I think Nicole Richie is an incredible role model so I had to feature her on Loren’s World for her 31st birthday! As someone who has overcome a tumultuous upbringing and drug addiction to achieve such huge success, Nicole Richie is a woman we can look up to. Now a wife, mother and entrepreneur, the once reality star sidekick turned fashion queen is taking the world by storm. Happy birthday Nicole Richie! Lets celebrate with 10 things to know about Nicole Richie below. Xo
10 Things to Know About Nicole Richie
- Nicole Richie’s biological parents were friends of Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey; her birth name was Nicole Camille Escovedo
- Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey officially adopted Nicole at the age of 9
- She had a passion for figure skating and also grew up playing the piano
- She attended college for two years at the University of Arizona with Kourtney Kardashian
- In March of 2007 Nicole Richie was diagnosed with hypoglycemia, which was the cause of her inability to put on weight, not an eating disorder
- Nicole Richie can speak Russian, which she learned from a friend at 17
- Nicole Richie is a huge fan of Britney Spears
- She has two clothing lines: Winter Kate and her new Nicole Richie for Macy’s Impulse collection. She also designs the accessories collection House of Harlow 1960
- She wrote two novels loosely based on her own life The Truth About Diamonds and Priceless
- Nicole Richie and husband Joel Madden have a daughter, Harlow Winter Kate and son, Sparrow Midnight