Lauren Conrad Biography

Birth Name: Lauren Katherine Conrad

Birth Place: Newport Beach, CA

Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/01/1986, Aquarius

Profession: Reality-show cast member

Lauren Conrad Relationships:

Brandon Conrad - Brother

Breanna Conrad - Sister

Jason Wahler - Ex-significant Other

Jim Conrad - Father

Kathy Conrad - Mother

Stephen Colletti - Ex-significant Other

Kyle Howard - Ex-significant Other

Biography

Reality star Lauren Catherine Conrad, who was born in Newport on February 1, 1986, grew up in Laguna Beach, California. Lauren Conrad was a cast member on the first season of MTV’s reality TV show Laguna Beach. In the show, she had a crush on Stephen Colletti, and dated Jason Wahler. She began to harbor an interest for fashion design when she was in seventh grade, so she studied at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco for a semester.

During Conrad's senior year of high school, she appeared in the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County in which she agreed to have her life taped. Upon graduation in 2004, she attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco for one semester along with her friend, Heidi Montag. During the second season of Laguna Beach, she returned home and began taking classes at a local community college before subsequently transferring to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.

Conrad at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.

After the success of Laguna Beach, MTV developed The Hills, a spin-off series. The series originally documented the personal and professional lives of Lauren and her friends (Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, and Whitney Port) while living in Los Angeles, California. The first season premiered on MTV on May 31, 2006. At the time, Conrad was an intern at Teen Vogue while living with then-housemate Heidi Montag.

The series was later renewed for a second season, which was filmed from late summer 2006 through February 2007 and premiered on January 15, 2007. During that time, Conrad and Montag's friendship deteriorated, as Heidi was increasingly spending her time with her new boyfriend, Spencer Pratt. By February 2007, Audrina Patridge became Conrad's roommate after Montag moved into a separate apartment with Pratt.[8] Filming for the third season of The Hills began in mid-summer 2007 and lasted through March 2008. The premiere episode of season 3 aired on August 13, 2007. During that time, Conrad was able to revive her position at Teen Vogue and was offered a trip to Paris alongside Whitney Port. By March 2008, Port had left Teen Vogue for fashion PR firm People's Revolution, and after asking Conrad to assist at an event, Kelly Cutrone invited her to work for her company.

Filming for the fourth season of The Hills began in mid-summer 2008 and lasted through November 2008. The premiere episode of Season 4 aired on August 18, 2008. Filming for Season 5 began in January 2009, and the premiere episode aired April 6, 2009. Conrad confirmed that the fifth season would be her last.[9] She made her final appearance in the series on May 31, 2009. The program continued without her, with former Laguna Beach castmate Kristin Cavallari being hired as Conrad's replacement. In March 2010, it was announced that the sixth season of The Hills would be the last. There was much speculation that Conrad would make a guest appearance for the series finale. The series ended on July 13, 2010, after airing six seasons and 102 episodes. She did not appear in the finale, but later said that she filmed an alternate ending of the series with Brody Jenner.

Love her or hate her, Lauren Conrad has certainly changed what we thought was possible on TV. The first show she appeared on, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, proved that real people could actually turn their whole lives into a show without being stuck on an island or forced to live in the same house competing in ridiculous contests for prizes. The MTV "reality" series followed Conrad and her wealthy socialite friends as they did the things that all normal teenagers do: backstab, sleep around, vacation regularly, and buy Dior stilettos. The show made her an instant star, and she returned to the network on The Hills, another prime-time hit that documents her daily highs and lows in the City of Angels. She declared the fifth season her last and left the show on May 31, 2009. Don't worry, her friends will continue filming, so they can remind us weekly that rich people really do have it better, even if they don't appreciate it.