Olivia Culpo shares Hepburn's European heritage and dark brown hair and shortly they're going to share one thing else. Olivia Culpo said once winning her crown Sunday night that she plans to travel to Tiffany & Co. in big apple and recreate Hepburn's iconic gap scene from "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Olivia Culpo, a Boston University sophomore, can take a year removed from her studies to tackle her duties as Miss USA and represent the state within the 61st Miss Universe contest in December. The 20-year-old said she needed she might have shared her crown along with her fifty competitors throughout the pageant at the world Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Olivia Culpo strutted across the stage in a very lilac bikini, then donned a flowing fuchsia robe with sparkly trim round her waist and décolletage. once creating it to the ultimate 5, Olivia Culpo voiced her support for transgender beauty queens throughout the make-or-break interview spherical.
Olivia Culpo simply completed her sophomore year at Boston University, and people who grasp her say she didn’t slack on her studies whilst she was making ready to strut across a stage – on national TV - in a very lilac bikini and a fuchsia evening robe with a glittery belt.
“She has this terribly wonderful manner concerning her that’s terribly calming,” says Louis Mayhew, Olivia Culpo’s tutorial advisor at BU. “Think concerning the strain level simply being a university student will cause, and then suppose what she’s been doing.”
Our tries to succeed in Olivia Culpo Monday were initially unsuccessful as a result of the Miss USA crown comes with a fastidiously orchestrated PR offensive that begins Tuesday with an look on “LIVE! with Kelly.” however persistence paid off, and Olivia Culpo eventually spoke to us on the phone for 3 minutes once arriving in big apple from Las Vegas. (The pageant was held at the world Hollywood casino on the Vegas Strip.)
“I was simply in shock,” she said, explaining her reaction. “All fifty one of these girls were lovely on the within and outdoors.”
A graduate of St. Mary Academy Bay read, an all-girls Catholic faculty in Riverside, R.I., Olivia Culpo told us she was short and chubby as a young person – “a bit of an ungainly stage” - however that has clearly modified. Her father, Peter, is an element of the Wilcox Hospitality cluster, whose business interests in Boston embody the Parish Café, The Lower Depths, and Brian Poe’s soon-to-open Tip faucet space. (We’re told Miss USA used to figure at the Parish Café, and her sister, Aurora, and cousin, Josh, still do.)
Olivia Culpo inherited her love of music from her oldsters, and commenced enjoying the cello within the second grade.
“You know, after I thought of it, I thought, ‘Of course she will win,’” says Mayhew, who nonetheless admitted that he watched the Celtics/Heat playoff game rather than the pageant Sunday. “ encompasses a ton abilities, as well as the cello. She’s simply a awfully bright young girl.”
In addition to the swimsuit and evening robe competition, the pageant includes an interview question. however the question for Olivia Culpo was uncommon - ‘‘Would you're feeling it might be honest for a transgender girl to win the Miss USA title over a natural-born woman?’’- and her response could have helped her win.
‘‘I do suppose that that might be honest, however I will perceive that folks would be somewhat apprehensive to require that road as a result of there's a practice of natural-born girls,” she said. “But nowadays where there are such a big amount of surgeries and such a big amount of individuals out there who have a necessity to vary for a happier life, I do settle for that as a result of i feel it’s a free country.’’
Asked Monday concerning the question – and her answer – Olivia Culpo said it absolutely was no huge deal.
“I thought it absolutely was very a simple question as a result of it’s common information that this is often a free country,” she said. “Everyone has the liberty to decide on during this country.”
The demands of being Miss USA, and therefore the time required to arrange for the Miss Universe pageant, would require Olivia Culpo to require a year removed from faculty. There’s a lot of traveling and she’ll even be representing Susan G. Komen for the Cure. however wouldn’t she wish to walk round the BU campus sporting her new crown?
“Probably not,” she said, laughing. “I suppose individuals would get sick of that.”
Olivia Culpo strutted across the stage in a very lilac bikini, then donned a flowing fuchsia robe with sparkly trim round her waist and décolletage. once creating it to the ultimate 5, Olivia Culpo voiced her support for transgender beauty queens throughout the make-or-break interview spherical.
Olivia Culpo simply completed her sophomore year at Boston University, and people who grasp her say she didn’t slack on her studies whilst she was making ready to strut across a stage – on national TV - in a very lilac bikini and a fuchsia evening robe with a glittery belt.
“She has this terribly wonderful manner concerning her that’s terribly calming,” says Louis Mayhew, Olivia Culpo’s tutorial advisor at BU. “Think concerning the strain level simply being a university student will cause, and then suppose what she’s been doing.”
Our tries to succeed in Olivia Culpo Monday were initially unsuccessful as a result of the Miss USA crown comes with a fastidiously orchestrated PR offensive that begins Tuesday with an look on “LIVE! with Kelly.” however persistence paid off, and Olivia Culpo eventually spoke to us on the phone for 3 minutes once arriving in big apple from Las Vegas. (The pageant was held at the world Hollywood casino on the Vegas Strip.)
“I was simply in shock,” she said, explaining her reaction. “All fifty one of these girls were lovely on the within and outdoors.”
A graduate of St. Mary Academy Bay read, an all-girls Catholic faculty in Riverside, R.I., Olivia Culpo told us she was short and chubby as a young person – “a bit of an ungainly stage” - however that has clearly modified. Her father, Peter, is an element of the Wilcox Hospitality cluster, whose business interests in Boston embody the Parish Café, The Lower Depths, and Brian Poe’s soon-to-open Tip faucet space. (We’re told Miss USA used to figure at the Parish Café, and her sister, Aurora, and cousin, Josh, still do.)
Olivia Culpo inherited her love of music from her oldsters, and commenced enjoying the cello within the second grade.
“You know, after I thought of it, I thought, ‘Of course she will win,’” says Mayhew, who nonetheless admitted that he watched the Celtics/Heat playoff game rather than the pageant Sunday. “ encompasses a ton abilities, as well as the cello. She’s simply a awfully bright young girl.”
In addition to the swimsuit and evening robe competition, the pageant includes an interview question. however the question for Olivia Culpo was uncommon - ‘‘Would you're feeling it might be honest for a transgender girl to win the Miss USA title over a natural-born woman?’’- and her response could have helped her win.
‘‘I do suppose that that might be honest, however I will perceive that folks would be somewhat apprehensive to require that road as a result of there's a practice of natural-born girls,” she said. “But nowadays where there are such a big amount of surgeries and such a big amount of individuals out there who have a necessity to vary for a happier life, I do settle for that as a result of i feel it’s a free country.’’
Asked Monday concerning the question – and her answer – Olivia Culpo said it absolutely was no huge deal.
“I thought it absolutely was very a simple question as a result of it’s common information that this is often a free country,” she said. “Everyone has the liberty to decide on during this country.”
The demands of being Miss USA, and therefore the time required to arrange for the Miss Universe pageant, would require Olivia Culpo to require a year removed from faculty. There’s a lot of traveling and she’ll even be representing Susan G. Komen for the Cure. however wouldn’t she wish to walk round the BU campus sporting her new crown?
“Probably not,” she said, laughing. “I suppose individuals would get sick of that.”
