Kimora Lee Simmons

Kimora Lee Simmons in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

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 is also known by her current married name, Kimora Lee Leissner.

She was born to an African–American father and a Korean Japanese mother, who 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.

Source: http://drinkthis.typepad.com

ethnic

Curious about ethnicity

101 Responses

  1. mike says:

    good nose job :)

  2. nonyabuz says:

    ok im leaving this message to the girl that just said she dont buy her products cauz shes fat. your reaaly a bitch she had like 2 or 3 babies and u call her fat and just b cauz shes fat doesnt mean u cant buy her products and ur probebly fat urself u just say that to make yourself feel better sooo yah ! shes a hard working mom and if she was to read this right now she probebly would be hurt

  3. Liam O'Connel says:

    I had no idea she was half black, I thought she was fully asian…rofl I bet this comment is going to get rated down by many african americans

  4. Hannie says:

    Woow, and my sister looks a lot like her except that she is 2 shaeds darker than her

  5. starstar says:

    Trace japanese roots and you’ll find there’s no such such thing as pure or real japanese ppl..islanders are usually very mixed.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.