Kate Upton, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Is Not In Your Future

We're not sure when the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show came to represent the paragon of class. But apparently there is a certain level of refinement necessary to qualify for that sparkly spectacle of a runway -- and Sports Illustrated's latest swimsuit star, Kate Upton, doesn't have it.

"We would never use" Upton, Sophia Neophitou told the New York Times. Neophitou is a stylist, a fashion editor and the brains behind the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show lineup, making the casting decisions for the televised event.

Why doesn't Upton make the cut?

"She's like a Page 3 girl," Ms. Neophitou said, referring to the scantily clad voluptuous 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."

Apparently Sports Illustrated didn't think so, choosing her as 2011's Rookie of the Year and placing her on the 2012 cover unveiled on Monday. To be fair, Upton makes no pretense to being high fashion or elegant in any way. "What can I say?" she told the Times. "I'm relatable."

One reason to relate to the 19-year-old model is her figure. While presenting the Top Ten on "The Late Show With David Letterman" on Monday night, Upton stood out amongst her other Swimsuit Issue co-stars as the buxomest of the bunch. According to the Times, her measurements are a healthy 36-25-34. Yet she was the star of the night, the covergirl whose name everyone now knows.

We have a feeling Victoria's Secret might come around. And if they don't? We think Upton will fair just fine.

Read more about Upton's unlikely rise at NYTimes.com and see more about the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue here.

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Comments

[tko54321]

05:40 PM on 03/20/2012

I believe these model industry people (other models included) don't like Upton because she became a success in her own way, bypassing the NYC vampire system, developing her own following online--in her own shape & style--that SI had to respect, and keeping more of her own money. That's instead of the typical route of hoping an agency deems you are the right shape & style and hoping they get you with SI and hoping that makes you this kind of success, all the while having your earnings eaten out of your hand. Model wannabes, whatever you look like, do it Kate's way.

[SukiTheCat]

11:11 AM on 02/17/2012

Okay, so the VS lady doesn't want her for her show, did she have to go and give an interview about how 'cheap' the girl looks? Just really catty and stupid.

[Dede Eagleburger]

11:15 AM on 02/17/2012

I'm with you Suki...I don't get it at all, maybe she's just one of those people that has to find the negative in everything...:(

[jreeves1425]

09:18 AM on 02/17/2012

This reminds me of those pretentious, ignorant comments by Karl Lagerfeld about Adele. I didn't like the cover either, but footballers wife?

[leskataus]

01:49 AM on 02/17/2012

She's an attractive young woman but that swimsuit is just plain awful. It's way too small for her.

[bennett388]

01:40 PM on 02/22/2012

That's kinda the point!

[Sexy and I know it]

09:02 PM on 02/16/2012

Why are we soooo hard on women, too big, too small, too saggy, big bootie, no bootie, whatever she is what she is and proud of it. Wish it were true for all women:)

[jneal11254]

08:04 PM on 02/16/2012

VS, you are making a mistake. You have been dealing with scrawny girls with implants for so long you think a natural girl with great curves can't carry off your clothes. You are dead wrong. That girl walks just like Marilyn, and everythings sways just like God intended.

[Woodsie]

07:57 PM on 02/16/2012

Geezus. Did somebody give her a wedgie??

[Namaste MF]

07:47 PM on 02/16/2012

She' cute. Whatever. No one pleases everyone.

[wingin it]

07:29 PM on 02/16/2012

I never really noticed her face, since it wasn't the largest object in the photo.

[CunningStunts]

09:32 PM on 02/16/2012

Not the largest, or the most important, either.

[Dede Eagleburger]

12:23 PM on 02/17/2012

ok, i'll bite- what is the most important?

[mayorarce]

07:22 PM on 02/16/2012

She's beatuiful, no doubt about that, but Victoria's Secret models are spectacular and unique. I know Starbucks baristas that look like her, no offense, they're hot, but i've never seen a Starbucks employee that looks REMOTELY like a Victoria's Secret model.

[tissa]

06:20 PM on 02/16/2012

Her face is very typical, and herBoobs areSaggy.

[Kalzakath]

10:07 PM on 02/16/2012

Saggy?, you mean real?

[Dede Eagleburger]

12:55 PM on 02/17/2012

Exactly!!

[The Corporate Champion]

06:15 PM on 02/16/2012

Victoria's Angels have an exotic look to them. This girl does not - she looks like your average White girl.

[Dede Eagleburger]

12:58 PM on 02/17/2012

maybe that's why a lot of us like her then-we can like totally identify with her, more than the others...!!

[Okey Umez]

03:18 PM on 02/17/2012

Boy oh boy the sky is falling. The Champion and i finally agree on something!.

[bennett388]

01:18 PM on 02/20/2012

Okey, if you think Kate is the average white girl, you and I have totally different standards of what women should look like. I think she's gorgeous and yes curvy but in a good way. Victorias Secret has all the anorexic models they need. Keep Kate Upton in a bikini! By the way she's the niece of Fred Upton, Michigan's congressman.

[HudsonSpeaks]

05:05 PM on 02/16/2012

If Kate Upton is being thought of as an example of a "curvy" woman, we are all doomed. She way thinner than the majority of human females. Not my type personally.

That being said, it is no secret (pun!) that Victoria wouldn't choose her. They want basically skeletons with skin stretched over them.

[justbenice]

04:13 PM on 02/16/2012

I think she's gorgeous. Pretty sure no man I know would kick her out of bed. Also pretty sure she doesn't need to rely on VS to make a living modeling.

[Play4tdy]

04:08 PM on 02/16/2012

Listen ladies, this is what men want in a women, curves, cuteness and something to hold on to. She is your hot next door neighbor. That said, VS models are hot also, but..........

[Dede Eagleburger]

04:27 PM on 02/16/2012

I think you're right, I think she's great, we need more models like her!!!

[CunningStunts]

09:35 PM on 02/16/2012

And more posters like you. :) For all your mental shortcomings, you always have a positive outlook. And the curves don't hurt, either. ;)

[jneal11254]

08:05 PM on 02/16/2012

Absolutely right. I am over skinny girls with implants.