Kim Kardashian ‪Kanye West‬‬

Kimberly "Kim" Kardashian West^[1] (born Kimberly Noel Kardashian, October 21, 1980) is an American reality television personality, socialite, businesswoman and model. Kardashian first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after a 2003 sex tape with her former boyfriend Ray J was leaked in 2007. Later that year, she and her family began to appear in the E!'s reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Its success soon led to the creation of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami in addition to various business ventures. Kardashian's personal life soon became subject to widespread media attention.
In recent years, Kardashian has grown an influential online and social media presence, including tens of millions of followers on Twitter and Instagram.^[2][3] As of 2016, she is one of the top ten most-followed celebrities on Instagram.^[4] She has released a variety of products tied to her name, including the successful 2014 mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, a variety of clothing and products, and the 2015 photo book Selfish. Her relationship with rapper Kanye West, dubbed "Kimye" by the media, has also received significant coverage; the couple married in 2014.^[5] They have two children together.

Time magazine included Kardashian on their list of 2015's 100 most influential people,^[6] while Vogue described her in 2016 as a "pop culture phenomenon."^[7] 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 total earnings exceeding US$53 million.^[11]

Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, to parents Robert and Kris (née Houghton).^[12] She has an older sister Kourtney, a younger sister Khloé, and a younger brother Rob.^[13] Their mother is of Dutch, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry,^[14] while their father was a third-generation Armenian American.^[15] After their parents divorced in 1991, her mother married again that year, to Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce^[A]), the 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner.^[16] Through their marriage, Kardashian gained step-brothers Burton "Burt", Brandon, and Brody; step-sister Casey; and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner.^[17]
As a teenager, she attended Marymount High School, a Roman Catholic all-girls school in Los Angeles.^[18] In 1994, her father represented football player O. J. Simpson during his murder trial. Simpson is Kim Kardashian's godfather.^[19] Kim's father died in 2003 of cancer.^[20] In 2000, 19-year-old Kardashian eloped with music producer Damon Thomas.^[21] Thomas filed for divorce in 2003. Kardashian later credited their separation to physical and emotional abuse on his part.^[22] During this time, Kardashian was also the close friend and stylist of socialite Paris Hilton, through whom she first garnered media attention.^[2][23] Prior to the completion of her divorce, Kardashian began dating singer Ray J.^[21]

In February 2007, a sex tape made by Kardashian and Ray J in 2003 was leaked.^[24][25] 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.^[26][27] 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.^[28] 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.^[29] In one of the episode, Kim discussed an offer from Playboy to appear nude in the magazine.^[30] That December, Kardashian posed for a nude pictorial for Playboy.^[31]

In 2008, she made her feature film debut in the disaster film spoof Disaster Movie, in which she appeared as a character named Lisa.^[32][33] 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.^[34]
In January 2009, Kardashian made a cameo appearance during an episode of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, in the episode "Benefits". In April, she released a workout DVD series through her television production company Kimsaprincess Productions, LLC which has seen the release of three successful workout videos, Fit in Your Jeans by Friday, with trainers Jennifer Galardi and Patrick Goudeau.^[35][36][37] Kardashian played Elle in four episodes of the television series Beyond the Break.^[38] Kardashian become a guest host of WrestleMania XXIV and guest judge on America's Next Top Model in August of that year.^[39] In September, Fusion Beauty and Seven Bar Foundation launched "Kiss Away Poverty", with Kardashian as the face of the campaign. For every LipFusion lipgloss sold, US$1 went to the Foundation to fund women entrepreneurs in the US.^[40] The following month, she released her first fragrance self-titled "Kim Kardashian".^[41][42] In December 2009, Kardashian made a guest star appearance on CBS's CSI: NY with Vanessa Minnillo.^[43][44]