Background
Kelly Jean Killoren was born in Rockford, Illinois.
Kelly Jean Killoren was born in Rockford, Illinois.
She attended Trinity College, Connecticut as a member of the Class of 1990, but left after a year. She graduated in 1998 from Columbia University"s School of General Studies with a degree in Literature and Writing. She is now completing an Master of Business Administration with a focus on International Marketing at Northeastern University.
She has appeared on the Bravo television series The Real Housewives of New York City from seasons 2 to season 4. She began working as a model while in her teens. Kelly began her modeling career in New York City.
She has appeared in magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan, and Harper"s Bazaar.
She was once the face of Clarins. She is the editor at large for Hamptons Magazine, a free weekly with circulation of 40,000 to 50,000 and Gotham Magazine.
Both publications are owned by Niche Media. She became the founding editor of Elle Accessories Magazine, and left after two issues.
She authored several books including In The Spirit of the Hamptons, American Style, and The Bikini Book.
American Style was edited on her Blackberry. Bensimon also wrote a column in Page Six Magazine called The Socializer: Kelly Killoren Bensimon. Killoren Bensimon is also a style columnist for the newspaper Department of Administration and Management New New York
Killoren Bensimon has been host of the Image fashion week, and of the Image swim shows in Miami.
She was a spokesperson in 2006 for Wool as part of their Test Marketing Productions (Technology Management Program ). Bensimon has hosted and modeled in menswear events with Gentlemen’s Quarterly magazine.
She was also an "ambassador" for Spring 2007 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. Killoren Bensimon"s first line of jewelry was uniquely made with fishing lures and was sold exclusively at Barney"s New New York
Her second line of jewelry was sold at Bloomingdale"s in fall 2007.
On June 24, 2010, Killoren Bensimon announced the launch of her fourth jewelry collection, Kelly by Kelly Killoren Bensimon. The collection mixed metals, leather, feathers and crystals and was sold at Intermix stores across the United States. to support Feeding America. Foreign spring 2011, Bensimon"s jewelry collection was sold at Wink, West hotels, and Dash.
Killoren Bensimon wrote three books for Assouline Publishing: In the Spirit of the Hamptons, American Style, and The Bikini Book.
A portion of the author"s proceeds are donated to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Artist Bensimon"s fourth book I Can Make You Hot, was published by Saint Martin"s Press in April 2012.
A portion of the author"s proceeds were being donated to Generositywater.org. In September 2011, Killoren Bensimon was on the cover of Shape and was featured in a pictorial based on her exercise routine.
She also opened the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation on September 1, 2011 to promote the cover.
She was featured in a pictorial in the December 2011 issue of Avenue magazine and was guest editor for the January and February issues. Killoren Bensimon and her girls also appeared on the June 2012 cover of New York Family. Killoren Bensimon appeared in three seasons of The Real Housewives of New York City.
