Kate Upton: V Magazine Vixen

Photographer Sebastian Faena sang Kate’s praises after the gig, noting that she definitely has a flair for the dramatic.

“Kate was an actress during this shoot. A good one, very sensitive and played the part of a confused, kept housewife with irony. She has star quality. She is like nobody else today.”

Meanwhile, British Vogue honcho Alexandra Shulman also complimented Upton on her mass appeal- “It's very rare for a girl; to move from one area of the business to the other, largely due to the fact that fashion models are almost without curves, whereas swimwear girls are celebrated for them. When I decided to shoot Kate for our first cover of 2013, it was to kick off the year with a young women who is not a stereotypical fashion model - although, let's face it, she's hardly a heffalump!”