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Whitney Port
Whitney Port Height 5'10" Born March 4, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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Whitney Port: Port was born and raised in
Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Jeffery and Vicki Lyn Port (née
Woskoff). She is the second youngest of three sisters and one brother. 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, where she roomed with Christina Schuller.
Career
2006-2008: The Hills, Teen Vogue, and People‘s Revolution
Prior to working at Teen Vogue, Port was an intern for the Women's Wear Daily
magazine for two summers. She also interned at W magazine for three summers.
In 2006, Port was cast as one of four main cast members in the MTV reality
series, The Hills. During the first two seasons of the series, Port had her
first experience as a runway model, walking in a DKNY Jeans show at Los Angeles
Fashion Week. She had also modeled Hilary Swank's dress from the 2005 Academy
Awards on a live Good Morning America segment with André Leon Talley, the
editor-at-large of Vogue magazine, during which she had tripped down the stairs.
Port's Teen Vogue supervisor and editor Lisa Love praised her for handling the
incident with class and grace. She has also been featured in magazine covers
like Teen Vogue, Rolling Stone, Seventeen and Cosmopolitan.
At the end of The Hills season one, Teen Vogue offered Conrad the opportunity to
spend the summer of 2006 working in Paris, France. When Conrad chose not to take
the job, Port went to Paris in her place. On the second season of The Hills,
Port appeared somewhat more frequently outside the workplace setting. In episode
five, Conrad visited Port at her parents' home where she was recuperating from
surgery after having her wisdom teeth removed. In another episode, Conrad and
Patridge attended Port's softball game.
From 2005–2007, Port was an intern with Lauren Conrad. The final episode of
season two showed Port interviewing at Vogue headquarters in New York for the
position of "Fashion Contributor" at Teen Vogue. The episode dramatized the
competition between Port and another young woman, Emily Weiss, who had
previously appeared in season two as an intern visiting from New York. It was
revealed in the season three premiere that Port was awarded the job, and was
employed by Teen Vogue in Los Angeles.
Port left Teen Vogue in 2007 for People's Revolution, a PR firm heavily involved
in the fashion world. Owned by Kelly Cutrone, People's Revolution has offices in
New York, Los Angeles and Paris. Conrad was seen in season 3 episode 24 of The
Hills assisting Port at Los Angeles Fashion Week, and at the end of the episode
was offered, and accepted, a position at People's Revolution alongside Port. In
2008, Port was awarded an interview with fashion label Diane von Furstenberg for
her efforts in People's Revolution. She was accepted for the job and has moved
to New York. Her job with Diane von Furstenberg was featured extensively on her
new reality show The City. It was announced on April 13, 2009 that Whitney had
quit Diane von Furstenberg and returned to People's Revolution. Port has made
cameo appearances as herself in episodes of television series Entourage and
Family Guy.
2008-2010: The City and Whitney Eve fashion line
In March 2008, Port debuted her clothing line of cocktail and partywear called
Whitney Eve. The clothing line was in the New York Fashion Week in September
2009, in the Spring/Summer 2010 season.
In season four, Port found a new love, Jay Lyon, and was faced with the offer to
move to New York to pursue a career in high fashion at Diane von Fürstenberg.
After three years of working with Lauren and being at her side, Whitney was
ready to venture off with a new job and a new love in New York. After months of
speculation, it was confirmed that Port would receive her own spin-off from The
Hills entitled The City.
The series centers around Port as she moves to New York to work for fashion
designer Diane von Fürstenberg along with NY socialite, Olivia Palermo, who was
asked to be a cast member along with 5 new friends and fresh faces. The series
debuted December 29, 2008 on MTV and first season finale aired on March 16,
2009. Whitney's love life played a major role in the series. When her
relationship with Lyon ended and a friendship was lost (Erin Lucas), the series'
fate was uncertain. Later, MTV renewed The City for 10 more episodes to season
one, which premiered September 29, 2009. The second half of Season One focused
on her ambition to become a designer with her first line Whitney Eve. Her old
school-friend and new co-worker, Roxy Olin (daughter of actors Ken Olin and
Patricia Wettig) was also featured.
On December 1, 2009, Whitney confirmed that The City was renewed for a full
second season and will focus on the launch of her fashion line, Whitney Eve.
Whitney told TVGuide.com, "They're chronicling the whole process from starting
to design, to the fashion show at Bryant Park [and] everyone's back in action."
Since mid-2009 Port has been doing shows for Global Radio's Hit Music Network
and Bauer Radio.
In November 2009 Port revealed during an interview on The View that she had an
audition for a lead role in a film later that day sparking rumors that she was
planning on launching an acting career, she responded to these rumors on her
Twitter page saying that she was interested in acting and had auditioned for
several film parts but was holding out for the right role. Whitney's close
friend and former co-star Lauren Conrad stated in an interview in February 2010
that she thought Whitney had great talent but was only really interested in
acting as a hobby. Whitney had been offered several leading film roles and was
set to film her first movie in summer 2010.
In October 2010, Port confirmed that MTV had canceled the series after 2
seasons, with no plans for new episodes to air or a move to a new network.
Personal life
As of 2007, Port's parents, her brother, Ryan, her sisters, Ashley, Paige and
Jade, also live in Los Angeles, California.
Port, who is by her own admission not as comfortable with the spotlight as her
other costars, explained her decision not to move in with Lauren Conrad and
Audrina Patridge in season three of The Hills: "I prefer to keep some things
private." Nonetheless, she eventually allowed MTV to produce a spin off from The
Hills, her own show titled The City.
On The City, Port dated Australian musician, Jay Lyon, who had previously dated
Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda Kerr. Towards the finale of the first season,
Port and Lyon ended their relationship. However, on the Aftershow, Whitney has
stated that she still "loves" Jay.
Port originally relocated to New York City to work for Diane Von Furstenberg.
However, as revealed in the mid-season finale of The City, she returned to her
former employer Kelly Cutrone to once again work with People's Revolution.
As of February 2010, Port is dating fellow MTV star Ben Nemtin from The Buried
Life.
In late 2010, it was revealed that Whitney had moved back to LA.
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