Click on the photo for some pre-fame Kate Upton

What about before the fame and fortune? Did you know she’d won a ton of world-class horse riding championships? Or that she has three brothers and sisters? Well, even though her pro career only started in 2008, COED Magazine took a look back at her portfolio before she blew up.

The Throwdown

The five weirdest scientific reasons we have sex – [Cracked]

The winningest active players in four major sports – [Unathletic]

9 useless things that movie prequels taught us – [Maxim]

When you need celebrity cleavage go here – [Taxidrivermovie] (NSFW ads)

The place to go when you’re in a geeky mood – [Majorgeeks]

Anything involving Kate Upton gets a nod from us – [Moejackson]

Twenty five things that will give you hepatitis – [Holytaco]

Five of the best menage a trois’ of all time – [The Smoking Jacket]

Seven of the worst marriage proposal fails ever – [Guyism]

Julie Henderson is a new model you should know – [Don Chavez]

Playing games with your favorite shows – [Gunaxin]

Supermodels who aren’t wearing any make up – [Izismile]

Ten pretty funny political pick up lines – [Collegehumor]

20 of the sexiest photos of Michelle Vawer – [Heavy]

Twenty five of the best trash to treasure sports stories – [Bleacherreport]

It’s time you had yourself a house party – [FHM]

A woman with great abs is a magical thing – [The Chive]