Kimora Lee Biography
Kimora Lee is a model, businesswoman, fashion designer, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, TV personality, philanthropist, and author from the United States.
When was Kimora Lee Simmons born? – Age
He is 47 years old as of May 2022. Lee was born Kimora Lee Simmons Perkins on May 4, 1975, in St. Louis, Missouri, the United States of America.
Kimora Lee Education
Simmons is a Lutheran North High School graduate from St. Louis, Missouri. Simmons returned to school in 2017, and she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Entrepreneurial Affairs from the University of Hartford’s Barney School of Business in Hartford, Connecticut, in 2018.
Kimora Lee Height
Lee stands at a height of 6’0″ (183 cm) tall.
What Ethnicity is Kimora Lee?- Ethnicity – Nationality
She is an American national and citizen by birth. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United State of America. Lee is of mixed ethnicity/heritage/ancestry of Japanese American.
Kimora Lee Family- Mother
Kimora Perkins was born in St. Louis, Missouri on May 4, 1975, to Joanne “Kyoko” Perkins and Vernon Whitlock Jr. Her mother was a Korean-born Japanese lady who was adopted by a US serviceman during the Korean War, while her father, an African American named Vernon Whitlock Jr., worked as a Federal marshal, an investigator for the ‘Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,’ a bail bondsman, and even a barber in St. Louis.
Kimora Lee Married- Husband
Lee Simmons first met Russell Simmons in November 1992 during New York Fashion Week. At the impressionable age of 17, she was swept off her feet by Russell’s lavish attention and married him on December 20, 1998. The couple divorced in January 2009 after divorcing in March 2006. Kimora began dating Djimon Hounsou, a model and actor, in March 2007, and the following year participated in a traditional Benin commitment ritual. The couple, however, never legally married in America and divorced in November 2012.
Kimora confirmed in February 2014 that she had been married to Tim Leissner, a former ‘Goldman Sachs’ banker who had been barred by Amnesty International.
Kimora Lee Children
Kimora Simmons had two daughters, Ming (born January 21, 2000) and Aoki (born August 16, 2002), as well as a son, Kenzo, through Djimon Hounsou (born in May 2009). In April 2015, she gave birth to a son named Wolfe with Tim Leissner.
Kimora Lee Career
After a spectacular start to her runway career, she was soon on the runway for some of the top fashion designers of the day, including ‘Fendi,’ ‘Yves Saint Laurent,’ ‘Emanuel Ungaro,’ and ‘Valentino’. Kimora was featured on the covers of the popular fashion magazine ‘Harper’s Bazaar’ in Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. ‘For Love or Money,’ a romantic comedy starring Michael J. Fox, was her first film in 1993. In 1999, a year after marrying Russell Simmons, owner of the ‘Phat Farm’ clothing line, she launched ‘Baby Phat,’ a fashion label she hoped would become an aspirational brand. With her passion, she grew the label from baby T-shirts to a full line of urban sophisticated clothing.
After the ‘Kellwood Company’ purchased ‘Phat Farm’ and ‘Baby Phat’ from Russell Simmons in January 2004 for $140 million, Kimora was appointed president and creative director of ‘Phat Fashions’. She appeared in films such as ‘Brown Sugar,’ ‘Beauty Shop,’ ‘Rebound,’ and ‘Waist Deep’ from 2002 to 2006. She was a judge on the American TV reality show ‘America’s Next Top Model’ in 2003, and she also appeared in the music video ‘Change Clothes,’ which peaked at #10 on the ‘Billboard Hot 100′ in December 2003. Simmons’ self-help book ‘Fabulosity: What It Is and How to Get It’ was published by ‘HarperEntertainment’ in February 2006.
She launched ‘KLS,’ a high-end sportswear line. Simmons starred in ‘Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane,’ a TV reality show that debuted on the ‘Style Network’ on August 5, 2007, and ran until 2011. She resigned from ‘Baby Phat’ and the ‘Kellwood Company’ on September 1, 2010. Kimora intended to devote herself to making the ‘KLS’ collection more vibrant and launching the ‘Kouture’ by ‘Kimora Brands’. She also planned to launch a new brand at ‘Macy’s’ and sell stylish clothes for under $40. She announced on her website on September 14, 2011, that she was the president and creative director of ‘JustFab,’ and she launched ‘KLS,’ a high-end line of sportswear.
Kimora again played herself in’ Kimora: House of Fab’, an American reality television series on ‘Style Network’. The show, which follows the day-to-day activities at ‘JustFab,’ premiered on January 23, 2013. Kimora relaunched the ‘KLS’ collection as a high-end couture line in June 2015, with the first boutique opening in the affluent Beverley Hills. The line was also made available at the ‘Aventura Mall’ Bloomingdale’s in 2016.
Kimora Net Worth
Lee has an estimated net worth of 200 million dollars.
Lee Movies
- 1993 For Love or Money
- 1999 The Big Tease
- 2002 Brown Sugar
- 2005 Beauty Shop
- 2005 Rebound
- 2006 Waist Deep
- 2001 For Your Love
- 2003 America’s Next Top Model
- 2007–2011 Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane
- 2013 Kimora: House of Fab
- 2004 Def Jam: Fight for NY
- 2006 Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover