Kendall Jenner

Biography of Kendall Jenner

Kendall Jenner was born on November 3, 1995 in Los Angeles, California.

She is the daughter of Olympic medalist Bruce Jenner, later Caitlyn Jenner, and businesswoman Kris Jenner. She has a younger sister, Kylie Jenner. She is a step-sister on her mother's side to socialites Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, and Robert Kardashian Jr. On her father's side, she is a half-sister to Brody Jenner, Casey Jenner, Brandon Jenner, and Burt Jenner.

She was given her middle name in honor of the late Nicole Brown Simpson, her mother's best friend.

She grew up in Calabasas, an upscale suburb west of Los Angeles, and attended Sierra Canyon School until 2012, when she went on to homeschool alongside her sister Kylie as they tried to get started with modeling. She graduated in 2014.

She became famous in 2007 for appearances on the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and its spinoffs: Khloe and Kourtney Take Miami, Kim and Kourtney Take New York, and Khloe & Lamar.

In 2010, she was cast in the band One Call's Blacklight music video.

In 2012, she appeared in an episode of Hawaii Five-0, and voiced the character Strawberry in La Naranja Annesta, an episode dated January 20, 2014.

In 2009, at the age of fourteen, she began her modeling career after signing with Wilhelmina Models. Her first job was for a Forever 21 campaign. She debuted as a runway model with Sherri Hill on September 14, 2011, at New York Fashion Week. She also participated in parades for White Sands Australia and Leah Madden.

She has appeared in magazines such as Kiss, Teen Vogue, Seventeen, Looks, Raine, Elle, Lovecat, Flavor Magazine, OK!, GOGIRL! or girlfriend.

In 2013, she signed with The Society Management and posed for W Magazine and V Magazine. In 2014, she walked for Marc Jacobs in New York, for Giles Deacon in London, and for Chanel and Givenchy in Paris. She appeared in Interview magazine and signed for a Givenchy campaign. Karl Lagerfeld walked her for Chanel in Paris and she appeared as an it girl on the cover of LOVE magazine.

In September 2014, she was also on the cover of Teen Vogue. She walked in New York Fashion Week for Donna Karan, Diane von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger and Marc Jacobs. At Milan Fashion Week she did catwalks for Fendi, Ports 1961, Bottega Veneta, Pucci and Dolce & Gabanna, and at Paris Fashion Week for Sonia Rykiel, Balmain, Givenchy and Chanel.

On November 15, 2014, she announced her choice as the new face of Estée Lauder. On January 8, 2015, she was cast in Marc Jacobs' spring campaign and, on November 3, 2015, she announced that she will appear in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show with her best friend Gigi Hadid.

In February 2014, the Jenner sisters launched their clothing line The Kendall and Kylie Collection in collaboration with PacSun. In July 2014, together with Pascal Mouawad, they presented the Metal Haven by Kendall & Kylie jewelry line, sold exclusively at Nordstrom. In February 2014, they designed a collection of shoes and bags for Steve Madden's Madden Girl.

In 2014, together with her sister, she published the novel Rebels: City of Indra, co-written with Maya Sloan. which received very bad reviews.

On October 13, 2014, TIME magazine named the Jenner sisters the Most Influential Teens of 2014 for their considerable social media influence.

In September 2015, she made her debut at number 16 on the Forbes 2015 list of highest paid models, with an estimated annual income of 4 million dollars. In 2017, she is ranked No. 1 as the world's highest paid model on the Forbes list.

Jenner was named the world's highest-paid model in 2018 on Forbes' list of highest-earning models.

During 2012, she had a relationship with Julian Brooks, a schoolmate and football player in the Nevada Wolf Pack. They broke up in August 2013 due to alleged infidelity on the part of Brooks.

Between November 2013 and February 2014, she was associated with NBA player Chandler Parsons, and singers Justin Bieber, Drake, and Chris Brown.

In June 2018, she began her relationship with basketball player Ben Simmons. They broke up in May 2019.

Since June 2020, she has been a couple with basketball player Devin Booker.