Olivia Culpo

Olivia Frances Culpo (born May 8, 1992) is an American model, actress and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 2012 pageant, representing her home country of United States. She previously won the Miss Rhode Island USA competition, which was the first pageant she entered. She went on to be crowned Miss USA, then Miss Universe. She is the first winner from the United States to be named Miss Universe since Brook Lee in 1997.\n', '

Culpo was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, one of five children of Peter and Susan Culpo. She has two older siblings, Pete and Aurora, and two younger, Gus and Sophie. Their restaurateur father co-owns Boston businesses including Parish Café and The Lower Depths Tap Room. She was raised in the Edgewood neighborhood of Cranston, Rhode Island, she is of Italian descent with some Irish ancestry from her mother\'s side.\n', '

Culpo attended St. Mary Academy – Bay V…