Kate Lynne Love[5] (née Bock; 30 January 1988)[6][7][8][9] is a Canadian model. She is known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue since 2013.[10] In 2020, she appeared on the cover, alongside Olivia Culpo and Jasmine Sanders.[11]
Bock was born in Vancouver.[2][12] She studied at a French immersion school in Canada and speaks fluent French.[6][13] Growing up in Canada, she was into sports, including swimming, soccer, baseball and field hockey.[14] Bock is Jewish.[15]
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.[13] At age 18, she moved to Paris.[13]
Bock appeared in numerous magazines such as Germany's Vogue, Hungary's Glamour and Italy's Elle.[16] She has been featured in magazine covers of the US' Ocean Drive and Fitness, Australia's Grazia,[17] UK's Glow, Canada's Elle[4] and Maxim.[18][18]
She has been featured in advertisements by a number of major brands including Victoria's Secret, Guess, Brooks Brothers, L'Oréal, Kérastase, Banana Republic[19] and Ralph Lauren.[13] 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.[20]
In December 2021, Bock launched a swimwear capsule collection with Australian brand Bond-Eye, which included five styles.[21][22] She has also designed a jewelry line called Cattura.[22]
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.[23]
Bock had been dating professional basketball player Kevin Love for "nearly five years" in 2020,[24][25] before her engagement with him on 31 January 2021.[26] They got married in late June 2022 at the New York Public Library, with the wedding theme inspired by The Great Gatsby.[27][28] In June 2023, Bock gave birth to the couple's first child, during the 2023 NBA Finals.[29]
This is the first time the twenty-six-year-old Bock has done a shoot wearing menswear.
Bock, 35, later shared the photo on her Instagram Story, writing, "Mine."
Swim Daily's resident Canadian Kate Bock turns 22 [recte 27] today, and we're celebrating with a gallery of 15 never-before-seen outtakes from her 2014 shoot in Switzerland.
