Kimora Lee Leissner, originally Simmons, is an American fashion model and designer best known as Kimora Lee Simmons. She took over Baby Phat and served as the company’s CEO and creative director until 2010. Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane and Kimora: House of Fab are her own reality television programmes. Her Instagram account has almost 1.8 million followers.

How much is Kimora Lee Net Worth?

Kimora Lee Simmons is a well-known model and fashion entrepreneur. She began her career as a model and later moved into the fashion industry as a businesswoman. As a model, she has sponsored a number of products. She later went on to develop her own clothing lines and perfumes. She has appeared in films and television series in addition to modeling and business. Her primary source of income is from the entertainment sector. Her net worth is projected to be $50 million as of 2019.

Famous For:

• As a fashion model and designer, she is well-known.
• Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane and Kimora: House of Fab are her own reality television shows.

Early Life, Place of Birth, Nationality, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Religion, Education:

Kimora Lee was born on May 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. Kimora Lee Perkins is her given name. Vernon Whitlock Jr. was her father, and Joanne “Kyoko” Perkins was her mother. Her birthplace is in the United States, in the city of St. Louis. She is an American citizen. Taurus is her zodiac sign. She grew up in Florissant, Missouri, a northern St. Louis suburb.

During the Korean War, her mother was born in Korea to a Japanese mother and adopted by a US serviceman. She was born and raised in the United States. Her father worked in St. Louis as a Federal Marshal, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigator, bail bondsman, and barber. He was sentenced to 24 years in jail for narcotics distribution. Agents from the government attempted to recruit her father as an informant, but he refused and was sentenced to five years in prison. She was reared by her mother after her parents split.

In St. Louis, Missouri, she attended Lutheran North High School. Because of her height and mixed origin, she was bullied. By the age of ten, she stood 5 feet and 10 inches tall. When she was eleven years old, her mother enrolled her in a modeling program to help her gain confidence.

Marie-Christine Kollock, a representative for the iconic Paris Agency Glamour, spotted Kimora at a Model Search in Kansas City and sent her to Paris.

Modeling Career:

• Kimora has landed a contract with Chanel as an exclusive model. She had only turned 14 years old at the time.
• She began her career as a model for Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld.
• After closing Lagerfeld’s haute couture show in 1989, she instantly gained notoriety in the fashion world.
• She went on to walk for Fendi, Valentino, Emanuel Ungaro, and Yves Saint Laurent, among others.
• Harper’s Bazaar has featured her on the covers of their German, Indonesian, Singaporean, and Malaysian editions.

Designing:

Russell Simmons, Kimora’s then-husband, sold his clothing business Phat Farm to Kellwood Company in 2004 for $140 million.

Simmons was promoted to president and creative director of Phat Fashions after serving as the creative director of Baby Phat (a subsidiary of Phat Farm Industries).

KLS, her high-end sportswear line, debuted in the fall of 2007.

In September 2010, Kimora split with Baby Phat and its management company, Kellwood.

The reason for her dismissal from the firm is unknown. According to several websites, she was spending too much money on company interests and giving herself and her children too much income.

Kimora planned to debut her KLS and Kouture by Kimora Brands collections.

In September 2011, she announced her appointment as the new creative director and president of JustFab, a personalized shopping website.

Year of 2015, In May, she parted ways with JustFab.

In June 2015, she relaunched her KLS label as a high-end collection. In Beverly Hills, she opened the company’s first store.

Bloomingdale’s in the Aventura Mall began carrying the label in 2016.

Acting:

She has appeared in a number of films and television shows in minor parts.

For Love or Money, The Big Tease, Brown Sugar, Beauty Shop, Rebound, and Waist Deep are some of her cinematic credits.

In the music videos “Tapout,” “Change Clothes,” and “In Those Jeans,” she can be seen.

She was a judge on Cycle 1 of America’s Next Top Model in 2003.

She was a co-host of Life & Style, a syndicated chat show on Sony Television.

Between 2007 and 2011, she hosted her own reality show, Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane.

In 2013, she starred in her own reality show, Kimora: House of Fab.

Other Ventures:

Fabulosity: What It Is and How to Get It, her self-help book, was released in February 2016. The book offers a comprehensive guide to living a healthy lifestyle, covering everything from spirituality to finances to fashion and beauty.

Goddess, Golden Goddess, Seductive Goddess, Baby Phat Fabulosity, Love Me, and Dare Me are her five women’s perfumes.

She was the sponsor of KLS Rushcard, which included her own purple Rushcard line.

Philanthropist:

At her alma mater in St. Louis, she founded the Kimora Lee Simmons Scholarship Fund. The foundation helps academically successful girls with financial needs pay for college tuition. She is also a member of Amfar, The G&P Foundation, Keep a Child Alive, Hetrick-Martin Institute, and Rush Philanthropic, among other juvenile advocacy organizations.

The mayor of St. Louis gave her the key to the city and declared March 18, 2008 to be “Kimora Day” in the city.

Who is Kimora Lee married to?

Russell Simmons was Kimora Lee’s first husband. Kimora was 17 when they first met during New York Fashion Week in 1992. They married each other on December 20, 1998. Ming Lee Simmons and Aoki Lee Simmons are the couple’s two daughters. In March 2006, the couple divorced, and their divorce was formalized in January 2009.

Year of 2007, In March, she began dating actor and model Djimon Hounsou. In the summer of 2008, the couple took part in a traditional Benin commitment ceremony. Kenzo Lee Hounsou, the couple’s son, is their only child. In November of 2012, they divorced. In the United States, they were never legally married.

Kimora Lee later married Tim Leissner, a former Goldman Sachs banker. In February 2014, she confirmed that they had been married for a while. Wolfe Lee Leissner, the couple’s son, is their only child.

She resides in Beverly Hills, California, with her family.

Legal Issues:

In July 2004, she was detained for reckless driving, fleeing police, driving with a broken brake light, and marijuana possession. She was apprehended following a two-mile chase that started at the Saddle River Police Station and concluded outside her Saddle River estate. After pleading guilty to the careless driving charge, she was sentenced to six months of probation.

What Are Kimora Lee’s Body Measurements?

Kimora Lee is 6 feet tall with a height of 1.83 meters. She weighs 154 pounds, or 70 kilograms. Her physique is curvy and sensuous. Her body dimensions are 38-29-37 inches in length, width, and height. She is wearing a 34D bra. Her eyes are brown, and her hair is black. She is dressed in an 8 (US) outfit and 10.5 (US) shoe (US).

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