Kate Upton sparked a debate in 2017 as The Daily Mail shared multiple of her Sports Illustrated Swim covers. Kate, who made her SI Swim debut in 2011, made headlines that year as a source told Page Six that her demands had become “diva”-like, but talk in the comments section was more about her looks. Sharing a bombshell topless photo as Kate wore nothing but an open ski jacket, The Daily Mail also threw in a bikini-clad photo of her, and it was likely the combination of both images seeing one fan talk about Kate having men “blinded” by her assets.
Kate Upton Sparks Debate With Her Bikini Body
This was a 19-year-old Kate Upton on the cover of arguably the biggest annual magazine publication in the world. You honestly think any male who has hit puberty *wouldn’t* find this attractive? Or that SI was marketing this exclusively to the 30-and-under crowd? pic.twitter.com/PqBOprxf9b
— Dominic Seibert (@DomJSII) October 5, 2024
Scroll for all the photos. For her 2012 cover, Kate posed looking like a total bombshell while stripped to a micro string bikini in red and brown. Rocking a slight sparkle to her fabrics, the wife to baseball player Justin Verlander flaunted her eye-popping cleavage and toned tummy, showing off a sunkissed tan as she smiled at the camera.
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Going wintry and sporty one year later, Kate narrowly avoided a wardrobe malfunction while posing in an unzipped quilted jacket with a fur-lined hood worn up. Backed by snow-capped mountains and glistening blue waters, the model dropped jaws with her busty boat snap, wearing only teeny bikini bottoms as she went pantless.
Comments proved mixed. While some said that Kate Upton was nothing special, others made it clear she was the hottest thing around. “Smoking hot. She can do what she wants,” one fan replied. Another called the blonde a “stunning beauty,” with a third even saying that she “blinds men with her chest.”
Bombshell In Teeny Red Bikini
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Amid the pile of compliments, shaming remarks also manifested. “Kate is way too big. Since when did plus-size models become the normal,” one troll replied.
Kate Upton received zero complaints for this 2022 Instagram photo, going down the throwback route as she wowed in a segmented strapless bikini in red.
Flawless In Strapless Gold Dress
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“Nearly popping out her teeny top as she shared a gallery of colorful looks, Kate wrote: “What better reason to wear rainbow… Happy #PrideMonth! Swipe to see some of my favorite colorful looks over the years.”
Also turning heads was this July photo, in which Kate Upton held a copy of the V Magazine issue she featured in while stunning in a glamorous gold dress.