Kate Upton is one of the most well-known models in the business, and her steadily rising net worth is a result of that. She started out as a model, but now she also acts, which has helped her become known as more than just a pretty face.
Kate Upton Net Worth
Kate Upton is an American actress and swimsuit model whose net worth is $20 million. Kate Upton was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, but she lived in Florida while she was growing up. Her great-grandfather, Frederick Upton, started the Whirlpool Corporation with another man. Contrary to popular belief, Kate will NOT get billions from the Whirlpool family trust when she dies. In reality, there are a lot of people in the Upton family, and when Frederick died, he gave most of his money to different charities.
Kate is also married to professional baseball player Justin Verlander, who has made more than $260 million in salary alone during his career and will likely have made between $350-400 million in salary and endorsements by the time he retires.
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Early Years
The 10th of June, 1992, is when Katherine Elizabeth Upton was born. She is Shelley and Jeff’s daughter. Both of her parents play sports. Her mom used to be the Texas state tennis champion, and her dad is in charge of sports at a high school. In 1999, she moved to Melbourne, Florida, with her family. She went to school at Holy Trinity Episcopal School. Kate Upton was a competitive horse rider who competed at the national level. She won many championships, including five American Paint Horse Under-13 Championships and one 14-18 Championship.
Career
In 2008, Upton went to Miami to try out for Elite Model Management. The same day, she was signed. She moved to New York City and signed with IMG Models when she got there. She started out by walking the runway for Dooney & Bourke and Garage. Upton was the face of Guess from 2010 to 2011. She was in the body paint part of the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. For the issue, she was named Rookie of the Year.
In April 2011, a video of her doing the “Dougie” at a Los Angeles Clippers game went viral and made her even more famous. The next year, another video of her dancing went viral. This time, it was the Cat Daddy dance. Upton was on an episode of “Tosh.o” and played in the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game in the summer of 2011. She played Mr. Hightower’s mistress in the movie “Tower Heist,” which came out in November 2011.
Upton was on the cover of the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated in 2012. Models.com said she was the fifth sexiest model, and Maxim’s Hot 100 list from 2012 also included her. In 2013, Upton was on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for the second time. The shoot for that issue took place in Antarctica, where it was very cold. The cold made it hard for her to hear and see. Ask Men’s list of the Top 99 Women for 2013 put her at number three.
In November 2012, Upton was on the cover of Vogue Italia. In January 2013, she was on the cover of Vogue UK.
She was on the cover of Vogue in June 2013.
Upton was named Model of the Year at the 10th annual Style Awards at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York in September 2013.
Upton has been in editorials for Vogue (in the U.S., Italy, Spain, Brazil, Germany, and the U.K.), Harper’s Bazaar, V, Mademoiselle, LOVE, Italian, German, and American GQ, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Esquire.
In 2014, Upton was on the back cover for the 50th anniversary of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was in the comedy “The Other Woman,” which aired in April 2014. In 2017, “The Layover,” a sex comedy about a road trip, had Upton and Alexandra Daddario in the lead roles. That same year, Upton was in “The Disaster Artist,” a movie by James Franco.
People chose Upton as its Sexiest Woman in 2014, the first time that title had been given. Also in 2014, “The Other Woman” got her a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie: Chemistry. At the MTV Movie and TV Awards in 2015, she was nominated for the Best Shirtless Performance award for “The Other Woman.”
Personal Life
Early in 2014, Upton began dating Justin Verlander, who played baseball for the Detroit Tigers at the time. In 2016, they said “I do.” In November 2017, they got married in Tuscany, Italy. In November 2018, their daughter was born. They have a dog named Harley who is a Boxer.
Upton has said it’s important to her to believe in God. On the inside of one of her fingers, she has a cross tattooed.
In 2014, Upton’s naked pictures were made public by hackers.
Late in 2019, Upton was teaching a fitness class in New York City when animal rights activists ran into the room and started yelling at her for promoting the company Canada Goose.
Upton announced that she was teaming up with Canada Goose on World Kindness Day in November 2019 to help protect polar bears “I’m happy to work with Canada Goose and PBI to help bring attention to Polar Bears and make sure they have a future. I had the pleasure of going to the new PBI House recently to learn more about polar bears, polar bear research, and what each of us can do to help save polar bears.” The coats made by this brand are made with coyote fur and goose feathers.
Salary
Upton made $7 million in 2014, which put her on the list of the best-paid models in the world. In 2015, she made $3.5 million less than the year before.
Real Estate
In 2016, Upton and Verlander paid $5.25 million for a Hollywood-style home in Beverly Hills. The house, which is 5,706 square feet, was built in 1976. It used to belong to the famous tennis player Pete Sampras, who bought it from the musician Kenny G. It was also once owned by actress Kate Jackson, producer Jon Peters, and TV producer and director William Asher. The 1.5-acre property has a pool and spa, a tennis court, multiple outdoor lounge areas, a maid’s room, and a bonus room with its own entrance.
Timothée Chalamet bought Justin and Kate’s mansion in Beverly Hills for $11 million in October 2022.
Justin and Kate bought a house in Jupiter, Florida, for $6.5 million in August 2021. They also own a large piece of undeveloped land in the same town, where they plan to build a home from scratch.
Summary
Kate Upton has taken over the modeling world and made a lot of money in the process. Between acting and modeling, we think that her money will continue to grow in the years to come.
Since Upton’s net worth is growing so quickly, check back often for new information.
Kate Upton’s net worth is thought to be $20 million as of December 2022.
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