21 Jan 2012

Whitney Port Biography

Birth Name: Whitney Eve Port
Date of Birth : 4 March 1985, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height : 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Occupation : Television personality, Fashion designer

Port was born and raised in Los Ang, California. She is the daughter of Jeffery and Vicki Lyn Port. She has an older brother, Ryan, an older sister, Ashley, and two younger sisters, Paige and Jade. Her father, Jeff, is the owner of a fashion company called Swarm. She comes from a Jewish family. Whitney Port attended Warner Avenue Elementary School. She then went to Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences for middle school and high school. In 2007, Port graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a degree in gender studies.

In episode six of the first season, Port had her first experience as a runway model. She walked in a DKNY Jeans show at Los Angeles Fashion Week. Whitney again plays the role of model in episode eleven, when she appears on a "Good Morning America" segment with André Leon Talley the editor-at-large of "Vogue" magazine. When modeling Hilary Swank's dress from the 2005 Academy Awards, Whitney tripped and fell during the live televised segment, but composed herself after the slip. Lisa Love, a "Teen Vogue" editor and Whitney's supervisor, praised her for handling the incident with class and grace under fire.

In December 2008 Whitney’s own spin-off, “The City” launched on MTV. She moved across the country and the cameras followed as she begin working for Diane Von Furstenberg. In Season 2 of “The City,” Whitney was working at People’s Revolution and on her fashion line, Whitney Eve.

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