Kimora Lee Simmons Parents: Meet Joanne Perkins, Vernon Whitlock Jr.

Kimora Lee Simmons is an American fashion model, fashion designer, and businesswoman. She is the daughter of Joanne Perkins and Vernon Whitlock Jr.

Vernon Whitlock, Jr., her father served three years in prison on drug trafficking charges while Simmons was in elementary school.

She was raised in the lower-middle-class St. Louis suburb of Florissant by her mother, Joanne Perkins, who worked as a district manager for the Social Security Administration.

Simmons was a frequent target of bullying at school while growing up in the northern St. Louis suburb of Florissant, Missouri.  Kimora’s mother enrolled her in modelling classes when she was eleven years old in an effort to boost her confidence

Simmons began her career as a fashion model at the age of 14 when she was discovered by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. She quickly rose to prominence and became known for her tall stature and unique sense of style.

She walked the runways for top fashion houses and appeared in numerous fashion magazines. Simmons also ventured into television, appearing in her own reality TV series called “Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane,” which aired from 2007 to 2011.

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