Kourtney Kardashian – biography, photos, facts, family, kids, affairs, father, height and weight 2019

Kourtney Kardashian’s biography

Kourtney Mary Kardashian is a star of the Keeping up with the Kardashians reality show and its spin-offs (Khloé & Lamar, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, etc.), a social and media personality, Instagram star, businesswoman, model and actress.

She is a co-owner of several boutiques, the creator of her own collections of clothes and fragrances, co-author of the book Kardashian Konfidential and also a very popular personality on social networks, in particular busy promoting various products and receiving up to 300 thousand dollars (as of 2016) from manufacturers for a post on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.

Childhood and family

The future representative of the famous dynasty was born on April 18, 1979 in Los Angeles and is the oldest child of the Kardashian family. The girl's mother Kris Jenner (full name Kristen Mary, née Houghton), who has Scottish, Irish, German and Dutch roots, is an entrepreneur and a television producer. Her husband at that time was lawyer and doctor of jurisprudence Robert Kardashian, an Armenian by birth. A year later their family replenished by daughter Kimberly Noel (now known as Kim Kardashian), Khloé Alexandra in 1984, son Robert Jr. Arthur in 1987.

Kim and Kourtney Kardashian in childhood

Kris and Robert broke up when their oldest daughter was 11 years old. She stayed with her mother but spent a lot of time at her father’s. When he was defending his friend, actor and former NFL star O. Jay Simpson, who was accused of a double murder (his wife and her lover) in 1994, his ex-wife decided to move from Beverly Hills to Hidden Hills for safety reasons. A year later the footballer was justified during the high-profile process and avoided the death penalty. In 2003 the father of the Kardashian sisters died from cancer at the age of 59 years.

Kris's second spouse was decathlete, Olympic champion and TV star William Bruce Jenner. In the new marriage concluded in 1991 she had two more daughters: Kendall Nicole and Kylie Kristen. In addition to her sisters by mother Kourtney also had three stepbrothers and a stepsister: Brandon, Brody (their mother was Linda Thompson, not only her stepfather’s but also Elvis Presley’s ex-girlfriend), Burton and Casey (their mom is Christy Scott). After divorcing Kris in 2015 Bruce Jenner made a transgender transition, changed his male name to female Caitlyn and was even named Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine.

Kourtney Kardashian is the oldest of Kris’s and Robert Kardashian’s children

In 1997 Kourtney graduated from Marymount Private Catholic High School for Girls in the Bel Air district of Los Angeles and continued her studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Two years later she became a student at the Faculty of Arts and Mass Media at the University of Arizona at Tucson, graduating in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Spanish. Her classmates were famous professional footballer and trainer Luke Walton and the adopted daughter of pop singer Lionel Richie, actress and model Nicole Richie.

Business, TV and high society life

After receiving her higher education, the girl went into business and together with her mother opened children's clothing stores in her native Los Angeles and New York, choosing the name Smooch for them, where products from the Crib Rock Couture trademark were offered. At the age of 26 the beauty first appeared on television, starring in the Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive fundraising project, broadcasted on the E! cable channel. A year later, in partnership with sisters Kim and Khloe, she founded DASH- a chain of women's clothing and accessories stores.

In October 2007 the popular Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality show started, which later became one of the longest-running entertainment shows in the genre. Its main characters were all the members of the Kardashian-Jenner clan: children and parents - Kris and Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce). The ex-husbands and friends of the sisters, Brandon's wife Lia, Kim’s current (third) husband rapper Kanye West also appeared on the show

Kourtney Kardashian in the Kourtney and Kim Take New York show

The success of the show led to the creation of its many variations on special events. So, in the period between 2009 and 2012 the Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, Kourtney and Kim Take New York reality shows were broadcasted. Kourtney also appeared in the Khloé & Lamar, Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons projects. In 2015 she was featured in the Dash Dolls reality show, which allowed viewers to follow the lives of boutique employees, and in the I Am Cait, which told about the change in relations in the family after the gender transition of her former stepfather, Caitlyn Jenner.

In addition in 2010, together with her sisters she released clothing lines for the youngest For Bebe and K-Dash, sold on the QVC commercial channel, presented a collection of twenty pieces of jewelry, where Armenian motives were present, the Kardashian Glamor Tan products for tanning, the PerfectSkin skincare and the Kardashian Konfidential book.

In 2011 the bright brunette debuted as a guest as lawyer Kavanaugh in the One Life to Live dramatic soap opera, launched on ABC even before her birth in 1968. A year later the name of the newly-made TV star appeared in a lawsuit of $ 5 million against QuickTrim. She was prosecuted by deceived customers as a participant in false marketing and the promotion of an ineffective dietary supplement for weight loss.

Kourtney Kardashian in the One Life to Live

In 2017 in collaboration with the PrettyLittleThing website, Kourtney released her first own fashion line, which included 32 models. She called the cinema of the 1970s and the classic Hollywood cinema as her inspiration.

Kourtney Kardashian’s personal life

At a party in Mexico in 2006, the reality star met businessman Scott Disick. Soon they began to live in civil marriage. The entire America watched their relationship develop in the Keeping up with the Kardashians.

In 2009 the couple broke up because of the constant betrayal of the young man and his addiction to alcohol. However, it turned out that the girl was pregnant and they made up for the sake of the child. Their happiness truly didn’t last long, until 2015, when, despite the birth of three children - daughter Penelope (born 2012) and sons Mason and Reign, they broke up. According to insiders, the ex-boyfriend still intends to return Kourtney at the earliest opportunity.

Interestingly, Kourtney’s both sons were born on the same day - December 14, with a difference of 5 years (in 2009 and in 2014).

Later the 38-year-old mother with many children was in a romantic relationship with a 24-year-old French mannequin and professional boxer Younes Bendjima for about two years. In 2018 they completed their affair. She allegedly - because of her lover's conviction of infidelity, he - because of his disapproving attitude to his chosen one’s habit publishing intim photos in social networks.

The same year the beautiful brunette appeared with a new boyfriend, 20-year-old stylist and designer Luka Sabbat. They were together for about a month.

Kourtney Kardashian style make-up

Kourtney’s desk books include the Bible and Jerome Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye novel. She likes to listen to Madonna, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and watch old movies.

Kourtney Kardashian nowadays

It was announced in 2019 about the launch of the new 16th season of the Keeping up with the Kardashian’s reality, where the TV star poses in a family photo in beige underwear, and also escapes from a bee attack by jumping into the pool.

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Kourtney Kardashian’s biography

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Kourtney Kardashian’s personal life

Kourtney Kardashian nowadays