Vogue‘s September star has been named “the breakout model of her generation”, and we aren’t surprised. And now, Kendall Jenner has just landed her most coveted cover story – gracing the September issue is a big deal after all.
In her cover interview, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians reality star gets candid on her personal as well as her professional life, including how she struggled with her dad’s transition, growing up, who she looks up to, and even what it’s like dealing with daily paparazzi.
In the interview, it is her sister Kim who reveals Kendall’s hard work and determination to get to where she has now in her career. Bearing the Kardashian name did worry Kendall about being taken seriously; but that certainly didn’t hinder her drive; “She had her eyes focused on exactly what she wanted to do,” says Kim, “and she made it happen.”. In just two years, Kendall went from modeling long shot to Vogue cover girl with an Estée Lauder contract.
Although, Kendall also confesses a less-glamorous side to her modelling career, “I don’t think that people understand how lonely it can be,” Jenner says. “All you’re doing is traveling the world by yourself to do a job and then go back to your hotel by yourself. It’s a different life than you imagined.”
“This is a career – I want this to last for a long time,” Jenner admits of her chosen profession. “Not that I won’t venture out and do other things, but I want this to be like a Cindy Crawford thing: I want it to last until I am her age. That’s why I love her so much and why I look up to her: Her life now is something that I want my life to be like,”
On her father’s transition, Kendall describes who it hasn’t all been smooth-sailing; “Sometimes I look at a picture of my dad when she was a guy, and it makes me a little sad—I get emotional. You have to get past it—you’ve got a new person to love.”
“At one point Kylie and I thought he was cheating on my mom, because he had makeup and nail polish. One time we found those squishy boob things. We found wigs.”
“One of the best lessons I ever learned from my sisters is not to take everything so seriously,” she says. “Just leave it alone – it will pass in a week.”
Read the full interview here.
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