The Kardashians

Full name: Kimberly Noel Kardashian
Nickname(s): Kim
Date of birth: October 21, 1980
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Education: Marymount High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Los Angeles
Profession: Reality star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami); model; producer; actress; entrepreneur; co-owner of DASH clothing boutiques in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City
Boyfriend? Not at the moment...
Twitter: KimKardashian
Bet you didn't know... Kim swears by laser hair removal. ("I'm Armenian, so of course I am obsessed with [it]!" she once joked.)

Perfumes, weight loss products, hamburgers, wax figures, fashion, jewelry — these are just a few things that may come to mind when you hear the name Kim Kardashian. But the socialite/actress/model/all-around Renaissance woman is best known for the reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, about her larger-than-life family. Sister of Kourtney and Khloé, Kim was Kris Jenner's second daughter with the late O.J. Simpson defense attorney Robert Kardashian. Kris's second husband, Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner, is Kim's stepfather.

Like her sisters, Kim is a seasoned entrepreneur: She is the co-founder and chief fashion stylist for ShoeDazzle, co-owner of DASH boutiques, and co-creator of the sunless tanning product Kardashian Glamour Tan. She and her sisters released a line of clothing for Bebe in the Spring of 2010; another clothing line, K-Dash, which is being sold on QVC; and an Armenian-inspired jewelry line for Virgins, Angels, and Saints. If you want the inside scoop on her sprawling family and rise to fame, pick up a copy of Kardashian Konfidential, the sisters' joint memoir.

Beyond her many fashion and beauty pursuits, she's a spokesperson for Carl's Jr and has appeared on the small screen in How I Met Your Mother and CSI: NY and on the big screen in Disaster Movie. Following in the footsteps of her ex-best friend Paris Hilton, she's also poised to launch a singing career. Thanks to Auto-Tune (and The-Dream — of Rihanna's "Umbrella" fame), practically anyone can release a hit single.

Like many of her celebutante contemporaries, the Season 7 Dancing With the Stars contestant is no stranger to scandal — Kim stars in a very public sex tape with rapper Ray J. After escaping an emotionally and physically abusive relationship with her ex-husband, Damon Thomas, Kim has gone on to date Ray J, Nick Lachey, Nick Cannon, New Orleans Saints star Reggie Bush, and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin.

In 2011, Kim married and then divorced New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries. Kim and Kris married in a lavish ceremony on August 20, 2011. Kim abruptly filed for divorce from Kris on October 31, 2011, citing "irreconcilable differences."