Kendall Jenner Says People Didn't Take Her Seriously as a Model at First: Fame "Has Almost Worked Against Me"

While being a reality-TV star has certainly opened many
doors for Kendall Jenner over the years, the 18-year-old
says that there's at least one door she needed to find
the key to all by herself.
"I was like, 'You know what? I want to be high fashion. I
want to be taken seriously...People think that this just
came to me. But it didn't," the Love cover girl told the
magazine, per an excerpt obtained by The Cut.
Asked whether being part of a famous family helped
open those doors, Kendall said that in actuality it was
quite the opposite.
"What I have has almost worked against me," she
explained. "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.
"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.'"
Having since walked runways for the likes of Chanel
and Marc Jacobs, causing supermodel-level attention
by flashing her nipples at the latter, she can consider
her mission accomplished--but Kendall will not be
resting on her laurels (or famous name) anytime soon.
In fact, it sounds as though she really wants to do this
on her own.
"[Kim Kardashian] was invited to a lot of the shows that
I was in," Kendall recalled. "She called me before and
was like, 'Hey, I was invited to the show, I just wanted
to let you know. Do you want me to come?' and I was
like, 'No.'"
The siblings did join the "Balmain Army" together
during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week last month,
so no hard feelings.
"She had to work extra hard to gain this respect and to
fight for people to see she's serious," Kim told Love.
"Marc Jacobs gave her a real shot and treated her like
any other model. He believed in her and opened the
door for her. Then Riccardo and Karl gave her a chance
and she has proven that she is the real deal. Her hard
work paid off, and that makes me so proud."
"To be honest, this is exactly what I wanted to be,"
Kendall told E! News last month. "I was always looking
up to supermodels, they were, like, my superheroes."

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