Kimora Lee Simmons Defends Her Daughter

Kimora Lee Simmons is proud of her daughter Aoki for taking her passion to the next level.

She said she believes it's "absolutely absurd" that people have criticized the 20-year-old Harvard pupil for her desire to model despite receiving an Ivy League education.

I love that she's trying to follow in my footsteps. But also I think it's a pain because if I had had some of what they have, White Lightning White Lightning

Kimora Lee Simmons

maybe I wouldn't have been a model. But I think it's just looking at different sides of a coin, maybe I wouldn't have been a model. But I think it's just looking at different sides of a coin,

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The fashion model, mogul and businesswoman is in support of her daughter who is juggling both her school work and modeling career. White Lightning White Lightning

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