Friday, August 29, 2014

Kendall Jenner Drops Last Name for Modeling Career

Kendall has dropped her last name for the runway! (The Society Management / Getty Images)
Kendall Jenner, the eldest daughter of Kris and Bruce Jenner, is apparently a "Jenner" no more — at least not when she's on the runway.

Popular style site Racked first noticed Thursday that she's simply called "Kendall" on her modeling agency's website. And it's not just a typo on The Society Management's landing page  — over on her personal page, it's even more clear that she's dropped her identifying moniker.


The move by the 18-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is understandable. While her family name no doubt helped her get to where she is, she wants to prove that she's deserves to be there. And when you're part of the most social media present family on the planet, and your brother-in-law Kanye West shows up to cheer you on backstage, things can certainly get a little embarrassing at times.

"I want to be taken seriously," she told LOVE magazine for her cover story in July, according to The Cut. "People think that this [success] just came to me. But it didn't. What I have has almost worked against me. I had to work even harder to get where I wanted because people didn't take me seriously as a model. Because of the TV show."
Adding, "I went on castings and some people weren't feeling me because of my name. But it was great when people didn't recognize me. I was like, 'Thank you. Please don't recognize me.'"

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