Kate Upton, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover model, arrives at the "Late Show with David Letterman" for an appearance.

Kate Upton, the cover girl on this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, first attracted notice after a video of her doing the “Dougie dance” went viral on YouTube. But the buxom blond model, 19, has a claim to fame that has nothing to do with

Kate Upton, is 19 and resembles a 1950s pinup. She has arrived on the scene as a largely self-created Internet phenomenon — unlike the many little-known beauties now on view at New York Fashion Week, women seldom identified by more than one name,

She's a Florida girl who's comfortable in a bikini, and now 19-year-old model Kate Upton is on the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. She wears a tiny red-and-brown, sparkle-covered string bikini with a view of the waters of Australia

She's a Florida girl who's comfortable in a bikini, and now 19-year-old model Kate Upton is on the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. She wears a tiny red-and-brown, sparkle-covered string bikini with a view of the waters of Australia