Olivia Culpo (born May 8, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder
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She won the Miss USA 2012 and Miss Universe 2012 pageant
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In Both Pageants She represented her home state of Rhode Island
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She previously won the 2012 Miss Rhode Island USA competition, which was the first pageant she entered
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She was crowned Miss Universe 2012 in Las Vegas
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She is the first winner from the USA to obtain the crown since Brook Lee in 1997
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Culpo was brought up in Edgewood (Cranston), Rhode Island
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She is the daughter of Susan (ne Curran) and Peter Culpo
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She is the middle child of five
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Her father is of Italian descent and her mother is of Irish and Italian ancestry
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In high school she participated in two foreign language trips to Milano, Italy
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Culpo began studying cello in the second grade
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Both of her parents began their professional career as musicians
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Culpo also studied voice
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She participated in the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, RI Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, Bay View Orchestra, Rhode Island All-State Orchestra, and Boston Youth Symphony, playing the cello
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Culpo graduated from St. Mary Academy Bay View in 2010 with high honors and as a member of the National Honor Society
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As a cellist, Culpo played in Boston Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, and in England
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She attended the Brevard Music Center, in North Carolina two summers
