Early life of Kim Kardashian
Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980 in
Los Angeles, California, the daughter of
Robert and
Kris (
née Houghton).
[13] She has an older sister,
Kourtney, a younger sister,
Khloé, and a younger brother,
Rob.
[14] Their mother is of Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry,
[15] while their father was a third-generation
Armenian-American.
[16]
After their parents divorced in 1991, her mother married again that year, to Bruce Jenner (now
Caitlyn Jenner),
[A] the
1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner.
[17] Through their marriage, Kardashian gained step-brothers Burton "Burt",
Brandon, and
Brody; step-sister Casey; and half-sisters
Kendall and
Kylie Jenner.
[18]
She attended
Marymount High School, a
Roman Catholic all-girls school in Los Angeles.
[19] In 1994, her father represented football player
O. J. Simpson during
his murder trial. Simpson is Kardashian's
godfather.
[20] Kardashian's father died in 2003 of cancer.
[21]
In her 20s, Kardashian was the close friend and
stylist of socialite
Paris Hilton, through whom she first garnered media attention.
[3][22]
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