Kimberly Noel Kardashian (born October 21, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is one of the three daughters of the late lawyer Robert Kardashian. Kardashian`s initial media attention was centered around her close friendship with Paris Hilton, but her notoriety exploded after it was revealed that she had made a sex tape with ex-boyfriend Ray-J. While the circumstances surrounding the sex tape`s release and distribution may appear to be an obvious, crass and clearly orchestrated effort by Kardashian to profit both in financial terms and in turns of notoriety, such accusations have been denied.

Kardashian has denied undergoing enhancing plastic surgery.

Her mother is her manager. In August 2007, Ryan Seacrest Productions signed Kardashian to appear in her own new series produced by Seacrest for the E! cable channel featuring Kardashian and family members. The series Keeping Up With The Kardashians debuted on October 14.

Kardashian was featured in a photo layout in the December 2007 issue of Playboy magazine.

Personal life

Her stepfather is 1976 Summer Olympic Games gold medalist Bruce Jenner. She has nine sibling: sisters Kourtney Kardashian (co-star of Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive) and Khloe Kardashian, brother Robert Kardashian, Jr., half-sisters Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner, step-brothers Brody Jenner and Brandon Jenner (co-stars of The Princes of Malibu), Burt Jenner, and step-sister Casey Jenner. Kourtney, Khloe, and Robert co-star in Keeping Up With The Kardashians; Brody, Kendall and Kylie appear in episode 3.

Kardashian is divorced from producer Damon Thomas. She has been romantically linked to Nick Lachey, Ray-J, Nick Cannon, Reggie Bush, and Scott Storch.