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Birth Name: Kimora Lee Perkins
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 4, 1975
Ethnicity: * father – African-American * mother – Korean Japanese
Kimora Lee Simmons is an American entrepreneur, fashion designer, television personality, author, philanthropist, and model. She has been a judge on America’s Next Top Model , and starred on reality shows Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane , Kimora: House of Fab , and Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane . Her roles include the films For Love or Money (1993), The Big Tease , Brown Sugar , Beauty Shop , Rebound (2005), and Waist Deep ; the video games Def Jam: Fight for NY and Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover ; and the music videos for “Nice & Slow,” “Change Clothes,” and “In Those Jeans.” She is also known by her married name, Kimora Lee Leissner. She is 6′0″.
Kimora was born to an African–American father and a Korean Japanese mother. Her mother was adopted by an American service man during the Korean war. There is some debate regarding her mother’s ancestry. It has been written that she is of half Korean descent, while others say she that is of fully Japanese ancestry. Kimora has said that her mother is of fully Japanese descent, and was a war refugee who moved to Korea.
Kimora is married to banker Tim Leissner. She has five children, including two with her former husband, record producer Russell Simmons; a son with her former partner, actor and model Djimon Hounsou ; and a son with Tim.
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