Olivia Culpo became 2019 Maxim Hot 100 cover model for the July/August issue of the magazine.

“It’s honestly something that I’ve always dreamed of since I was so little. It’s really humbling,” she says of joining the ranks of past winners like Kate Upton, Hailey Baldwin, and Stella Maxwell.

Olivia mentions that despire her perfect looking social media profiles there are dark sides to it. “It’s difficult when you have to just smile and pretend it’s okay when maybe you’re personally going through a lot,” she says when asked what the most challenging facet of her career has been.

In the interview Culpo shares that her family wasn’t supportive of her participating in Miss Universe Competition.

“They didn’t even want to come the day that I won Miss Rhode Island. My dad was listening to the baseball game the whole time,” she says.