{"id":1814,"date":"2025-05-06T06:12:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/05\/06\/kimora-lee-simmons-exposes-price-she-paid-for-fame-at-just-13\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T06:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:12:50","slug":"kimora-lee-simmons-exposes-price-she-paid-for-fame-at-just-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/05\/06\/kimora-lee-simmons-exposes-price-she-paid-for-fame-at-just-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimora Lee Simmons Exposes Price She Paid For Fame At Just 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The former model revealed she spent $5,000 a month on phone calls as a homesick 13-year-old model working in Europe before modern tech existed.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div id=\"allhiphop-subscribe2\" style=\"    margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<form target=\"_blank\" action=\"https:\/\/read.letterhead.email\/all-hip-hop\/subscribe\" method=\"POST\">\n<div class=\"form__group\" bis_skin_checked=\"1\" style=\" padding: 30px; background: #f5f5f5; \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"email\" class=\"form__label form__label--required\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>AllHipHop.com<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/label><\/p>\n<p>Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. 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Subscribe now!<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input id=\"email\" maxlength=\"\" required=\"required\" type=\"email\" name=\"email\" class=\"form__input\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"submit\" class=\"form__group__field__submit-button items-center button button--secondary\" style=\" color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(197, 0, 0); font-family: Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border: 0px solid rgb(41, 98, 255); border-radius: 3px; padding: 3px 23px; \"> Subscribe <\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/diddy-jokes-fly-after-kimora-lee-simmons-house-catches-on-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kimora Lee Simmons<\/a> racked up thousands in long-distance charges and worked under conditions that would violate today\u2019s child labor laws during her early modeling days in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The fashion mogul and mother of five opened up to <em>PEOPLE<\/em>\u00a0about the steep cost of staying connected to her family after moving overseas at just 13 years old to pursue modeling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was running up a phone bill,\u201d Simmons said. \u201cMy phone bill\u2014this is crazy\u2014my phone bill was like $5,000 a month because back then that was when it was real long-distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Long before FaceTime or Wi-Fi, Simmons relied on collect calls and credit cards to reach her mother back home in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t have calling plans and the Wi-Fi,\u201d she said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have that. You had a collect call. You could either pay for it yourself on your credit card or bill it to someone else. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DI2CX0ozGM7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Kimora Lee Simmons (@kimoraleesimmons)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/d>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simmons left her hometown before starting high school and struggled with intense homesickness while living and working in Europe. At the time, she was modeling for luxury fashion houses like Chanel under the direction of Karl Lagerfeld.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on her early start in the industry, Simmons noted that the work she did as a teenager wouldn\u2019t fly under current labor standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I got older, I realized I was the youngest one,\u201d she said. \u201cKarl would even tell me things like, \u2018What we did before is illegal now\u2019 \u2014 labour laws and kids. So yeah, we were at it kind of early.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons\u2019 multiethnic look was groundbreaking in high fashion at the time she began her career, helping her stand out on Paris runways. Simmons closed the 1989 Chanel haute couture show as \u201cThe Bride\u201d and went on to walk for prestigious fashion houses such as Fendi, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent and Emanuel Ungaro.<\/p>\n<p>She also appeared on the covers of major magazines like <em>Vogue<\/em>, <em>Elle<\/em> and <em>Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/em>. Her modeling success laid the foundation for her later ventures in fashion design and business, including Baby Phat.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article-footer-text\">\n<h2> What do you think about this article? <\/h2>\n<p><span> Share your thoughts in the comments below and join the discussion! <\/span><\/aside>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/kimora-lee-simmons-exposes-price-she-paid-for-fame-at-just-13\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former model revealed she spent $5,000 a month on phone calls as a homesick 13-year-old model working in Europe before modern tech existed. AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. 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