Kate Upton Is a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Triple Threat

For her third marquee appearance, model gets three covers

Tuesday was a big day for the Kate Upton household. While fiance Justin Verlander logged his first day of spring training in Florida for the Detroit Tigers, the model joined Jimmy Kimmel in Los Angeles to reveal her Sports Illustrated 2017 Swimsuit Edition covers. There are three of them.

Swimsuit Edition editor MJ Day tells sister publication Time that it has not been as easy, for Upton, as it looks:

“She was a kid when she landed that first cover in 2012, and she was publicly eviscerated by many people for not having a typical body type or a typical look, and she took it in great strides.

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