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Kendall Jenner

Model

She has emerged from her family's reality TV roots to walk the runways for top brands like Chanel, Givenchy, and Marc Jacobs.

Kendall Jenner

Kendall Jenner is a fashion model and reality star, having grown up on her family’s “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” show. She has appeared on the cover of Love and many international Vogue editions, as well as walking for Victoria’s Secret and acting as a brand ambassador for Estée Lauder's multimedia ad campaigns.

Jenner has also appeared on the covers of Harper’s Bazaar, and has featured in Interview, Paper and Vogue editorials. She has walked the Chanel Haute Couture runway, along with numerous other high-profile shows including  Marc Jacobs , Fendi, Balmain. She was announced as the world's highest-paid model of 2018 in the Forbes top-earning models list and, as of 2019, is the 12th most followed person on Instagram.

Born in Los Angeles, California in 1995, she is the first daughter of Bruce Jenner and  Kris Jenner . She has a younger sister, Kylie Jenner and through her mother has three older, very famous half-sisters: Kourtney, Kim and Khloé Kardashian. Jenner appeared on her family’s reality show from a young age and continues to be a series regular. Jenner’s early fame led to her appearing on the cover of US Teen Vogue and Miss Vogue Australia, and was a style ambassador along with her sister for Seventeen. She also co-designs a clothing line called Kendall and Kylie, available at Pac-Sun.

The model’s first major break into the fashion mainstream came when Katie Grand cast her in Marc Jacobs’ Autumn Winter 2014 show.

VITAL STATISTICS

BORN1995
NATIONALITYAmerican
LOCATIONUnited States
MEMBER SINCE2014

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