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Kimora Lee Simmons Says Her ‘Crazy’ Phone Bill Was $5,000 a Month in Her Teen Modeling Days (Exclusive)

Kimora Lee Simmons exclusively told PEOPLE that modeling for Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld in Europe — far away from her hometown in Missouri — had a significant impact on her phone bill when she started walking runways in Paris at 13 years old.

Kimora Lee Simmons told PEOPLE that modeling for Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld in Europe had a major impact on her phone bill when she started walking runways in Paris at 13 years old “My phone bill was like $5,000 a month because back then that was when it was real long-distance,” recalls the 50-year-old The entrepreneur grew up in Missouri before being discovered Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! In Kimora and Ming’s interview for the World's Most Beautiful issue, the mom of five also shared that her fashion legacy will be passed down to her children, with her bestowing them with things from her closet.

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