartorial codex, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-kate-upton-elle-20130808,0,382962.story" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Elle</a>and now Vanity Fair's 100th anniversary issue, on which she's seen carrying the magazine's celebratory cake.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">"I'm not going to name names, but one agency told me, 'You're too American, and everybody knows American women are <em>lazy</em>,'" she said in Vanity Fair. "I was so offended! I've never been so offended! I was like, 'You know that you're in America, right?' And it wasn't 'American<em>models</em>' — it was 'American <em>women </em>are lazy,' period! I feel like a lot of women would disagree with that. A lot!"</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/sns-50-most-beautiful-celebs-pictures,0,7225497.photogallery" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PHOTOS: 50 most beautiful female celebrities</span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The girl with a signature mole has also become the face of jeweler David Yurman and already has her sights set on Hollywood: She'll star alongside <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/cameron-diaz-PECLB001398.topic" id="PECLB001398" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Cameron Diaz">Cameron Diaz</a>, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/leslie-mann-PECLB003110.topic" id="PECLB003110" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Leslie Mann">Leslie Mann</a>and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/nicki-minaj-PECLB00000014093.topic" id="PECLB00000014093" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a> in "The Other Woman," to be released in 2014.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">In Vanity Fair, Upton is photographed by Annie Leibovitz and is styled in the epitome of old Hollywood glamor, complete with pinup-girl locks and a vintage bathing suit. She even <a href="https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000404054920/5a2c5e9cec6a9c5b2520cc161f2f1641.jpeg" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">made the cover her Twitter avatar</a> for her more than 1 million followers to see.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Inside the special issue, she mimics the magazine's original cover from Oct. 1, 1913, that showed an illustration of a woman lounging on the moon.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The October issue of Vanity Fair hits New York and L.A. newsstands on Sept. 5, and its e-version will be available Sept. 10.<br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-4973891917352186"; /* hotnewsof_main_Blog1_300x250_as */ google_ad_slot = "9913064110"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rVvHmDjv2LA" width="640"></iframe></div>

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From:  http://www.latimes.com By Nardine Saad September 3, 2013 ,  2:09 p.m. Kate  Upton  has been named model of the year and will pick up...

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