Olivia Palermo Biography

Name : Olivia Palermo

Date of Birth : February 28, 1986

Birth Place : Greenwich, Connecticut

Born February 28 1986, Olivia Palermo grew up between New York and Greenwich, Connecticut. She hit the mainstream conscious by starring in the MTV reality series The City and has since become as famous for impeccable natural style.

Palermo initially denied rumors in 2008 that she would be a part of The City, a spin-off of MTV's television show The Hills but was later confirmed as a cast member. She agreed to star in the series to familiarize herself with acting. The series debuted on December 29, 2008, it documents the lives of the cast members in New York City. It was reported that Palermo was granted $12,000 per episode at the time. As part of the show, Palermo worked at the PR department for Diane von Furstenberg and later the accessories department at Elle. The second part of the first season debuted in September 2009. She was given a bigger role and more air time. The City returned for a second and final season in 2010 where Palermo was given reporting duties for Elle.com.She was signed to Wilhelmina Models in 2009. She has appeared on the cover of magazines including Elle Mexico, Tatler, ASOS Magazine, Shop Til You Drop and Marie Claire UK. She was also selected to be one of the models along with her boyfriend, Johannes Huebl, for the autumn/winter 2010 campaign by Mango. She also launched a jewelry line with Roberta Freymann in 2010. In August 2011, Palermo was invited by Stuart Weitzman to design a shoe for charity. She became a guest editor for Piperlime.com in September and appeared as a guest judge on Project Runway Season 9 in that role. In October, Palermo launched her personal website, consisting of a blog about her travels and fashion pieces by herself and two other full-time writers. She also appeared as a guest judge on Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model.

LOVES:

Olivia had been dating male model Johannes Huebl, nicknamed “Joe Hotness”, since spring of 2008, but it’s pretty unclear from watching “The City” if the two are still together. Before that she dated another nicknamed pretty boy, Brad Leinhardt, a fashion designer behind the line Izzy Gold, who is often called “The Golden Jew” for reasons I can’t quite figure out. Needless to say, Olivia has a type — hot and rich. Others need not apply.

FRIENDS:

Much like Hollywood, there’s a thin line in the New York socialite scene between friends and enemies. However, Olivia does seem to hang out at parties with fellow socialites and party girls like Byrdie Bell, Ally Hilfiger (daughter of Tommy), and Keith Richards’ daughters, Theodora and Alexandra. As we’ve seen on “The City,” her closest confidante seems to be her cousin Nevan Donahue. Oh, by the way, Nevan was once arrested for approaching a prostitute with his pants down and soliciting her for oral sex by offering Oxycontin. And, oh yeah, the prostitute was actually an undercover police officer. Yikes.

ENEMIES:

Like a social system founded on money and good looks, the New York socialite scene is a hierarchy and Palermo tried to climb the ranks a little too quickly for some peoples’ liking. Among her enemies? Number one New York “social” Tinsley Mortimer (you’ve known doubt seen her photo in Elle or Vogue and thought to yourself, “Who the eff is this bitch standing next to Gwyneth Paltrow and P. Diddy?”) who felt threatened by Olivia’s ambition, her friend Fabiola Beracasa, and “hipster headband-wearing” social, Arden Wohl, who came on to the party circuit around the same time.