Olivia Culpo
Olivia Frances Culpo (born May 8, 1992) is an American fashion influencer, social media personality, and actress. After winning the Miss Rhode Island USA competition, she went on to be crowned Miss USA, and then Miss Universe in 2012. Early life and education. Culpo was born in Cranston, Rhode Island to parents Susan and Peter Culpo. She is the middle child of five siblings. Her restaurateur father co-owns businesses around Boston. She was raised in the Edgewood neighborhood of Cranston, and is of Italian descent with some Irish ancestry from her mother's side. Culpo has two  older siblings, Pete and Aurora, and two younger siblings, Gus and Sophia. Culpo attended St. Mary Academy – Bay View and later, Boston University, but did not graduate. She began studying the cello in second grade, and has played in the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, the Bay View Orchestra, and the Rhode Island All-State Orchestra. She attended the Brevard Music Center, in Brevard, North Carolina for two summers, and has performed with the Boston Accompanietta. Career. Pageantry. After winning the 2012 Miss Rhode Island USA competition on the first pageant she entered, she  went on to win the Miss USA pageant on June 3, 2012. On July 6, 2012, the city of Cranston, Rhode Island held a homecoming celebration for Culpo for her pageant win. At an outdoor ceremony held at Cranston City Hall, Mayor Allan Fung presented Culpo with the key to the city. Culpo represented the United States at the 2012 Miss Universe pageant that was held on December 19, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She won the competition, becoming the eighth representative from the United States to win the title and the first since Brook Lee was crowned Miss Universe  1997. Culpo has also become the first Rhode Islander to win the title. She succeeded outgoing titleholder Leila Lopes from Angola. 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 of America. 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. 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. On November 9, 2013, she crowned Gabriela Isler of Venezuela as her successor. In doing so, she became the 3rd Miss Universe from the USA to pass the title off to Venezuela, following Shawn Weatherly in 1981 and Chelsi Smith in 1996 Outside pageantry. Culpo became a social media personality after gaining a significant following  on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, and has partnered and collaborated with several beauty and fashion brands like L'Oréal, Kipling, and Uberliss as an influencer. Culpo was also featured in the "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue," and appeared on the cover of the 2020 issue alongside Jasmine Sanders and Kate Bock. She also appeared in the reality television show "Model Squad" (2018). In addition, Culpo had roles in the films "I Feel Pretty", "Reprisal", "The Other Woman" and was cast as female lead in upcoming "Venus as a Boy". In August 2017, Culpo opened a restaurant with her family in Rhode Island . Personal life. From 2013 to 2015, Culpo dated musician Nick Jonas. She was romantically linked to athlete Tim Tebow until November 2015. Culpo was in an on-again-off-again relationship with football player Danny Amendola from February 2016 to April 2019. Since the summer of 2019, she has been seen dating football player Christian McCaffrey.