Kate Upton received support on social media as her reveal that she’d once been deemed “too fat” for runway modeling went viral. In 2012, and one year after she made her Sports Illustrated Swim debut, the 31-year-old made headlines for revealing that she’d been told she was too large to be a runway model, something she’s revisited in subsequent interviews since. Showing support for Kate in 2014, a user on X posted a sizzling lingerie shot of the model, also voicing their shock that the industry could deem the toned body on show “too fat.”
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Kate Upton Stuns In Lingerie Snap Amid ‘Too Fat’ Drama
Scroll for the photo. Posing from a studio as she flaunted her bombshell curves, Kate wowed in a teeny plunging bra and briefs set, going eye-popping with a low neckline as she knocked the camera dead. Flashing her ample cleavage in a black and tan bra with segmented paneling across the cups, the mom of one wore matching briefs, going low-rise as she drew the eye to her taut abs.
Displaying her killer hips, Kate lifted one hand to her head, showing off her gorgeous features, fluffy blonde locks, and plump pout.
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In a caption, @UberFacts wrote: “Victoria’s Secret told this model (Kate Upton) that she was too fat to be a runway model for them.”
Per The Express, Kate Upton had been turned down for catwalk modeling by an executive at lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret. “She is too obvious. She’s like a page 3 girl. She’s like a footballer’s wife, with the too-blond hair and the kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy,” the outlet quotes. Victoria’s Secret, which has since undergone an image revamp to shed its allegedly former toxic image, was once renowned for its Victoria’s Secret Angels, nearly all of whom were white and impossibly slender.
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Says She Was Told She’s ‘Too Fat’
In a separate interview with The Daily Mail, Kate revealed the impact of being told she was too curvy. “It was hard when I was first in the industry and people were like: ‘No, you are fat,’” she shared.
Kate has since risen to be a superstar modeling face who this year made headlines for returning to SI Swim for its 60th-anniversary edition.
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Stuns In Pluniging Red Bikini
Posting her bikini cover to her Instagram, the Vosa Spirits partner stunned in a red and pink swimsuit, flaunting her jaw-dropping abs while reminding fans of her curves. Fans went just as nuts for this June 2022 throwback as Kate Upton sizzled in her strapless red bikini to celebrate Pride Month.
Kate’s IG is followed by over 6 million fans.
