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Lauren Conrad Profile |
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Birth Date: February 1, 1986
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Birth Place: Laguna Beach, California, USA
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Birth Name: Lauren Katherine Conrad
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Height: 5'6"
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Biography |
Lauren Katherine Conrad (born February 1, 1986), often
referred to as "L.C.", is an American reality television
star and fashion design student. She is best known for her
role in the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange
County and The Hills, the latter of which earned her a Teen
Choice Award in 2006 and 2007.
Lauren Conrad was born in Laguna Beach, California on
February 1, 1986 to James (Jim) and Katherine (nee Lawrence)
Conrad. Her father is an architect (designer of the Conrad
family home). Lauren Conrad has a sister three years younger
named Breanna Christine Conrad (featured in Laguna Beach
season three), born August 23, 1989 and a brother six years
younger named Brandon James Conrad, born October 29, 1992.
Conrad lived with her parents in Laguna Beach throughout her
childhood and high school years, In early February 2004, her
senior year at Laguna Beach High School, MTV began filming
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which followed the
personal lives of Conrad and seven other Laguna Beach teens.
The show made the introverted Conrad an overnight celebrity.
The television exposure, she says, has brought her out of
her shell; "I went from, 'You can't take a picture of me,'
to it doesn't phase me to have five cameras in the room".
After graduation from high school, Conrad's new-found
independence led her to Academy of Art University in San
Francisco. According to Kaitlyn Healey, one of Conrad's
closest friends since elementary school, it was a shock that
Conrad went away to school because before Laguna Beach she
was always "the most shy, reserved person;" the show "made
her a completely different person."
Conrad entered Academy of Art University in the fall of
2004. She met Heidi Montag (Conrad's co-star in The Hills)
at freshmen orientation and the two immediately became
friends. After only one semester, Conrad left San Francisco
and moved back to her parents' house. Conrad transferred to
the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los
Angeles and worked as an intern at Three Dots clothing
company beginning in early 2005. She also briefly dated
Jason Wahler, a Laguna Beach cast member. Conrad was
featured on the second season of Laguna Beach, filmed over a
period of approximately eight months beginning in December
of 2004.
In summer 2005, Conrad moved into a Los Angeles apartment
with new roommate Montag. Conrad continued her studies at
the Fashion Institute and started an internship at Teen
Vogue. MTV began filming Conrad for a new reality series,
The Hills, which was announced in the fall of 2005. Around
that time Conrad resumed dating Wahler, who also moved to
Los Angeles from Laguna Beach. When Teen Vogue offered
Conrad an opportunity to spend the summer of 2006 working in
Paris, France, she turned it down so that she could spend
time with Wahler. Conrad and Wahler stayed together until
the beginning of August 2006. Conrad acknowledged that the
breakup with Wahler (described as her first love) was "the
hardest thing [she has] ever done" because she "still wanted
to be with him, but knew that [she] could not be." Conrad
credited Montag with helping her get through the rough
period following the split.
MTV renewed The Hills for a second season, which filmed from
late summer of 2006 through February of 2007. Throughout
that time the friendship between Conrad and Montag
deteriorated, as Montag increasingly spent her time with new
boyfriend Spencer Pratt. By February 2007 Audrina Patridge,
another co-star on The Hills, replaced Montag as Conrad's
roommate after Montag moved into a separate apartment with
Pratt. This is seen as a symbol of the end of Montag and
Conrad's friendship. As of the spring of 2007, Conrad
continues to attend the Fashion Institute and intern at Teen
Vogue.
Conrad confronted a scandal in April 2007, when rumors
circulated on hollywood gossip websites that Wahler was
planning to sell a sex tape he supposedly made with Conrad
when they were a couple. A representative for SugarDVD.com
indicated the company was approached by a third party
claiming to have a video of Lauren and Wahler. However, the
existence of a sex tape is questionable, as it has thus far
failed to surface. In response to the story, Conrad posted a
statement on her website asserting that she and Wahler did
not make a sex tape. According to Conrad's post, Jason had
nothing to do with starting the sex tape rumor. Conrad's
statement also indicated that the individual responsible for
the rumor was trying to damage her reputation. |
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Other
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Enjoys shopping with her friends.
She is going to college to study fashion design.
Attends The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in
Los Angeles
Her father is an architect in Laguna Beach, California.
Her father designed her family's entire home.
Her younger sister, Breanna, will be the star of the third
season of "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" (2004).
As of December 2005, Lauren attends FIDM and is living in
Los Angeles.
She moved to San Francisco, California at the end of the
first season to attend the Academy of Art University, where
she majored in fashion design. She dropped out and returned
to Laguna Beach, claiming she missed it too much.
Interns at Teen Vogue
Her family consists of her father Jim, her mother Katherine,
her sister Breanna Conrad, and her brother Brandon.
Broke up with Jason Wahler [August 9, 2006].
Famous as LC on Laguna Beach, she actually hates to be
called LC anymore and she prefers to go by simply Lauren. |
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since October 16, 2007