Kimberly Kardashian West (born as Kimberly Noel Kardashian) is a famous American reality Tv personality, socialite, model, businesswoman and actress who rose to international acclaim after she started starring in her family’s reality show ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ that has been airing on the E! network since 2007. Kardashian gained notice as Paris Hilton’s stylist and friend and became the subject of media attention in 2007, after a s*x-tape featuring her with her then boyfriend, singer Ray J was leaked online.
Kardashian has since, been the highest paid reality television star in the world, an earning more than $53 million annually. She enjoys a huge fan following on social media sites and has millions of Twitter and Instagram followers. Kardashian has released several products, including the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood mobile game. She featured in Time magazine’s list of ‘100 most influential people’ in 2015 and has been described as a “pop culture phenomenon” by Vogue Magazine.
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Early Life and Education
Kardashian was born on 21 October 1980 in Los Angeles, California as the second of the four children born to attorney Robert Kardashian, and TV personality Kris Jenner (née Houghton). Kardashian’s siblings include elder sister Kourtney, younger siblings Khloe and Robert Jr. She also has two half-siblings, sisters Kendall and Kylie from her mother’s second marriage to Olympian Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner.
Kim Kardashian – Ethnicity
Kardashian has Armenian ancestry from her father’s side of the family and Scottish, English, Irish and Dutch ancestry from her mother’s.
Education
Kardashian attended the all-girls Roman Catholic Marymount High School. She is the god-daughter of football player O.J. Simpson, who her father represented during his murder trial in 1994. Kardashian lost her father to cancer in 2003. She came into the spotlight as the stylist of socialite and heiress Paris Hilton.
Kim Kardashian – Young Pictures
Career Rise
Kardashian rose to international fame in October 2007 when her family reality show ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ started airing on the E! network. The show, documenting the day-to-day lives of the Kardashian-Jenner sisters, became one of the most successful reality shows of the network and resulted in the creation of several spin-offs which included ‘Kim Kardashian: A Fairy Tale Wedding’, among others. Kardashian also started receiving acting roles and made her debut as Lisa in the 2008 spoof film ‘Disaster Movie’. She also participated in ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and appeared in guest roles in shows like ‘Benefits’ and ‘How I Met Your Mother’.
In 2009, Kardashian released the work-out DVD ‘Fit in Your Jeans by Friday’, guest hosted ‘WrestleMania XXIV’, and appeared as a guest judge on ‘America’s Next Top Model’. She also released the ‘Kim Kardashian’ fragrance and appeared in acting roles on ‘CSI: NY’, ‘90210’, ‘Deep in the Valley’. Furthermore, Kardashian, along with her sisters, took their apparel brand D-A-S-H to international locations. She released the fragrances ‘Gold’ and ‘Kim Kardashian Love’ in 2011. Her other acting roles include the film ‘Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counsellor’ the TV shows ‘Drop Dead Diva’, ‘Last Man Standing’, ’30 Rock’, ‘2 Broke Girls’ and the music videos “Thnks fr th Mmrs”, “Jam (Turn It Up)”, “Bound 2”, “M.I.L.F. $” and “Wolves”.
Kim Kardashian – House
The voluptuous, petite 1.59 tall fashion-icon along with her husband Kanye West moved into their house at Hidden Hills in California in 2017, even though they had bought the property in 2014 for $20 million. They had sold their Bel-Air property for $17.8 million, in a bid to move to their new home. The new property has 8 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a huge gym, a basketball court, two-storied playrooms, a full-sized movie theatre, a pool, a movie theatre with Dolby Surround Sound, a spa and a massage room.
Personal Life
Kardashian has been married thrice. She eloped and got married to music producer Damon Thomas in 2000, when she was 19 years old. The couple divorced in 2003, with Kardashian citing physical and emotional abuse. Kardashian married NBA Kris Humphries in August 2011. Their wedding nuptials were aired on their family’s reality show, although the couple announced their separation after 72 days of marriage. Humphries sued Kardashian for allegedly marrying him to make money. The couple ended their marriage after an ugly divorce in 2013.
with Damon Thomas
with Kris Humphries
with Kanye West
Kardashian began dating rapper Kanye West after separating from Humphries in April 2012 and married him in Florence, Italy in May 2014.
Kim Kardashian – Children
North West
Saint West
Chicago West
Kardashian gave birth to her first daughter, North West, on June 15, 2013. On December 5, 2015, she gave birth to her son Saint West. The third child was born through surrogacy on January 15, 2018. Four days later, the little one was named Chicago West.All three children were borne to Kim through Kanye.
Kim Kardashian – Net Worth
Kardashian has an estimated net worth of approximately $175 Million.
