Kim Kardashian West was named one of
Variety’s five
Power of Women New York honorees for
2015, and the star sat down with Variety at her recent cover shoot to reveal seven secrets about her life, work and famous family.
Kardashian
West told Variety that mother
Kris Jenner is her role model: “My mom is really strong, she’s had to deal with a lot in her life… she always puts on a brave face and always wants everyone to feel comfortable and confident.”
Kardashian West also opened up about married life with husband
Kanye West, admitting, “We inspire each other all the time… we really talk it through with each other and get each other’s advice and just help motivate each other.”
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Kardashian in
2007
Kardashian was born on
October 21,
1980 in
Los Angeles, California, to parents
Robert and
Kris (née
Houghton).[3] She has an older sister Kourtney, a younger sister Khloé, and a younger brother Rob.[4] Their mother is of
Dutch, English,
Irish and
Scottish ancestry,[5] while their father was a third-generation
Armenian American.[6] After their parents divorced in
1991, her mother married again that year, to
Caitlyn Jenner (then
Bruce[A]), the
1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner.[7] Through their marriage, Kardashian gained step-brothers
Burton "Burt",
Brandon, and
Brody; step-sister
Casey; and half-sisters
Kendall and
Kylie Jenner.[8]
As a teenager, she attended
Marymount High School, a
Roman Catholic all-girls school in
Los Angeles.[9] In
1994, her father represented football player
O. J. Simpson during his murder trial.
Simpson is
Kim Kardashian's godfather.[10] Kim's father died in
2003 of cancer.[11]
Kardashian dated 3T member
TJ Jackson during high school.[12][13]
In
2000, 19-year-old Kardashian eloped with music producer
Damon Thomas.[14]
Thomas filed for divorce in 2003. Kardashian later credited their separation to physical and emotional abuse on his part.[15] During this time, Kardashian was also close friends with socialite
Paris Hilton, through whom she first garnered media attention.[16] Prior to the completion of her divorce, Kardashian began dating singer
Ray J.[14]
2007–09:
Career beginnings
Kardashian attending the
Tribeca Film Festival, 2009
In
February 2007, a sex tape made by Kardashian and
Ray J in 2003 was leaked.[17][18] Kardashian filed a lawsuit against
Vivid Entertainment, who distributed the film as
Kim K Superstar. She later dropped the suit and settled for
US$5 million.[19][20]
In
2006, Kardashian entered the business world with her two sisters and opened the boutique shop
D-A-S-H in
Calabasas, California.[21] In
October 2007 Kardashian, in addition to her mother Kris Jenner, her step-parent Caitlyn Jenner (then known as Bruce), her siblings Kourtney, Khloé, and
Rob Kardashian, and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, began to appear in the reality television series
Keeping Up with the Kardashians.[22] The series proved successful for E!, and has led to the creations of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York and
Kourtney and Kim Take Miami.[23] That December, Kardashian posed for a nude pictorial for
Playboy.[24] In 2007, Kardashian and three partners
Brian Lee,
Robert Shapiro and MJ Eng founded ShoeDazzle, an online shoe and accessories website. The site now boasts more than 3 million customers, who pay a monthly fee for access to a personalized selection of shoes, jewelry and handbags every month. The site also landed a $40-million investment from the venture capital firm
Andreessen Horowitz.[25]
The company is valued at $280 million as of
2012.[26][27][28][29][30]
In 2008, she made her feature film debut in the disaster film spoof
Disaster Movie, in which she appeared as a character named
Lisa.[31][32] That same year, she was a participant on season seven of
Dancing with the Stars, where she was partnered with
Mark Ballas. Kardashian was the third contestant to be eliminated.[33]
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