Speaking of the “great elaborate proposal” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em> <\/a>in November 2017, Kate said her thoughts were running wild when it was happening. “He gets down on one knee and he pops open the ring box, and in my mind, I was like, ‘Don’t look at the ring. He’s gonna think you’re materialistic. Just look in his eyes. Listen to what he’s saying. Listen. You’re not listening, Kate!’ This is my internal dialogue,” she recalled. “And then, finally, I was like, ‘He stopped talking. Just say yes!’ And I said yes and he stands up and he was like, ‘Do you not like the ring? You didn’t look at it once.'”<\/p>\n Kate and Justin walked down the aisle in 2017. Read on to learn more about Kate and Justin, and their sweet marriage.<\/p>\n As mentioned above, Justin is an MLB player who currently pitches for the Houston Astros. He was born in Manakin Sabot, Va. on Feb. 20, 1983 and played ball at Old Dominion University. After graduating, he joined the roster of the Detroit Tigers in 2005. He stayed with them until transferring to the Astros in 2017.<\/p>\n Justin’s interviews and social media<\/a> pages revolve around baseball, but he does occasionally post about his wife and lets her know how special she is. For instance, on their fourth anniversary in November 2021, he shared a photo of him and Kate smiling at each other. “These past 4 years have been the best thanks to you\u2026 I\u2019m so lucky to call you my wife,” he captioned the adorable image<\/a>. “Happy anniversary @kateupton! I love you!”<\/p>\n Justin announced his upcoming retirement from Major League Baseball in 2026.<\/p>\n Kate is a model and actress who has been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated<\/em> three times. She was born on June 10, 1992 in Michigan, but grew up in Florida. She first started working with Sports illustrated<\/em> in 2011 and earned a Rookie of the Year award, according to her SI<\/em> profile<\/a>. The following year, she landed her first cover at just 19 years old. \u201cThis means so much for me personally. This has always been my dream,” she told People<\/em> <\/a>at the time. By then, she had already modeled for Victoria’s Secret and Guess. Kate appeared on the cover of SI<\/em> again in 2014 and for the third time in 2017. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 2017 cover advocated for body diversity and inclusion \u2014 something Kate had been passionate about for years. \u201cFor SI to emphasize every different type of perfect is really inspiring. Those are the campaigns I want to do and the career I want to have \u2014 to inspire women to love themselves,” gushed to Sports Illustrated<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n She also spoke about how her own mindset regarding outer beauty and fitness evolved since her first SI<\/em> cover. “This year, I had a completely different mindset about my body and instead of always trying to fit in a certain sample size, I wanted to be strong and healthy,\u201d she explained. \u201cChanging my workout and focusing on weight training helped me do that. It helped me think about my body as a machine and less of something people can judge me on. ”<\/p>\n Kate has always been honest about loving her curves and said she would much rather have them than have the stereotypical model body type. “When I first started modeling, I was a normal catalog model,” she remembered to Elle UK<\/em><\/a> in 2014. “Then, I became a woman, and I was really excited about becoming a woman. Because I\u2019m from Florida, it\u2019s all about being in bathing suits. It\u2019s a different view of beauty there. You are ugly if you don\u2019t have a curvy body. And I didn\u2019t have one, and then I got one, and thought, ‘Yessss!'”<\/p>\n Kate was an engaged woman as she was shooting her 2017 SI<\/em> cover. She and Justin planned their nuptials for Nov. 4, 2017 in Tuscany, Italy at the Rosewood Castiglion Del Bosco resort, and all was going smoothly \u2014 until Justin was traded to the Astros mid-season. Justin and Kate debated the move heavily, but ultimately, they decided it was better for Justin’s career to be on a team with a chance of getting into the World Series. Well, not only did Houston make it to the World Series; they won it, making it the first win in franchise history. So why is this a double-edged sword? The World Series took place when Justin and Kate had a pre-wedding event planned!<\/p>\n “We had an event that night and everyone’s texting us, like, ‘Your wedding’s so pretty. Wish you were here,'” Kate said as she sat next to her husband on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em> two weeks after they tied the knot. Luckily, they made it to Italy, and they were able to join their friends and family who had already been there waiting for them to arrive.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a very special moment. It was pretty storybook,” Justin recalled to People<\/em> <\/a>in March 2018. “The moment the gates opened and I saw her walking down the aisle, I lost it. She looked so beautiful, and I had been looking forward to that day for a long time. All the emotions came to me, and it was everything I had imagined it would be and more.\u201d<\/p>\n He also recalled seeing her in her sexy sheer gown she changed into later on in the evening. \u201cI knew she was doing a change, but didn\u2019t know what it was,\u201d he told Us Weekly<\/em><\/a> in March 2018. \u201cThe second I saw her in that, I was like, \u2018OK, time to go. Let\u2019s get out of here. Wedding over!\u201d<\/p>\nWho Is Kate Upton\u2019s Husband?<\/h2>\n
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