Olivia Culpo

Olivia Frances Culpo (born May 8, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder. After winning the Miss Rhode Island USA competition, she went on to win Miss USA 2012, and then Miss Universe 2012.

Early life and education
Olivia Frances Culpo was born on May 8, 1992, in Cranston, Rhode Island, to Susan and Peter Culpo. She is the third eldest of five siblings. She grew up in Cranston's Edgewood neighborhood and is of Italian descent with some Irish ancestry on her mother's side.

Culpo graduated from St. Mary Academy – Bay View and attended Boston University but did not graduate. She began studying the cello in second grade and played in the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, the Bay View Orchestra, and the Rhode Island All-State Orchestra. She attended the Brevard Music Center, in Brevard, North Carolina, for two summers, and has performed with the Boston Accompanietta.

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 at the 61st Miss Universe pageant, which was held on December 19, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She won the competition, becoming the eighth representative from the U.S. to win the title and the first since Brook Lee was crowned 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 has 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". After besting Alicia Witt as "Dandelion" and Melissa Joan Hart as "Lamp" in "Masked Singer in Space", she was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Personal life
Culpo married NFL running back Christian McCaffrey on June 29, 2024; the wedding was in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Their relationship began in 2019 and their engagement was announced in April 2023.