KATE UPTON THE HOTTEST OF 2018 MAXIM

For instance, when traveling to Israel for the first time for Maxim’s Hot 100 cover shoot, Upton was reminded of her first international modeling gig in Peru. “I was so excited,” she says of both experiences. “It was one of my bucket-list trips. Israel is such a new country, but obviously with such old, rooted history. I went to Jerusalem and to the Dead Sea and floated around; my mom came with me.”