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Before her relationship with Nick Jonas, Culpo was linked to Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte in 2012. Lochte even opened up about his feelings for the beauty queen, revealing that he found her to be a joy to spend time with. “She is beautiful. I love hanging out with her. She has a great sense of humor, she makes me laugh, she’s just a good girl to hang out with,” the swimmer told E! News at the time. “She was telling me yesterday that she had never done a pageant until like a year ago, and now she’s Miss USA. She’s got something,” Lochte added. It was never confirmed if they were dating — though they were very close at one point.
Shortly after her split with Jonas in 2015, Culpo was linked to another athlete in football player Tim Tebow. The NFL quarterback was known for his strong religious beliefs, and even proclaimed a vow of celibacy until marriage during a 2009 press conference, per PopSugar. Culpo and Tebow only dated for a few months before calling it quits, and Us Weekly reported that the athlete’s stance on virginity had something to do with the couple’s split.
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Despite not being able to make it work with Lochte or Jonas, Culpo kept her heart open and eventually fell in love again, this time with a fan-favorite NFL star.
