Samantha Sepulveda is a

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police officer who gained fame when the ''

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'' reported that she is also an Internet

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Early life

Sepulveda was born in the

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. At age five, she moved to the United States with her mother and older sister . In 2003, during her senior year of high school, she earned a sports scholarship to attend the

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and New York state's Schloss Award for girls'

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. Sepulveda earned a bachelor's degree in management from the

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while playing on the school's

team. She was the seventh-highest goal scorer in the team's history. Sepulveda told the ''

'' that, after earning her MBA, she decided to work in law enforcement, not finance, because she thought she would be better able to help people in law enforcement.

Career

In mid-2013, a friend invited Sepulveda to model in a runway fashion show for their lingerie company. Sepulveda accepted, and began modeling lingerie and swimwear in her time off. In 2013, Sepulveda appeared in a video intended to introduce, and secure funding, for a reality TV show called ''America's Next Great Trainer''. In 2014, ''

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'' magazine chose Sepulveda as one of the women in a photo profile entitled "America's hot girls of the gym". The magazine ''Inside Fitness'' profiled her in October 2015. By February 2017, Sepulveda had 110,000 followers on

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. On January 22, 2017, the ''

'' published an article identifying her as being a full-time model. Sepulveda later said that she had been working as a model for three years, and that her police colleagues were aware of, and supportive of her modeling. Amid the media generated by the article, Sepulveda has had multiple interviews, but has refused to name her police department to avoid any negative association that might be made between her two careers. The publicity led her Instagram followers to double, an interview on the

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New York affiliate, and a pictorial feature in ''

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''.

Volunteering

In 2019 Sepulveda played a role in a ''"Dream Prom Boutique"'', which provided free beautiful outfits for students at the high school from which she graduated. The ''

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'' reporting showed Sepulveda helping students pick out outfits. Sepulveda also volunteers for a local program that helps provide meals for lonely senior citizens. Sepulveda has volunteered her financial management skills to a sustainable energy project in

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. Sepulveda gives talks to high school students, encouraging them to go on to college or university.

References

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