In 2012 she was ranked the fifth
sexiest model by MODELS’s and
she ranked #3 on the American
publication of AskMen’s Top 99
Women for 2013. In 2012, she
was listed on Maxim’s HOT 100
list, citing her photo shoots with
Sports Illustrated.
Upton was the cover model
for the 2013 Sports Illustrated
Swimsuit Issue for the second
consecutive year.
Parts of her 2013 Sports Illustrated pictorial were filmed in
Antarctica and she suffered
from failing hearing and eyesight due to the extreme cold.