Kate Bock

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Kate Bock
Kate Bock at SI Swim City 2016.jpg
Bock in 2016
Born
Kate Lynne Bock

(1988-01-30) 30 January 1988 (age 36)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupations
  • Model
  • entrepreneur
Spouse
(m. 2022)
Children1
Modelling information
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Hair colourBlonde [2]
Eye colourBlue [3]
Agency
Website www.katebock.com

Kate Lynne Bock [5] (born 30 January 1988) [6] [7] [8] is a Canadian model. She is known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue since 2013. [9] In 2020, she appeared on the cover, alongside Olivia Culpo and Jasmine Sanders. [10]

Contents

Early life

Bock was born in Vancouver. [2] [11] She studied at a French immersion school in Canada and speaks fluent French. [5] [12] Growing up in Canada, she was into sports, including swimming, soccer, baseball and field hockey. [13] Bock is Jewish. [14]

Career

Bock was discovered aged 12 at a local swimming pool in Vancouver. She subsequently signed a modeling contract and traveled to Santa Barbara to shoot for Abercrombie Kids. [12] At age 18, she moved to Paris. [12]

Bock appeared in numerous magazines such as Germany's Vogue , Hungary's Glamour and Italy's Elle. [15] She has been featured in magazine covers of the US' Ocean Drive and Fitness , Australia's Grazia , [16] UK's Glow, Canada's Elle [4] and Maxim. [17] [17]

She has been featured in advertisements by a number of major brands including Victoria's Secret, Guess, Brooks Brothers, L'Oréal, Kérastase, Banana Republic [18] and Ralph Lauren. [12] In 2011, Bock appeared as a character parodying Elvira Hancock in the music video for the song "Jack Sparrow" by comedy troupe The Lonely Island. [19]

In December 2021, Bock launched a swimwear capsule collection with Australian brand Bond-Eye, which included five styles. [20] [21] She has also designed a jewelry line called Cattura. [21]

In 2021, she started working as a chief brand officer for hard sparkling water brand Pompette and a creative consultant for the shopping application Verishop. [22]

Personal life

Bock had been dating professional basketball player Kevin Love for "nearly five years" in 2020, [23] [24] before her engagement with him on 31 January 2021. [25] They got married in late June 2022 at the New York Public Library inspired by The Great Gatsby . [26] [27] In June 2023, Bock gave birth to the couple's first child, during the 2023 NBA Finals. [28]

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