Olivia Culpo

Olivia Culpo
Culpo at the Miss USA 2012 pageant in Las Vegas on May 28, 2012
Born Olivia Frances Culpo
(1992-05-08) May 8, 1992
Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.
Residence New York, New York, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
Title
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Major
competition(s)

Olivia Frances Culpo[2] (born May 8, 1992)[3][4] is an American model, actress, and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 2012 pageant, representing her home country of United States. She previously won the Miss Rhode Island USA competition, which was the first pageant she entered. She went on to be crowned Miss USA, then Miss Universe. She is the first winner from the United States to be named Miss Universe since Brook Lee in 1997.

Early life

Culpo was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, one of five children of Peter and Susan Culpo.[4] She has two older siblings, Pete and Aurora, and two younger, Gus and Sophie.[4] Their restaurateur father co-owns Boston businesses including Parish Café and The Lower Depths Tap Room.[4] She was raised in the Edgewood neighborhood of Cranston, Rhode Island,[5] she is of Italian descent with some Irish ancestry from her mother's side.[6][7]

Culpo attended St. Mary Academy – Bay View, and later, Boston University.[4] In 2010, she was signed by the Boston modeling agency Maggie, Inc.[4] She began studying cello in the second grade,[8] and played the instrument in the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, the Bay View Orchestra, and the Rhode Island All-State Orchestra.[9] She attended the Brevard Music Center, in Brevard, North Carolina, for two summers, and has performed with the Boston Accompanietta.[9] In August 2017, she opened a restaurant with her family in Rhode Island.[10]

Pageants

Miss Rhode Island USA 2012 and Miss USA 2012

After winning the 2012 Miss Rhode Island USA competition, the first pageant she entered,[11] she went on to win the Miss USA 2012 pageant on June 3, 2012.[12]

Mayor Allan Fung honors Cranston resident Olivia Culpo with a key to the city, after her coronation as Miss USA 2012

On July 6, 2012, the city of Cranston, Rhode Island held a homecoming celebration honoring Culpo for her pageant win. At an outdoor ceremony held at Cranston City Hall, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung presented Culpo with the key to the city.[13][14][15]

Miss Universe 2012

Culpo represented the United States at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant that was held on December 19, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She won the competition and was crowned Miss Universe 2012,[16] becoming the eighth representative from the United States to win the title and the first since 1997. Culpo also became the first Rhode Islander to win the Miss Universe title. She succeeded outgoing titleholder Leila Lopes from Angola.[17]

In January 2013, Culpo visited Indonesia for three weeks and helped crown the winner of Puteri Indonesia 2013 on February 1 in Jakarta. She also visited Yogyakarta, Surabaya and Bali during her visit. In Jakarta, Culpo hosted a discussion with young Indonesians for the United Nations Population Fund on HIV and youth prevention at the United States Embassy's cultural center @America.[18]

Culpo plays with Boston Accompanietta

On August 25, 2013, Cranston's city council approved a resolution adding Culpo's name to Albert Avenue, which runs the length between Broad Street and Narragansett Boulevard in Edgewood.[19]

On September 10, 2013, Culpo walked in the Sherri Hill fashion show held at the Trump Tower in New York City. Culpo was in India from September 27 until October 6. During her visit, she reportedly ran into trouble after doing a commercial photoshoot at the Taj Mahal.[20] On November 9, 2013, she crowned Gabriela Isler of Venezuela as her successor.

During her reign, Culpo traveled to Indonesia, Russia, Ecuador, Morocco, The Bahamas, Canada, England, India, and numerous trips around the United States.

Modeling

Culpo will appear in the 2018 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[21] She has also modeled for L'Oreal and Kipling.[22]

Personal life

In 2013, Culpo began a relationship with singer Nick Jonas. They broke up in June 2015.[23] In 2015, Culpo was in a relationship with Tim Tebow for two months.[24] In 2016, Culpo was in a relationship with then-New England Patriots football player (now Miami Dolphins football player) Danny Amendola. Their relationship ended in March 2018.[25]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Other Woman Raven-Haired Beauty Cameo role
2014 Nick Jonas: Jealous Herself Music video
2017 American Satan Gretchen
2018 I Feel Pretty Hope
2018 Tired Lungs Kate Pre-production
2018 Reprisal Christina

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Hell's Kitchen Herself One of the blue team's VIP guest diners along with Devon Windsor; Episode: "A Little Slice of Hell"
2018 Model Squad Herself

References

  1. ↑ "Olivia Culpo". Trump Model Management. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ Kumbarji, Ceylan (April 22, 2016). "Interview: Olivia Culpo". Taylor Magazine. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rhode Island - Olivia Culpo". Miss Universe Organization. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pelletier, Jenna (July 26, 2012). "Miss USA: Crowning achievement for RI-born Culpo: She's now the first Miss Rhode Island to win the Miss USA crown in the event's 61-year history". The Providence Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015. Nearly a month after winning Miss USA 2012, Culpo, 20....
  5. ↑ Berger, Rebekah (June 4, 2012). "Cranston's Culpo Crowned Miss USA". WPRO. Providence, Rhode Island. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Miss USA 2012: Olivia Culpo Crowned, Beats Latina Beauties". Fox News Latino. June 4, 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2012. She said she comes from a big, Italian family and speaks some Italian.
  7. ↑ "15 Facts to know about Olivia Culpo". Pageants News. September 9, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ Fisher, Luchina (June 4, 2012). "Olivia Culpo: Five Things About Miss USA 2012". ABC News. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "About Olivia". Miss Rhode Island USA. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  10. ↑ Goldstein, Meredith (August 29, 2017). "Olivia Culpo opens a restaurant in Rhode Island". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  11. ↑ Naughton, Michael (June 3, 2012). "Metro - Five things to know about Boston University student Olivia Culpo, the new Miss USA". Metro.us. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Miss USA 2012: Miss Rhode Island Olivia Culpo named Miss USA 2012". New York Daily News. June 4, 2012. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  13. ↑ Kalunian, Kim (July 10, 2012). "Miss USA visits her Rhode Island hometown". Cranston Herald. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  14. ↑ Schieldrop, Mark (July 6, 2012). "Miss USA Reads the Giving Tree". Cranston Patch. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Rightfully making a fuss". Warwickonline.com. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Olivia Culpo". Miss Universe, L.P. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  17. ↑ "PAGEANT UPDATES: Miss USA 2012 is Olivia Culpo! ~ Beauty Mania .biz® - Everybody is Born Beautiful!!". Beautymania.biz. June 3, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  18. ↑ Curran, John (February 13, 2013). "Miss Universe talks HIV prevention in UNFPA youth dialogue". UNFPA.
  19. ↑ "Street to be Named after Cranston's Culpo, Miss Universe". Cranston, Rhode Island Patch. August 26, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Miss Universe Olivia Culpo to be charged for violating rules at Taj Mahal". Biharprabha News. October 8, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  21. ↑ Hendrix, Kelsey (January 17, 2018). "Olivia Culpo, Hunter McGrady and Ebonee Davis are Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2018 Rookies". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  22. ↑ Shapiro, Jared (January 3, 2017). "Model Olivia Culpo on Cyberbullying, Why She Didn't Consider Herself Beautiful, & What She Loves about Miami". Ocean Drive. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  23. ↑ Vulp, Mark (June 16, 2015). "Nick Jonas and Olivia Culpo Break Up After 2 Years Together—All the Details on Their "Sensitive" Split". E!. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Tim Tebow still can't find the end zone as girlfriend Olivia Culpo breaks it off over lack of sex". New York Daily News. November 26, 2015. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  25. ↑ Mizoguchi, Karen (March 28, 2018). "Olivia Culpo Confirms Breakup from Danny Amendola (But Doesn't Want to Talk About It): 'It's Just So Fresh'". People. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Kate McCaughey		 Miss Rhode Island USA
2012		 Succeeded by
Brittany Stenovitch
Preceded by
California Alyssa Campanella		 Miss USA
2012		 Succeeded by
Maryland Nana Meriwether
Preceded by
Angola Leila Lopes		 Miss Universe
2012		 Succeeded by
Venezuela Gabriela Isler
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