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    Kate Upton Covers Elle Magazine, Discusses Religious Persecution

    Because fashion magazines really can be deep and meaningful like that. Also: glamorous Kate Upton photos!

    Alex Rees
    by Alex Rees

    BuzzFeed Staff

    "Hello Sexy!" indeed. Bonus points for the "curveball" cover line pun, there.

    Carter Smith / Via elle.com

    The good 'ol "hand gently caressing my own hair" pose is becoming Kate's signature.

    Carter Smith / Via elle.com

    Oh wait no, that's still her curves. But it's at least becoming her signature pose.

    I was at a photo shoot and I was wearing a cross necklace that my mom bought me, and somebody made a joke like, 'Why are you wearing a cross? Like you would be religious.' And then they took [my necklace] away. I was really affected by that. The whole thing made me realize that I do want [a cross] with me, at all times.

    Don't call her a dumb blonde either. Because there's a book in this photo.

    Carter Smith / Via elle.com

    Ok no, not because of the book. Kate explains to Elle thusly, "people deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb you're not even going to know."

    And here's another photo from the shoot just because.

    Carter Smith / Via elle.com

    The accompanying "behind the scenes" video is also lovely. There's the requisite sultry Upton.

    Sultry Upton in a pine-walled bathroom.

    Twice the Upton! Walking up some stairs...sultrily.

    And four times the Upton!

    And thus four times the sultry.

    It's almost too much to handle.