Kourtney Kardashian

 Kourtney Mary[1]  Kardashian (born April 18, 1979) [2]  is an American  socialite,  businesswoman,  actress, television personality and fashion designer. She gained fame as a cast member of  Keeping Up with the Kardashians,  Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami. She is the oldest child of  Kris Jenner and defense attorney  Robert Kardashian and the sister of socialites  Khloé Kardashian,  Kim Kardashian, and  Rob Kardashian<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">Kourtney Mary Kardashian was born in <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Mill Valley, California<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-peoplebio_2-1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1em;">[2] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">She is the oldest child of attorney <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Robert Kardashian<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">and <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Kris Jenner<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">(née Houghton) and the sister of <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Kim<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Khloé<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, and <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Rob Kardashian<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">. She grew up in <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Los Angeles, California<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">. She is of <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Armenian<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">descent on her father's side and <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Scottish<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">and <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  Dutch<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">on her mother's. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1em;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1em;">[4]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Kardashian's parents divorced in 1989, and her mother, Kris, married former Olympian Bruce Jenner in 1991.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;">[5]  Kardashian gained four stepsiblings in Burton "Burt", Brandon, Brody and Cassandra Lyn "Casey" Jenner. She is also half sister of Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Her father, Robert, who was on O. J. Simpson’s legal team during his 1995 murder trial, died on September 30, 2003 from esophageal cancer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;">[6]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Kardashian attended the Roman Catholic all-girls school, Marymount High School in Los Angeles. Following graduation, she left California, moving to Dallas, Texas, where she attended Southern Methodist University for two years. She then moved to Tucson, Arizona and attended the University of Arizona, graduating with a degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Spanish. Her classmates included Nicole Richie and Luke Walton.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-askmen_7-0" style="line-height:1em;">[7]

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Television career
<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Kardashian first became known to reality television audiences on the 2004 series, Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive, on which she earned money for charity. She then became a cast member on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which depicts the lives of her extended family. She and her sister Khloé starred in their own spinoff reality show, Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, the first season of which documented their opening of the Miami D-A-S-H location in 2009. In January 2011, Kourtney and Kim Take New York premiered, which documents her and sister Kim opening their third D-A-S-H store in New York.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Kardashian made her acting debut with a guest appearance on the ABC soap One Life to Live on March 28, 2011, appearing as attorney Kassandra Kavanaugh.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;">[8]  Kardashian, who had grown up watching the soap opera and credited her appearance as a "lifelong dream", had reservations about her acting debut, stating: "I'd thought I'd have two lines. But my script is so long ... I'm not an actress."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;">[9] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;">[10]  Her performance, however, was not met with positive reviews from critics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;">[11]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In September 2012, she and younger sister Kim created another spinoff reality television series, Kourtney and Kim Take Miami which will air from January 2013. It will also feature their mother Kris Jenner and sister Khloé Kardashian.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;">[12]

[edit] Business ventures
<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Kourtney and her mother opened children's clothing boutiques called Smooch in the Los Angeles area and New York City; the boutiques carry the brand Crib Rock Couture. With sisters Kim and Khloe, Kardashian co-owns and operates D-A-S-H, a clothing boutique in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-askmen_7-1" style="line-height:1em;">[7]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Kardashian has a number of endorsement contracts with her sisters Khloe and Kim. They are spokeswomen for the diet supplement Quick Trim.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1em;">[13] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;">[14]  In March 2012, Kardashian and her sisters Kim and Khloe were named in a $5 million class action lawsuit against QuickTrim, the weight loss supplement they endorse.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1em;">[15]  The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses the Kardashians (along with QuickTrim’s manufacturer, Windmill Health Products; the retailer GNC; and others in the sales and marketing chain) of false and deceptive marketing of the diet aid. The plaintiffs, hailing from several states, brought claims under their respective states’ consumer protection laws.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;">[16]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Kardashian also represents the skincare line "PerfectSkin" with her sisters, which was developed by Dr. Ron DiSalvo for Perfect Science Labs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1em;">[17]  The three sisters also released a jewelry line for Virgins, Saints, and Angels. The 20 piece collection debuted in March 2010. The jewelry is reflective of the Kardashians' Armenian heritage.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;">[18]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In the spring of 2010, she and her sisters released a clothing line for Bebe.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1em;">[19] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1em;">[20] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1em;">[21]  In August 2010, Kardashian announced that she and her sisters were working on another clothing line called K-Dash, sold on QVC.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1em;">[22]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Kardashian and her sisters created a sunless tanner called Kardashian Glamour Tan in 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1em;">[23] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1em;">[24]  Kardashian wrote the book "Kardashian Konfidential" with her sisters Kim and Khloe; it was released in November 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1em;">[25]

[edit] Personal life
<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Kardashian and partner Scott Disick have two children: son Mason Dash Disick (born 2009)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1em;">[26] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-usbaby_27-0" style="line-height:1em;">[27]  and daughter Penelope Scotland Disick (born 2012).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1em;">[28]

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