DESERT ROSE

Since its inception in 2000, the Hot 100 has celebrated a bevy of powerful women, from models-of-the-moment like Stella Maxwell to pop singers such as Taylor Swift and last year’s No. 1, modeling powerhouse Hailey Baldwin. But perhaps no one has exuded Americana like this year’s winner, supermodel Kate Upton. Like her doppelgänger Marilyn Monroe, the 26-year-old is a in a very measured, soft voice, “You know, I work really hard on myself: on feeling good, working out, being strong. Being number one on the Hot 100 is a little reward for all of the hard work.”