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Kimora is an American fashion model, author, and the president and Creative Director for Phat Fashions.Kimora Lee Simmons is of African American, Korean and Japanese descent. By the

time she was 10 years old, Kimora Lee was already 5’ 10” tall. Although she became a target

of teasing at school, her unique features and height were put to good use when Kimora

enrolled into modeling classes by age 11. Two years into modeling class, Kimora Lee was

discovered by Paris Agency Glamour and was sent to Paris. Her first big break as a model

came when she was given a modeling contract by Chanel exactly on her 13th birthday. Under

Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld’s wing, Kimora Lee walked the runway and became an official

muse of Lagerfeld alongside models Olga Sobolewska, Bernadette Jurkowski and Shoshanna

Fitzgerald, who were known then as “the four Karlettes.”


She quickly gained attention in the fashion world when Lagerfeld closed his haute couture

show with Simmons, who strutted down the runway decked out as a child bride. "Everything

people thought was weird about me before," Simmons told People Weekly, "was now good". By

age 14, she had grown to a height of six feet. 

Throughout the 90s, the six-footer Kimora Lee walked the runways and modeled for a wide

variety of brands. In 1999, she married Russell Simmons, with whom Kimora had two daughters

– Ming Lee (born January 2000) and Aoki Lee (born August 2002). Although Kimora Lee Simmons

already had a name in the fashion industry, she became famous around the world when she

signed on to become a judge on Tyra Bank’s “America’s Next Top Model – Cycle 1” in 2003.

In 1999, Kimora Lee Simmons formed the fashion line “Baby Phat,” under Russel Simmon’s

urban fashion company “Phat Farm.” When Russell sold his company to Kellwood Company for

$140 million in 2004, the CEO of Phat Fashions LCC promoted Kimora as President and

Creative Director of Phat Fashions.Kimora Lee Simmons has launched for perfume brands for

women – Goddess, Seductive Goddess, Golden Goddess and Baby Phat Fabulosity. Baby Phat has

also extended its products to jewelry, shoes, clothing, phone accessories and even medical

uniforms under the ‘Baby Phat Scrubs’ line.

In February 2006, Kimora Lee Simmons released a lifestyle guide book entitled “Fabulosity:

What it is and How to Get it.” The following year, the Kimora Lee Simmons’ Barbie doll was

made available. Also in 2007, Kimora Lee Simmons starred in her own reality TV show called

“Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane,” which first aired on Style network and then re-aired on E!

Entertainment Television.

Formerly the Creative Director of Baby Phat, Simmons became CEO of Phat Fashions after ex-

husband Russell Simmons stepped down. A 2007 reality television show, Kimora: Life in the

Fab Lane, focuses on her life as a mother and CEO of Phat Fashions. She has appeared in

music videos and was a judge on the first season of America's Next Top Model. She was

scheduled to return to the show as a judge starting with cycle 14, however, she changed her

plans and will not return to the show as judge.


Aside from her successful fashion business and TV show, Kimora Lee Simmons also appeared on

several films, such as the 1999 “The Big Tease,” Queen Latifa’s “Beauty Shop,” “Rebound,”

“Waist Deep,” and “Life on the Road with Mr. and Mrs. Brown.”Kimora Lee Simmons was also

featured on several music videos, including Usher’s “Nice & Slow” and Ginuwine’s “In Those

Jeans.”

A self-help book written by Simmons, Fabulosity: What It Is and How to Get It, was

published by HarperEntertainment in February 2006. The book is set to function as a

'lifestyle manual' on everything from spirituality and finances to fashion and beauty.

In February 2008, Simmons' Barbie doll was launched, created under the direction of

Simmons.She has also launched four perfumes for women: Goddess, Golden Goddess,

Seductive Goddess and recently, Baby Phat Fabulosity.
Acting

Simmons has appeared in small roles in television and films including Beauty Shop along

with Queen Latifah and Waist Deep. She has also appeared in music videos for Ginuwine,

Usher, and made a brief appearance as one of the several beautiful women surrounding the

police chief in the 2000 film, Little Nicky.

In 2003, Simmons signed on as one of the judges on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 1, and

it was reported Simmons may return to the judging panel for Cycle 14. She has also been a

co-host of Sony Television's syndicated talk show Life & Style.

On August 5, 2007 her reality TV show premiered on Style Network. Kimora: Life in the Fab

Lane chronicles her daily life and routine, along with her relationship with her two

daughters Ming Lee and Aoki Lee Simmons. It now re-airs on E! Entertainment Television.

Season two premiered on the Style network on April 20, 2008.

On December 20, 1998, she married Russell Simmons. They have two daughters; Ming Lee (born

January 2000) and Aoki Lee (born August 2002). Both Ming Lee and Aoki Lee model for Baby

Phat Kids Collection. They live in the town of Saddle River, New Jersey.

Simmons and her husband officially separated in March 2006

In 2004 Russell Simmons sold Phat Farm to Kellwood Company for $140 million. When Russell

stepped down as CEO of Phat Fashions LLC in September 2007, Kimora — who was already

Creative Director of Baby Phat (which was a branch off Phat Farm Industries) — was promoted

by Kellwood to President and Creative Director of Phat Fashions. It is Simmons' goal to

fashion Baby Phat, launched in 1999, into an "aspirational lifestyle brand.

y March 2007, Simmons was dating actor and model Djimon Hounsou.In March 2008 she

officially filed for divorce from Russell Simmons,which was finalized in January

2009.She gave birth to a baby boy with Hounsou in May 2009, named Kenzo Lee Hounsou.

She established the Kimora Lee Simmons Scholarship Fund at her high school alma mater in

St. Louis to provide college tuition support for academically successful girls with

financial needs and is an active member of youth advocacy organizations including Amfar,

The G&P Foundation, Keep a Child Alive, Hetrick-Martin Institute and Rush Philanthropic

where she is on the Board of Directors. The mayor of St. Louis presented Simmons the key to

the city and named March 18, 2008 "Kimora Day" in St. Louis.