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Kendall Jenner Facts: 22 Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Model

She's everybody's fashion darling these days, but do you know all there is to know about the reality-star-turned-model?

Kendall Jenner is literally everywhere at the moment.

She's walked and posed for everyone from Chanel to Calvin Klein and she's best mates with THE most sought after young women in fashion.

Basically, we all want her life.

Kendall Jenner, things you didn't know... [Getty]
Kendall Jenner, things you didn't know... [Getty]

However - despite being splashed over the pages of every magazine and appearing in hit reality television show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, do we really know all there is to know about the model?

Compared to some of her sisters, she's actually relatively guarded.

Though there have been plenty of rumours about her links with Harry Styles and Cody Simpson, we've never had any of our dating suspicions about her confirmed.

And despite plenty of stories about her feuds with sister Kim Kardashian, these have rarely gone beyond conjecture.

Always looking so put together! [Getty]
Always looking so put together! [Getty]

Plus how many times have you seen her stumbling drunk out of a nightclub, boasting about her sex life or oversharing about her celebrity connections?

A big fat zero, that's how many.

For those who crave to know a little bit more about the "it girl", we've compiled a list of 22 lesser known tidbits of information.

Happy reading!

1. In the book Kris Jenner...And All Things Kardashian, written by Kendall's momager, Kris admits that she tested out a lot of names before settling on Kendall. So it turns out that baby Jenner was nearly called KAMERON!

2. She has a beauty spot on her lower lip which is usually covered up by make-up artists before photoshoots and public appearances.

[Kendall Facts Tumblr]
[Kendall Facts Tumblr]

 

3. Kendall is Bruce Jenner's FIFTH biological child, though if you count him as a surrogate dad to Kris' other children (Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob), it would make her his NINTH child. Bruce had two children - Cassandra Marino and Burton William Jenner - with his first wife Chrystie and two more children - Brandon and Brody - with his second wife Linda, before he paired up with third wife Kris, to have Kendall and youngest Kylie.

4. For Kendall's 17th birthday, the pool at the Jenner house was transformed into an ice-skating rink. Quite impressive if you consider that they live in the perennially sunny California.

5. Kris Jenner has Kendall's name tattooed on her lower back, along with her sister Kylie's and a big Christian cross.

[Kendall J Facts/Tumblr]
[Kendall J Facts/Tumblr]

 

6. Kendall Jenner used to be a cheerleader for the Sierra Canyon school, before her fame and her busy schedule meant she had to be homeschooled instead.

7. Kendall and Kylie were quite the tricky twosome when they were younger and once stole father Bruce's credit card so that they could go on a clothes-shopping spree. This would be totally unnecesary now, as Kendall is worth an estimated £1.9million on her own. So she can definitely now afford her own Louboutins.

Kendal and Kylie were little ragamuffins! [Tumblr]
Kendal and Kylie were little ragamuffins! [Tumblr]


8.
When Kendall and Kylie first started out in the modelling world, they had a "facial expressions" lesson from supermodel Coca Rocha. Coca has since spoken out against the bullying of Kendall that has reportedly gone on backstage at some of her bigger fashion shows.

9. In 2013 poor Kendall was on the receiving end of some serious Twitter shade, when Rihanna responded in a not-very-pleasant way to Kendall's pre-concert tweet:

[Kendall's pre-concert tweet [Twitter/Kendall jenner]
[Kendall's pre-concert tweet [Twitter/Kendall jenner]

Kendall's tweet was screen-grabbed and posted on Instagram by a Rihanna fan. Rihanna, seeing the image of the tweet, commented on the picture: "well don't come."

A reproduction of Rihanna's comment. [Tumblr]
A reproduction of Rihanna's comment. [Tumblr]


10. Poor Kendall totally fluffed her lines when she was asked to introduce teen heartthrobs 5 Seconds Of Summer at the Billboard Music Awards in 2014. Despite being a top model, Kendall has always professed to be the shy type and says she gets overwhelmed by large crowds and people she doesn't know very well. So presenting at the Billboard Awards must have been super scary!

11. The first time she shaved her legs she was 12-years-old.

12. During fashion week, to fight bloating, she drinks up to TWELVE cups of detox tea per day.

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[Tumblr]

13. Her middle name - Nicole - is a tribute to Nicole Brown Simpson, who Kris Jenner was friends with before she was murdered.

14. Not only has she had to overcome her shyness to embark on a modelling career, but she also worries that she's a bit of a control freak. In an interview with Estee Lauder she admitted: "I wish I was better at letting go and giving up control whenever I know it's better to do so." It might well be this sense of control, though, that prevents her from falling drunk out of the clubs and having her relationship status splashed all over the tabloids, so a little control goes a LONG way.

Sensible, hard working and disciplined.
Sensible, hard working and disciplined.


15.
Sadly not every aspect of Kendall's career has been a massive success. The sci-fi novel that she and sister Kylie wrote together called Rebels: City Of Indra: The Story Of Lex and Livia only sold 13,000 copies in the first five months after it was released in June 2014.

16. Kendall has over 2,400,000 followers on video sharing network Keek, making her one of its most popular users, and she recently came under fire for filming a Keek video whilst driving.

17. At 5'10" she is the tallest of all the Kardashian/Jenner females.

18. Her brother Rob hasn't had as much commercial success as his sisters have. His one attempt at entrepreneurialism saw him create a line of socks, under the name Arthur George, for which he used Kendall as a model.

Modelling for her brother's sock line [Arthur George]
Modelling for her brother's sock line [Arthur George]


19.
She's not just a stuck up brat, like many have assumed. On Christmas Eve in 2013, she spent her time at the LA children's hospital. And previously she explained to Seventeen magazine that volunteering for meals on wheels was "life-changing."

[Kendall J Facts / Tumblr]
[Kendall J Facts / Tumblr]


20.
Cheerleading wasn't her only sport at high-school. Kendall is an active young girl - being that her base is right near Malibu, she surfs whenever she has the chance, plus she is an accomplished horserider too.

Aww look at mini Kendall and Kylie! [Tumblr]
Aww look at mini Kendall and Kylie! [Tumblr]

21. In an interview with ABC's 'Nightline', she had some blunt words for anyone who criticised her nipple-baring Marc Jacobs catwalk outfit: "Who's going to argue with Marc Jacobs when he’s putting you in an outfit, you know what I mean?” Jenner said. “It was an amazing moment. And I do not regret it.”

22. If Kendall could only take one sister away to a desert island with her, she said (to LOVE magazine) that she'd pick Khloe.

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Do you know any extra secrets about the Kardashian-Jenners? Let us know in the comments!