Olivia Frances Culpo (born May 8, 1992) is an American model, fashion influencer, social media personality, and actress. After winning the

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competition, she went on to be crowned

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, and then

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in 2012.

Early life and education

Olivia Frances Culpo was born in

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, to parents Susan and Peter Culpo. She is the middle child of five siblings. Her restaurateur father co-owns businesses around

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. 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,

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, 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

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for two summers, and has performed with the Boston Accompanietta.

Career

Pageantry

After winning the 2012

competition on the first pageant she entered, she went on to win the

pageant on June 3, 2012. On July 6, 2012, the city of

held a homecoming celebration for Culpo for her pageant win. At an outdoor ceremony held at Cranston City Hall, Mayor

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presented Culpo with the key to the city. Culpo represented the United States at the 61st 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

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from

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. In January 2013, Culpo visited

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for three weeks and helped crown the winner of

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on February 1 in

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. She also visited

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, and

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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

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. Culpo was in

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from September 27 until October 6. On November 9, 2013, she crowned

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as her successor. In doing so, she became the 3rd Miss Universe from the USA to pass the title off to Venezuela, after

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in 1981 and Chelsi Smith in 1996

Outside pageantry

Culpo became a

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after gaining a significant following on

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and

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, and has partnered and collaborated with several beauty and fashion brands like

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, Kipling, and Uberliss as an influencer. Culpo was also featured in the ''

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,'' and appeared on the cover of the 2020 issue alongside

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and Kate Bock. She also appeared in the

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show ''

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'' (2018). In addition, Culpo had roles in the films '' The Other Woman'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and was cast as female lead in '' 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 dating football player Christian McCaffrey.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

External links

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