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Kimora Simmons Biography |
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Kimora Lee Simmons is the American Dream. The talented designer is credited with inspiring a new generation of consumers with her glamorous, sexy, over-the-top style which has catapulted her white hot clothing label Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons to enormous success. Kimora`s influence in the world of fashion is undeniable while her savvy as a businesswoman has made this former runway model a worldwide brand phenomenon. With an unrivaled universal appeal, Kimora is the only multiethnic woman to have a successful fashion empire along with her own signature diamond encrusted cell phone, jewelry collection, cosmetics and fragrance - quintessentially, she is the new establishment.
A native of St. Louis, Kimora began her career as a fashion model at the early age of 13 when she was personally chosen by fashion czar Karl Lagerfeld to model for the esteemed house of Chanel in Paris. Her success as a runway model gave Kimora an innate sense of style which propels her as a fashion designer. As the instrumental force behind the brand`s creative designs, ad campaign strategy and marketing concepts, Kimora has taken her astute business acumen and passion for her work to spearhead numerous brand extension ventures with companies including Mattel, Motorola, Lancaster and M. Fabrikant & Sons which include bedding, home products, candles, fragrance and cosmetics. Having made her mark on the fashion industry, it wasn`t long before Hollywood came calling. Kimora appeared as a judge on UPN`s America`s Next Top Model, and went on to co-host Sony Television`s syndicated talk show Life & Style. She has also Executive Produced and starred in projects including StarTrekking with Kimora Lee Simmons for MSN.com and specials for VH-1 (InsideOut: Kimora Lee Simmons presents NY Fashion Week) and Style (Party Fabulous with Kimora Lee Simmons). Kimora is currently in production with a new Style series, Fabulosity to debut Fall 2007. On the big screen Kimora debuted in MGM`s `Beauty Shop` starring Queen Latifah and Focus Feature`s Waist Deep with Tyrese Gibson. Kimora also published her first work, "Fabulosity: What It Is and How to Get It", a lifestyle guide for women with Harper Collins in 2006. An enthusiastic philanthropist and patron of the arts, Kimora lends her time and support to numerous charitable organizations especially those institutions which target disadvantaged youth. She established the Kimora Lee Simmons Scholarship Fund at her alma mater in St. Louis to provide college tuition support for academically successful girls with financial needs and is an active member of youth advocacy organizations including Amfar, The G&P Foundation, Keep a Child Alive, Hetrick-Martin Institute and Rush Philanthropic where she is on the Board of Directors. Biography Credit: www.kimoraleesimmons.com/ |
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BiographyFriends and FamilyKyoko Perkins [Mother] :: Vernon Whitlock [Father]Trivia and QuotesQuotes " I am anorexic. My Dr. says it`s having an unhealthy relationship with food. After I had my babies I was sick... I can`t eat." "I don`t apologize foe my diamonds, Rolls-Royce, Range Rover, or anything. Look, Queen elizabeth has more diamonds than me. Why don`t they attack her for it?" "I like everything with a heaping dose of feminitity, including my cell phone. I created this phone for the classic woman, who like me, loves diamonds and a wireless." "I`m always naked, growing up in the industry. I don`t know if I`m an exhibitionist, but mostly I don`t care... I don`t give a damn." A woman may be a mother, sister, business woman, or she may own a business. Women do many things and it is important that we do them with style and grace." "You can be rich and not famous. You can be famous and not rich. But to be rich and famous is a special category by itself.Trivia Although she is friends with model Devon Aoki and hired her for a Baby Phat ad campaign, she denies that her daughter Aoki is named after the model.
At thirteen, she had an exclusive contract modeling for Coco Chanel.
Attended Lutheran High School North in St. Louis, Missouri.
Janice Dickinson wrote of a rivalry between herself and Kimora when they both were on "America`s Next Top Model" (2003) in her book, "Everything about Me is Fake and I`m Perfect". Dickinson admits that she criticized Kimora`s fake hair and nails, but says that she would have been much nicer if Kimora had shown up on time for filming.
Once Karl Lagerfeld had transformed her into one of the world`s top fashion models, he resented her attitude and called her a "$5,000-tote-bag- wearing monster."
Russell Simmons, whom she later married, sent bouquets of flowers to her agency to woo her. The bouquets were so large and heavy that they required two men to move them.
She and Karl Lagerfeld`s three other fashion models Bernadette Jurkowski, Shoshanna Fitzgerald and Olga Sobolewska were dubbed "the four Karlettes".
She bought much of the artwork and furniture from Gianni Versace`s estate after his murder.
She has an annual income of £ 9,400,000.
Tyra Banks is the godmother of her daughter Ming Lee
At fifteen, before she had her driver`s license, she bought herself a secondhand BMW drop-top. She got into a car accident and had to have 40 stitches in her face.
Best friend (who also served as maid of honor at Kimora`s wedding) is model/actress Tyra Banks.
Cites Red Lobster Restaurants the favorite eatery of her childhood.
Daughter of Vernon Whitlock Jr., who is black, and his wife, Joanne Perkins, who is half Korean, half Japanese.
Daughter-in-law of Daniel Simmons, sister-in-law of Joseph Simmons.
Growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, other children called her "Chinky giraffe" because of her height and Asian ethnic ancestry.
Her mother, Kyoko Perkins, is a former Social Security Administrator.
Is a client to nutritionist-to-the-stars, Oz Garcia. Kimora is half African-American, one quarter Korean and one quarter Japanese. Father Vernon Whitlock Jr is African-American and mother Joanne Kyoko Perkins is half Korean, half Japanese.
She has two daughters, Ming Lee Simmons (born January 21, 2000) and Aoki Lee Simmons (born in 2002). Both are models for Baby Phat Clothing | ||
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