CULPO
Olivia

• 1. Career
• 1.1. Pageantry
• 1.2. Outside pageantry

Olivia Frances Culpo is an American model, actress, and media personality. Culpo has won Miss Rhode Island USA, Miss USA 2012, and Miss Universe 2012.

Career

Pageantry

After winning the 2012 Miss Rhode Island USA competition, the first pageant she entered, she went on to win the Miss USA pageant on June 3, 2012.

On July 6, 2012, the city of Cranston held a homecoming celebration for Culpo for her pageant win. At an outdoor ceremony at Cranston City Hall, Mayor Allan Fung presented Culpo with the key to the city.

Culpo represented the United States and won Miss Universe 2012, held on December 19, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is the eighth representative from the U.S. to win the title and the first since Brook Lee who won Miss Universe 1997. Culpo became the first Rhode Islander to win the title. She succeeded outgoing titleholder Leila Lopes from Angola.

In January 2013, Culpo visited Indonesia for three weeks and helped crown the winner of Puteri Indonesia 2013 on February 1 in Jakarta. She also visited Yogyakarta, Surabaya, and Bali. In Jakarta, Culpo hosted a discussion with young Indonesians for the United Nations Population Fund on HIV and youth prevention at the U.S. Embassy's cultural center of America.

On August 25, 2013, Cranston's city council approved a resolution adding Culpo's name to Albert Avenue, which runs between Broad Street and Narragansett Boulevard in Edgewood.

On September 10, 2013, Culpo participated in the Sherri Hill fashion show held at Trump Tower in New York City.

On November 9, 2013, she crowned Gabriela Isler of Venezuela as her successor. In doing so, she became the third Miss Universe from the U.S. to pass the title to Venezuela, after Shawn Weatherly in 1981 and Chelsi Smith in 1996.

In January 2023 and November 2023, Culpo co-hosted the Miss Universe 2022 and Miss Universe 2023 pageants.

Outside pageantry

Culpo became a social media personality after gaining a significant following on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. She partnered and collaborated with several beauty and fashion brands, including L'Oréal, Kipling, and Uberliss, as an influencer. Culpo was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, appearing on the cover of the 2020 issue alongside Jasmine Sanders and Kate Bock. In 2018 she appeared on the reality television show Model Squad. Culpo had roles in the films The Other Woman, I Feel Pretty, Reprisal, and Venus as a Boy.

In August 2017, Culpo opened a restaurant with her family in Rhode Island.

In 2023, Culpo competed in season nine of The Masked Singer as "UFO", and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.