Kimberly Noel Kardashian (formerly West; born October 21, 1980) is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after the sex tape Kim Kardashian, Superstar, shot in 2003 with her then-boyfriend Ray J, was released in 2007.[1] Later that year, she and her family began to appear in the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021). Its success led to the formation of the spin-off series Kourtney and Kim Take New York (2011–2012), Kourtney and Kim Take Miami (2009–2013), and Hulu's The Kardashians (2022).
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| Born | Kimberly Noel Kardashian
October 21, 1980 (age 42)
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| Other names | Kim Kardashian West
Heghine / ??????[a] |
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| Occupation | - media personality
- Socialite
- businesswoman
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Children | 4 |
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| Relatives | Kardashian family |
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| Website | skknbykim.com |
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Kardashian has developed a significant presence online and across numerous social media platforms, including hundreds of millions of followers on Twitter and Instagram.[2][3][4] With sisters Kourtney and Khloé, she launched the fashion boutique chain Dash, which operated between 2006 and 2018.[5] Kardashian founded KKW Beauty and KKW Fragrance in 2017,[6] and the shapewear company Skims in 2019.[7] She has also released a variety of products tied to her name, including the 2014 mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and the 2015 photo book Selfish. As an actress, she has appeared in the films Disaster Movie (2008), Deep in the Valley (2009), and Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013), and provided her voice for PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021).
Time magazine included Kardashian on their list of 2015's 100 most influential people. Both critics and admirers have described her as exemplifying the notion of being famous for being famous.[8][9][10] She was reported to be the highest-paid reality television personality of 2015, with her estimated total earnings exceeding US$53 million.[11] As of 2022, she is estimated to be worth US$1.8 billion.[12] In recent years, Kardashian has become more politically active by lobbying for prison reform and clemency,[13] and is currently under a four-year law apprenticeship supervised by the legal nonprofit #cut50.[14][15][16] Her relationship with rapper Kanye West has also received significant media coverage; they were married from 2014 to 2022 and have four children together.[17]
Kimberly Noel Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, to Robert and Kris Kardashian (née Houghton).[18] She has an older sister, Kourtney, a younger sister, Khloé, and a younger brother, Rob.[19] Their mother is of Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry,[20] while their father was a third-generation Armenian-American.[21] In 1991, their parents divorced and their mother married Bruce Jenner,[b] the 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner.[23] As a result of her mother’s remarriage, Kim Kardashian acquired step-brothers Burton "Burt", Brandon, and Brody; a step-sister, Casey; and later two half-sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner.[24]
Kardashian attended Marymount High School, a Roman Catholic all-girls school in Los Angeles.[25] In 1994, her father represented football player O. J. Simpson during his murder trial. Simpson is Kardashian's godfather.[26] Kardashian's father died in 2003 of cancer.[27] In her teenage years, Kardashian was a close friend of Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton, through whom she first garnered media attention.[2][28] After totaling her car at age 16, her father agreed to buy her a new one on condition that she agree to be responsible for paying all expenses related to any future damages.[29] She subsequently began working at Body, a local clothing store in Encino, California, where she worked for four years, assisting in the opening of the Calabasas location. In 2000, after entering into her first marriage, she resigned.[30]
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