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Kim Kardashian is born to attorney Robert Kardashian and wife Kris Kardashian.
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A look at how socialite Kim Kardashian went from being a nobody to being a recognisible face that sells billions across the world.
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At pre-school, Kim Kardashian's friend's circle included Paris Hilton, who like her, would go on to create an empire of her own in two decades.
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Kim Kardashian gets a new step-dad when her mother Kris marries Olympic gold medalist, Bruce Jenner. Kim would go on to have two sisters from this union, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, who were born five and seven years after the marriage respectively.
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Now known for her voluptuous body, Kim Kardashion admitted to Playboy that she would pray that her body would stop developing when she hit puberty. She denies rumours that she has had work done on her breasts, butt or lips.
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On this day her biological father Robert Kardashian read a statement to the media by his friend, O.J.Simpson. A few days earlier Robert was seen carrying Simpson's garment bag the day he flew back from Chicago after the double murders of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Robert acted in Simpson's defence as volunteer assistant during trial.
O.J.Simpson was charged with double murder and later acquitted of all charges in what is regarded - till today - as a controversial criminal trial. -
Still pretty much a nobody, Kim Kardashian eloped to Las Vegas and wedded music producer Damon Thomas in 2000 when she was just 19, a decision she would later regret. Thomas worked with the likes of Pink and Faith Evans.
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Kim Kardashian's biological father passes away after losing his battle with esophagael cancer at the age of 59. Kim spoke at the funeral and decribes that as "the hardest thing she has had to do in her life".
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Kim Kardashian divorces music producer Damon Thomas, who would later label her 'a compulsive shopper'.
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Kim begins her climb up the celebrity ladder. R&B singer, Brandy, was voted the worst dressed celebrity after which Kim Kardashian was hired as her personal stylist to help reinvent the singer's status. She also worked as personal shopper for singer Lindsay Lohan as her business took off.
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After being appointed as stylist for Brandy, Kim starts dating the singer's brother, singer-songwriter, Ray J.
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Kim Kardashian is spotted holding hands at an afternoon showing of The Da Vinci Code with 98 degrees singer Nick Lachey a few months after his public divorce from wife, Jessica Simpson.
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Kim Kardashian lands her first role in front of the camera as she appears in the television drama series, Beyond The Break, which focusses on four women in the world of professional surfing shot in Hawaii.
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Kim, along with sisters, Khloe and Kourtney, open their first luxury clothing store D-A-S-H in California. It has since opened two more branches in New Yok City and Miami. D-A-S-H sell bras, clothing and accessories from a variety of clothing labels.
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Vivid Entertainment buys the rights to a home sex video that was leaked onto the internet with Kim Kardashian and Ray J and releases it as 'Kim Kardshian: Superstar'. Kim sues Vivid for ownership of the tape. The tape helps enhance her popularity in the American social circuit.
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Kim begins her courtship with NFL star Reggie Bush that would last for almost three years. She was by Bush's side during his 2010 Superbowl victory with the New Orlean Saints. She told AP, "I'm not really a sports girl. But I sit with all the wives and they know everything and I don't so they are teaching me, and I'm learning a lot about it, so I'm loving it."
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Kim Kardashin drops her legal lawsuit with Vivid Entertainment which released her leaked home sex tape with Ray J. She pockets $5 million from the company in the process.
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Series based on the private and professional lives of the Kardashian and Jenner family is aired for the first time on E! Six seasons of the show - including successful spinoffs have been aired so far with the seventh set for release later in 2012.
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Kim sheds her clothes - this time knowingly - for Playboy magazine. She was quoted as saying, "Of course you're nervous and want more time to work out. But I'm proud to show people who I am, You always see the typical skinny models and I'm not that and I'm proud not to be that."
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Kim and Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo were spotted kissing outside a Madrid restaurant but the romance was short-lived.
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Kim Kardashian begins dating professional NBA star Kris Humphries of the New Jersey Nets.
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Jam (Turn It UP) Films music video for 'Jam (Turn It Up)', a single she did for 'Kourtney and Kim Take on New York'. The video features rapper Kanye West and was directed by Hype Williams (Coldplay, Jay Z, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj).
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Kim and Kris get engaged. Some big, expensive rocks are enchanged as hype around the wedding begins.
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Kris and Kim tie the knot in a lavish ceremony in a private estate in California amidst 440 guests and E! cameras. Guests included Eva Longoria, Ryan Seacrest, Avril Lavigne and Demi Lovato.
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Kim filed for divorce citing the now-infamous 'irreconcilable differences' tag after just 72 days of wedded bliss. Days before filing for divorce she said that life as a newlywed to Kris Humpries was "not ideal".
