American media personality, socialite, model, and businesswoman
Kimberly Noel Kardashian West (born October 21, 1980) is an American media personality, socialite, model, and businesswoman. Kardashian first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after a 2002 sex tape, Kim Kardashian, Superstar, with her then-boyfriend Ray J, was released in 2007. 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 soon led to the formation of the spin-off series Kourtney and Kim Take New York (2011–2012) and Kourtney and Kim Take Miami (2009–2013).
Kardashian has developed an online and social media presence, including hundreds of millions of followers on Twitter and Instagram. She has released a variety of products tied to her name, including the 2014 mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, a variety of clothing and products, the 2015 photo book Selfish and her eponymous personal app. Her relationship with rapper Kanye West has also received significant media coverage; they married in 2014 and have four children together. As an actress, Kardashian has appeared in films including Disaster Movie (2008), Deep in the Valley (2009), and Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013).
In recent years, Kardashian has focused on her own businesses by founding KKW Beauty and KKW Fragrance in 2017. In 2019, she launched shapewear company Skims, which was previously called "Kimono" but changed its name following widespread backlash. Kardashian has also become more politically active by lobbying president Donald Trump for prison reform and lobbying for Alice Marie Johnson to be granted clemency. She has advocated for the recognition of the Armenian genocide on numerous occasions. Kardashian is also planning to become a lawyer by doing a four-year law apprenticeship that is supervised by the legal nonprofit #cut50, which was co-founded by Van Jones.
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. She was reported to be the highest-paid reality television personality of 2015, with her estimated total earnings exceeding US$53 million.
Actors about themselvesKanye West took me to a fashion meeting in Paris once. I'd never met these people; I was so nervous. It was the beginning of our relationship, and I didn't know anyone in fashion. And he passed out at the table. I'm like, "I'm so sorry, we're jet-lagged." You don't know the number of times I've had to say that. I always flat-out lie that he's jet-lagged, even if we've been home for months.
FashionClothesSo far, designing is the most exciting thing. Ive done I have a vision of what I want the clothes to look like in my mind and its fun to see it come alive on paper.
DivorceMy decision to end my marriage was such a risk to lose ratings and lose my fan base. I had to take that risk for my inner peace and to be happy with myself.
MarriageEveryone has the right to be happy and be treated equally and I think not allowing gay marriage just kind of puts us back. I believe you're in love with who you're in love with, and you should be able to marry them. No one should tell someone else how to think or how to feel.
I get letters from little girls begging me to adopt them.
I learned how to cook and do a lot of marital things.
I really like the song "Only One" [ Kanye West with Paul McCartney].
And of Kanye's [West]? I have to say [I love] his heart. And I've always loved his legs.
When I was younger I always wanted to dress like Kim [Kardashian], but her style doesn't necessarily fit my body type.
Kim [Kardashian]'s style is very sexy - she loves anything tight that hugs her body - and she's also very trendy.
I love funky shoes and hats. I'm into large-brimmed fedoras with big feathers in fun colors like purple and lime-yellow. I just think hats add pizzazz to your outfits.
When I gain a pound it's in the headlines.
Usually when I buy clothes off the rack, I need to have them adjusted.
People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show.
Me and my sisters all have such different body types.
When you do a cheesy leopard print, it can turn out so wrong.
I need to wear either something really short or a maxi dress; anything in between just looks weird.
I'm the true definition of a workaholic.
I love that my friends are sometimes even 20, 30 years older than me - that I can just sit and enjoy their company and their experiences.
I will say A Pea in the Pod saved my life - at the end of my pregnancy. I even wear their tanks now to work out in because they're really long.
I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you.'
I think parents need to make sure they have parental controls and not have their credit card linked up to in-app purchases so their kids can just spend whenever they want to. They need to ask permission.
I spoke to a girl today who had cancer and we were talking about how this is such a hard thing for her, but it taught her a big lesson on who her friends are and so much about life. She's 18. And I was like, that's how I feel.
Being on TV has changed my life because I get lots of free stuff!
You can use the same motto for everything in life. If you put that effort in, you'll get what you want.
People don't understand the pressure on me to look perfect.
Is that not ridiculous that people thought that Justin Bieber and I were on a vacation together, on a romantic vacation, in the Bahamas, and I just happened to wear a gown as my swimsuit and red lips and he's dressed in a suit in the ocean? Seriously who would walk to the beach like that?
The word trill really REALLY bugs me! Like who made that up???
It would be really sexy to have George Clooney once. I think he is so sexy!
I went to college for four years.
I was like, 'What's Margiela?' back then.
Every girl who has dated a football player ... They all have sex the same way.
I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'
I think the most important thing [for moms] is - I always liked help with feeding essentials like breastfeeding stuff, because it's really tricky.
I recommend that everyone have a Diaper Genie. Who can live without it?
I think each shoot has a different personality.
I love Ali MacGraw and her style - I'm into vintage '70s outfits at the moment.
I definitely think anything I’d be in now is a permanent relationship.
If you're a basketball player and you don't stop and take pictures with your fans, you can have an amazing game and everyone still loves you.
I'm up at like 6 a.m. With my trainer, running up the hill you drove up to get here.
I would hope that Kanye [West] would be remembered for being smart and sticking to what he believes.
I've always been the type to fall in love fast and, with every boyfriend, I plan out my wedding in my head.
I would absolutely characterize myself as ambitious.
I have sister issues and parent issues and all sorts of things.
Kanye [West] just says the funniest analogies that are so random. I should start keeping a book - in 20 years, I'll have a big book of analogies.They always make me laugh.
I am really cautious about what I say and do.
I think Kanye West gets really annoyed because I just hate fittings. I'll just be like,"Ah, I can't find something to wear."
I love sharing my world, and I love showing the creative process, whether we're in the middle of a design meetings for our kids line or, you know, I posted a photo of me with my makeup halfway done with the contour. I do like to share my life. I think that's just always who I've been.
I love meeting new people and telling them about my stories and my projects that I am working on.
I do rely on having a full face on.
Of my own, I like my upper stomach. I just seem to always have abs.When I'm not really pregnant, I have a great two-pack.
I don't really have goals as far as, I want to be on a cover or something like that.
I've made mistakes in my life for sure.
Personally, I've always loved the curvy look.
It was a long road [trying to get pregnant a secong time]. I would go to the doctor in Beverly Hills every day at five in the morning to get tested to see if I was ovulating. I was trying everything: I did acupuncture and got a nutritionist to eat healthier, thinking that was an issue.
It's important to work out & be the best version of yourself that you can be but never feel like you have to be the skinniest girl in the room to be the prettiest.
I started taking selfies since I was 4
I don't find myself as sexy as everyone thinks. I'm a lot more insecure than people would assume, but with little stupid things. When I get dressed, I'm always so indecisive.
I couldn't care less if they [the media] say I'm pregnant with twins by my brother.
I have cellulite, just like almost every other woman on the planet.
I hate to talk about myself.
It just wasn't the fairy tale I had hoped for.
I don't talk about money.
I definitely want kids and I want four kids, for sure. But I need to find a husband first!
I am so stereotyped into being this Hollywood girl.
I've always been a businesswoman.
Everything family does is reflection on the other people.
Botox to me is not surgery.
Even the people I surround myself with... are wiser, a little bit older than me, where before, all my boyfriends were younger.
I wish I had a little bit more privacy.
Kanye [West] is the hardest person to buy something for.
To look and feel my best, I watch my calories and exercise.
I always say you shouldn't weigh yourself. I don't even have a set of scales in my house.
Maybe I'll just be a good aunt.