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Cory Kennedy
Kennedy in Paris, March 2008
Date of birth	February 21, 1990 (1990-02-21) (age 18)
Hair color	Light Brown
Eye color	Brown
Dress size	3
Shoe size	7
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Cory Kennedy (born February 21, 1990, full name Cory Kennedy-Levin) is an American fashion model who started her career as an Internet celebrity before becoming an international style phenomenon in 2006. Labeled an "It girl" by Gawker.com^[1] and a "club urchin" by LA Weekly,^[2] her MySpace page has garnered over 17,000 "friends". Kennedy is represented by One Model Management, the same agency as Devon Aoki and Bridget Hall.^[3]

Story

Kennedy met photographer Mark Hunter (who goes by the alias "The Cobrasnake") at a Blood Brothers concert at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, California in the summer of 2005. He took some photographs of her for his web site and they exchanged phone numbers. In January 2006 Kennedy began an internship at his office, to fulfill a requirement from her high school for graduation.^[4] Hunter's web site featured photos of celebrities at various parties and he began bringing Kennedy. Despite the notable age difference, Hunter and Kennedy also began dating, with the approval of her parents, Barry Levin and Jinx Kennedy.

In December 2005, Hunter had posted photos of Kennedy with the title "JFK CORY KENNEDY", which began speculation that she was somehow related to the Kennedy family^[4] (she is not). In February of 2006, a blog entry about Kennedy appeared on Fashionologie that called her "the heroin chic chick".^[5]

By April, Hunter had noticed every time he posted photos of Kennedy on his site, the web traffic from fashion and celebrity community sites would spike. Hunter quickly realized that Kennedy had the potential to be a star.^[4] That month, as the Kennedy-Levin family visited New York City on vacation, Kennedy and Hunter visited the offices of Nylon magazine. The very next day she was in a photo shoot for an issue focused on music and MySpace, which hit news stands in June.

At this point her profile and popularity began to rise. She was mentioned in a New York Times article about interns^[6] and LA Weekly did a short article about her.^[2] Then in October, she appeared in a mock music video for Good Charlotte's "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl", directed by Nylon's editor-in-chief Marvin Scott Jarrett. The entire clip is shot from a single camera at a fixed angle, and consists of Kennedy shaking salt and pepper to the beat while eating Indian food and listening to the song on a portable music player. The viral video became one of the most popular videos on the Web.^[4] In addition, she was being paid by high-profile nightclubs to show up with her friends and be seen despite being only 16 years old (the legal drinking age in California is 21), and hanging out with celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Tara Reid and Kelly Osbourne.^[4] She is good friends with fashion designer Jeremy Scott.^[7]

Her parents had known about her exposure online but had not realized the extent to which it had grown until the June issue of Nylon appeared. Because Kennedy had been previously treated for clinical depression, their primary concern had been her health and well-being. By September 2006, her celebrity life began to conflict with her home and school life. Kennedy and Hunter had broken up, but she was still accompanying him to parties mid-week and staying out past 2 AM.^[4]

Worrying for her education, her parents had her placed in a boarding school, a "nonpublic therapeutic placement"^[4] with limited phone and computer use, although she is free to leave on weekends. Despite this, her career has taken off.

Perception

Kennedy's celebrity status has proven to be controversial, as most people seem to either love her or hate her. About this tendency to be polarizing, Kennedy herself says, "Maybe it's 'cause most celebrities are, like, perfect. They have their hair brushed and their makeup done and have no bruises on their legs."^[2]

Career highlights

Background

Kennedy has a fraternal twin sister named Chris, but described her being "not very close though".^[11] She also has two younger sisters, Chandler, and Cody. Cody Kennedy is an aspiring actress who is currently appearing on the hit reality show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels", alongside her boyfriend Nick Simmons. She is known to appear in various episodes in the second and third season. The LA Weekly reports that "her folks run education programs for adults who did not complete high school," but the LA Times says they can produce proof of academic proficiency "in one week or less" in a classroom environment, using exit exams and a teacher who is credentialed by the state of California.

Some of her favorite designers are Prada, Benjamin Cho, Charlotte Ronson, and Alexandre Herchcovitch.^[12]

References

^ "Live Footage of Cory Kennedy, "Internet It Girl"" (2006-11-09). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ryder, Caroline (2006-08-02). "Cory's World", LA Weekly. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ "Cory Kennedy to One". Fashionista (September 4, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-10-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Hubler, Shawn (2007-02-25). "The secret life of Cory Kennedy", West magazine, Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ "the heroin chic chick". Fashionologie (2006-02-05). Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
^ Tkacik, Maureen (2006-07-30). "Interns, the Founts of Youth", The New York Times. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.
^ Paul, Jonathan S. (February 26, 2008). "Live From Colette; Cory Kennedy and The Cobra Snake". The Moment. The New York Times Style Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
^ Sharaby, Orli (January 29, 2008). "Cory Kennedy Becomes the New Face of Urban Decay". PSFK. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.
^ Gilewicz, Samantha (May 27, 2008). "WIN CORY'S HAIR STUFF". Nylon. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
^ Krentcil, Faran (August 14, 2008). "AND STARRING MARK AND CORY, AS THEMSELVES". Nylon.
^ Kelley, Shanon (October 27, 2006). "Cory Kennedy - A Short And Sweet Lil' Interview", Paper Magazine. Retrieved on 9 February 2008.
^ Cory Kennedy at NY Fashion Week

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Contents

Story

Perception

Career highlights

Background

References

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