Kimora Lee SimmonsKimora Lee Simmons was born May 3, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri to a Japanese mother and African American father. She is a fashion designer and former model married to hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. They have two daughters, Ming Lee Simmons (born January 21, 2000) and Aoki Lee Simmons (born in August 2002). Both are models for Baby Phat Clothing. The couple shares an estate in Saddle River, New Jersey. She began her modeling career at age 13, and by age 14 (and six feet tall) was a muse for Karl Lagerfeld. Kimora was very self- conscious as a child because she was bi-racial. She founded the Baby Phat clothing line, featuring urban fashions for women (Baby Phat is an extension of Phat Farm, which her husband founded in 1992). She was one of the celebrity judges on the reality show America's Next Top Model. On July 26, 2004, Simmons was arrested outside their estate in Saddle River for eluding an officer, marijuana possession, cocaine possession and careless driving after a two mile chase that began near the Saddle River Police Station. This page about Kimora Lee Simmons includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Kimora Lee Simmons News stories about Kimora Lee Simmons External links for Kimora Lee Simmons Videos for Kimora Lee Simmons Wikis about Kimora Lee Simmons Discussion Groups about Kimora Lee Simmons Blogs about Kimora Lee Simmons Images of Kimora Lee Simmons |
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On July 26, 2004, Simmons was arrested outside their estate in Saddle River for eluding an officer, marijuana possession, cocaine possession and careless driving after a two mile chase that began near the Saddle River Police Station. I'm a geek." [2] (http://www.nodoubt.com/band/Articles/07Axcess.htm). She was one of the celebrity judges on the reality show America's Next Top Model. Stefani has been quoted saying, "I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. She founded the Baby Phat clothing line, featuring urban fashions for women (Baby Phat is an extension of Phat Farm, which her husband founded in 1992). Her two trademarks include her famous platinum blonde hair, and her extremely red lipstick. Kimora was very self- conscious as a child because she was bi-racial. Stefani's natural hair colour is brown, though she has coloured it blue and pink before. She began her modeling career at age 13, and by age 14 (and six feet tall) was a muse for Karl Lagerfeld. Speculation circulates that the dress might have been sold. The couple shares an estate in Saddle River, New Jersey. Her vinyl red gown that she wore on the cover of No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom was stolen from the Fullertown Museum Centre in Orange County, United States. Both are models for Baby Phat Clothing. When not touring, or working on her other projects, she shares two homes with her husband, Gavin Rossdale, in Los Feliz, California (a suburb in Los Angeles), and London. They have two daughters, Ming Lee Simmons (born January 21, 2000) and Aoki Lee Simmons (born in August 2002). Stefani made her acting debut playing Jean Harlow in the 2004 Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator, but made a quick cameo appearance in the movie "Zoolander". She is a fashion designer and former model married to hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Girls and young women who imitate Stefani's distinctive style of dress are sometimes referred to as "Gwennabes" or "Gwenabees". Louis, Missouri to a Japanese mother and African American father. Stefani lent her voice to the title character of Malice, a PS2 and Xbox video game; before completion, however, the company opted not to use No Doubt band-members' voices. Kimora Lee Simmons was born May 3, 1975 in St. Stefani likes to listen to bands like 311, Blur, Radiohead and Jamiroquai. She is dyslexic. Her height is 1.68m. Stefani's nicknames are Sunshine and G-loc. Celebrities such as Nicky Hilton, Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, Nicole Richie, Jenny McCarthy, Alicia Keys and Halle Berry have been seen sporting her fashion line and LeSportsac bags. The line also includes handbags and purses. Gwen has created a successful fashion line, named L.A.M.B, which showcases clothing which Gwen would wear herself. As if coincidental in some sort of way, "What You Waiting For?" was written the following day. It was one of the first songs written for the album. The song is about not being inspired. "Fine by You": Written with Linda Perry. "You Started It": Written with Pharrell Williams. Then she rediscovered it six months later and thought it was great! The song is written about a boy that she dated in high school that recently died. Gwen first abandoned this song as it was very personal to her. "Wonderful Life for Him": Written with Linda Perry. The song pokes fun at dancers with moves better suited for the strip clubs than the dance clubs. "Parental Advisory": Produced by Rich Harrison who worked on Beyoncé Knowles' "Crazy In Love". she's swallowed a subversive youth culture in Japan and barfed up another image of submissive giggling Asian women.' [1] (http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/04/09/geisha/). However, Stefani's adoption of this component of Japanese culture has drawn criticism from some quarters; for example, Mihi Ahn at Salon.com writes: 'Stefani has taken the idea of Japanese street fashion and turned these women into modern-day geisha, contractually obligated to speak only Japanese in public, even though it's rumored they're just plain old Americans and their English is just fine.. Baby., and have a song dedicated to them on the album. Music. Angel. Following their namesake area, Stefani's harajuku girls are usually flamboyantly dressed (sometimes in a somewhat "Gothic Lolita" style), and they have been featured in her music videos, press coverage, on the album cover for Love. Named Love, Angel, Music, and Baby respectively by Stefani, the 'harajuku' girls are named for the area around the Harajuku Station of Tokyo, Japan, known as a popular shopping destination and fashion center for teenagers. The release of her solo album has also brought attention to Stefani's entourage of four harajuku girls. Recently Stefani announced on the popular radio station Z100 that "Cool" will be the fourth single, and that its video will be shot in Italy. "Hollaback Girl" also helped Love.Angel.Music.Baby. climb to a new peak of four in the UK. Despite not being as successful as predicted due to the large audience "Hollaback Girl" received across the rest of the globe, it did manage to sell in excess of 50,000 copies, illustrating that Stefani wasn't going to be halted so easily. In its third week, it fell to number eleven, unable to climb to a higher peak. The following week, it duplicated the same position, to the confusion of many. When the song was released in the UK, it debuted at number eight. In Australia, "Hollaback Girl" debuted at number one, where it hailed for one week, selling over 5,000 copies. Since its tenth week, and currently the thirteenth week, "Hollaback Girl" sits at number two, due to "We Belong Together". The song held this position for one month, until "We Belong Together", a ballad by Mariah Carey, overtook it. In only its sixth week, it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making Stefani the first white, non-urban or non-American Idol artist to reach the top spot since Nickelback in 2001/2002 with their hit, "How You Remind Me". Love.Angel.Music.Baby.'s third single, "Hollaback Girl", was released in April of 2005 and became one of the fastest rising songs of the year. It was also featured on a Pepsi commercial, starting on Super Bowl Sunday, 2005. It shot its way into the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number seven, and number three on the Pop 100. It is partly a cover of the song "If I Was A Rich Man" from the musical Fiddler on the Roof, written by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. Dre. The second single, "Rich Girl", another duet with Eve, was produced by Dr. In Canada, it managed to climb to number eleven, but dropped out of the top thirty quite rapidly. chart, making it a relative American flop for Stefani. The first single released was "What You Waiting For?" It debuted at number one on the Australian ARIAnet singles chart and at number four on the UK chart, and peaked at number forty-seven on the U.S. (Although her previous status is what most likely debuted it at such a high number.) Her album was certified platinum (1,000,000 copies sold) after only four weeks of sales. It managed to sell more copies in its first week than any No Doubt album (350,000), debuting at number seven, impressive for a debut solo artist. on November 23, 2004. Music. Baby. was released in the U.S. Angel. Stefani's first solo album, Love. In fact, Stefani became the first artist in history to win both Best Male Video and Best Female Video awards at the MTV VMAs, for "Southside" (credited as "Moby featuring Gwen Stefani") and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (credited as "Eve featuring Gwen Stefani") respectively, both in 2001. Stefani's solo efforts found early success in a pair of popular 2001 duets, the "Southside" remix with techno artist Moby and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with rapper Eve. The same Prince produced album features rap by Eve of Ruff Ryders, who later collaborated with Gwen. Gwen duets with The Artist formerly known as Prince on the song "So Far, So Pleased" from his 1999 album Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic. On September 14, 2002, they were married. Stefani met Bush guitarist Gavin Rossdale in 1996 at a concert she was playing with No Doubt. The album also spun off the moderate successful hits, "Excuse Me Mr." and "Sunday Morning", which were released as singles fourth and fifth, respectively. She slipped into depression after touring for Tragic Kingdom. Gwen had dated Kanal for eight years until he ended the relationship because he needed more space. Many of the album's songs, including "Don't Speak" and "Spiderwebs", were inspired by Stefani's relationship and breakup with fellow band member Tony Kanal. Following the success of Tragic Kingdom, Stefani became highly popular and recognizable; the tension this produced with the other members of the band was touched on by their video for the song "Don't Speak". The album was released in 1995 and spawned several hits, beginning with "Just a Girl". During this time, the band almost split up. The band's second studio album, Tragic Kingdom, took three years to make. Gwen became the group's lead singer after original frontman John Spence committed suicide in December 1987. He was the keyboardist for No Doubt. Her brother Eric founded No Doubt in 1986 with his friend John Spence, but eventually left the band to pursue a career in animation on The Simpsons. Her first job was scrubbing floors at a Dairy Queen, and she once worked at a department store. She attended Cal State Fullerton, and at Loara High School (class of 1987), she was on the swim team. She has a sister, Jill, and two brothers, Eric and Todd. Her father, Denis, is Italian and her mother Patti is of English and Scottish descent. Stefani was born in Fullerton, California. Gwen Renée Stefani (born October 3, 1969) is an American singer and the frontwoman of the band No Doubt who launched a successful solo career in late 2004. 2005: "Hollaback Girl" — #1 US (4 weeks); #8 UK; #2 CAN; #1 (1 week) AU. Eve) — #7 US; #4 UK; #4 CAN; #2 AU. 2005: "Rich Girl" (feat. 2004: "What You Waiting For?" — #47 US; #4 UK; #11 CAN; #1 (2 weeks) AU. Baby. — #5 US; #4 UK; #5 CAN; #1 AU — Worldwide sales: 5 million. Music. Angel. 2004: Love. Love.Angel.Music.Baby. is certified 5x platinum worldwide. "Hollaback Girl" is certified platinum.
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