Kim Kardashian was born as Kimberly Noel Kardashian. She was born on October
21, 1980 in Los Angeles, California. Kim Kardashian is an American socialite,
apparel retailer and television personality. She is best known for her adventurous
social life, scandals and her new reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
Kim Kardashian is the daughter of the attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner.
Kardashian is of Armenian descent. Her father, who was best known for being
O. J. Simpson’s lawyer during his murder trial, died September 30, 2003
when Kardashian was 22 years old. Her mother, Kris Jenner, divorced Robert in
1989, and is currently married to former Olympian Bruce Jenner. Kardashian has
two sisters, Kourtney and Khloe, and one brother, Robert. She also has three
step-brothers, including reality TV star Brody Jenner, one step-sister, and
two half-sisters, Kendall and Kylie.
Kim Kardashian attended an exclusive all-girls Catholic high school in Los
Angeles. As a young woman, she worked at her father's music marketing firm,
Movie Tunes. She then parlayed her entrepreneurial instincts into a successful
career as a wardrobe stylist for television programs, magazine photo layouts
and infomercials. Described by the press as a "stylist." Kardashian
has also been said to have a closet organizing business. Kim Kardashian also
gained attention in the mid-late 2000s for her friendship with heiress and media
darling Paris Hilton. Her friendship with socialite Paris Hilton has made her
a gossip column favorite.
Kim Kardashian is a boutique owner of a high-end clothing store in Calabasas,
California called Dash. The store opened in mid 2007 and is co-owned with Kourtney
and Khloe Kardashian. Kardashian was little known outside gossip circles until
she announced in early 2007 that she was taking legal action to prevent the
distribution of a pornographic home video she had made with then-boyfriend Ray
J (born William Ray Norwood, Jr., the brother of singer Brandy). In 2000, Kim
Kardashian married music producer Damon Thomas, though the couple divorced in
2004.