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Kate Upton will be honored as the 2013 Model of the Year at the 10th Annual Style Awards in New York City Wednesday night.

The high profile event kicks off New York Fashion Week and will be hosted by Nicole Richie, who spent two seasons mentoring young designers on the NBC series ‘Design Star.’

The 21-year-old two time Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl has branched out into acting. She is currently filmed a comedy, ‘The Other Woman,’ in Manhattan with Cameron Diaz.

To hear her tell it, appearing on the cover of SI had its downside. Kate admits, “I felt terrible about myself for a solid month” after the first cover. She explained, “Every single guy I met was about to be married, and I felt like they wanted me to be their bachelor present or something.”

The second magazine shoot took place in Antarctica, where the extreme cold adversely affected her hearing and eyesight.

Upton’s status on social media skyrocketed after she appears on the first cover. Her Twitter following jumped from 170,000 to 1,098,000, signaling a decidedly healthy boost in the model’s popularity.

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