Olivia Culpo

About

Olivia Frances Culpo (born May 8, 1992) is an American model, actress, and media personality. Culpo has won Miss Rhode Island USA, Miss USA 2012, and 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.

== 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…