Bianca Censori

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Bianca Censori
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Censori in 2023
Born (1995-01-05) 5 January 1995 (age 30) [1]
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Education University of Melbourne (BA, MA)
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Website biancacensori.com

Bianca Censori (born 5 January 1995) is an Australian fashion designer, known for her relationship with American rapper Kanye West, whom she married in an unofficial private ceremony in December 2022. [3]

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Early life and education

Bianca Censori was born on 5 January 1995, in Melbourne, one of three daughters born to Alexandra and Elia "Leo" Censori. Her paternal grandparents, native of Giulianova, Italy, emigrated to Australia with their five children. [4]

Censori attended Melbourne's Carey Baptist Grammar School [5] and has a bachelor's and master's degree in architecture from the University of Melbourne. [6] She was a student of architecture at DP Toscano Architects based in Collingwood, Victoria. Censori created the Nylons Jewelry brand after graduating from high school. [7]

In 2007, she met businessman Nick Forgaine, with whom she began a relationship in 2014 that lasted until 2020. [8]

Work and relationship with Kanye West

According to her LinkedIn profile, Censori is an architectural designer at Yeezy, Kanye West's clothing and apparel company. [9] [10] [11] As of May 2025, Censori had not held a professional role, i.e. as an architect, at an architectural firm. In 2022, Tanil Raif, founder of a Los Angeles-based design project T__M, released images of a conceptual retail space on Instagram, offering partial attribution of the work to Censori.

Censori legally married West in December 2022 under a confidential marriage license. [12] [13]

In September 2023, police in Venice were reported to be investigating West and Censori over "acts contrary to public decency" after the couple posted photos of themselves on a water taxi with West's pants pulled down and buttocks exposed, and Censori's head in his lap. [14] [15]

Censori appears on the album cover of Vultures 1 (2024), the debut album of ¥$, a hip-hop superduo consisting of West and American singer Ty Dolla Sign. [16]

At the 2025 Grammy Awards, Censori and West caused controversy on the red carpet when Censori appeared wearing a sheer, transparent slip revealing her fully naked body. West, dressed entirely in black, did not address the spectacle before the two left the event shortly after. Reports surfaced that they had been removed from the ceremony, though sources close to the Grammys denied this, stating that West had simply left after walking the red carpet. [17] [18]

In February 2025, reports began to emerge that Censori was intending to divorce West after his recent antisemitic tirades. [19] [20] However, Milo Yiannopoulos denied those reports and shrugged them off as unfounded rumours. [21] Shortly after, reports emerged that the couple had married without signing a prenuptial agreement. [22] [23]

The same month, reports surfaced that West and Censori had separated after two years of marriage. Media outlets cited sources suggesting that Censori had become uncomfortable with aspects of West's public behavior and controversies. However, a representative for the couple denied the split rumours, stating that they planned to spend Valentine's Day together. [24] [25]

In April 2025, West leaked a song to DJ Akademiks called "Bianca" where he begs her to come back, possibly meaning that they had split up sometime in March. [26] On his stream, West said that Censori had to "take time to digest the tweets," suggesting that they were not together at that point. [27] However, the next month the couple were seen in public in the Spanish town of Santanyí. [28]

Notes

  1. ↑ West and Censori were reported to have married in a private ceremony in December 2022, though without an official marriage license. Censori has since been referred to as West's wife by media publications, as well as by West himself. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Kanye West celebrates 'super bad iconic muse' Bianca Censori's birthday in style". thenews.com.pk. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Ocho, Alex (12 February 2024). "Kanye West Responds to Fans Commenting About Posting His Wife Three Times: 'Leave the King the F*ck Alone'". Complex . Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024. 'I just wanted to tell everybody I posted my wife three times on purpose,' said Ye in a new video also shared on Monday from an airport.
  3. ↑ "Kanye West and Yeezy Architect Have Private Wedding Ceremony". TMZ. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Rossi, Antonella (11 October 2023). "La famiglia italiana di Bianca Censori: «Ci ha snobbati, ci sarebbe piaciuto conoscerla quando è venuta in Italia»" [Bianca Censori's Italian family: "She snubbed us, we would have liked to get to know her when she came to Italy"]. Vanity Fair (in Italian). Italy: Condé Nast . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Peppin, Hayley (19 November 2023). "Kanye West and Bianca Censori reportedly "taking a break"". Harper's Bazaar Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Kanye West and Wife Bianca Censori Go on Shopping Trip in Los Angeles". Elle . 14 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Haasch, Palmer. "Who is Bianca Censori, the Yeezy architectural designer who reportedly 'wed' Kanye West". Business Insider. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  8. ↑ James, Faye (8 February 2025). "Inside Bianca Censori's connection with high school sweetheart amid Kanye West controversy". Hello!. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Bianca Censori - YEEZY | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Brook, Stephen; McMillan, Ashleigh (14 January 2023). "Former Melbourne architect becomes global celebrity after 'marrying' Kanye West". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  11. ↑ Film, Laura Donaldson; Reporter, T. V. (13 January 2023). "Who is Bianca Censori? Meet Kanye West's Yeezy head of architecture". Newsweek. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  12. ↑ Porterfield, Carlie (13 January 2023). "Kanye West Reportedly Married Again—What To Know About Bianca Censori". Forbes . Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  13. ↑ Friedman, Vanessa (25 March 2024). "Has Fashion Canceled Canceling?". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  14. ↑ Duran, Anagricel (5 September 2023). "Venice police are reportedly investigating Kanye West and Bianca Censori's boat exposure incident". NME . Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  15. ↑ Omar, Ayan (7 February 2024). "Who is Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori?". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  16. ↑ Ech, Joey; Fitzgerald, Trent (10 February 2024). "Kanye West's Wife Bianca Censori Appears in NSFW Pose on Vultures 1 Album Cover". XXL . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  17. ↑ Earl, William (2 February 2025). "Kanye West Has Surprise Arrival at Grammys as Wife Bianca Censori Shocks With Nude Outfit Reveal". Variety. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  18. ↑ Holland, Oscar (3 February 2025). "In a world of naked dresses, did one take it too far?". CNN. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  19. ↑ Vasquez, Whitney; Helling, Steve (13 February 2025). "Kanye West and Bianca Censori split after 2 years of marriage: 'She's had enough". New York Post . Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ↑ "Kanye West and Bianca Censori Splitsville". TMZ . 13 February 2025. Archived from the original on 15 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. ↑ Dolak, Kevin (13 February 2025). "Kanye West and Bianca Censori Are Not Divorcing, Rep Says, Denying "Tabloid Rumors" (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  22. ↑ Bellusci, Alexandra (15 February 2025). "Kanye West and Bianca Censori 'have no prenup' amid rumors of divorce: This is how much the disgraced rapper is worth today". New York Post . Archived from the original on 17 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  23. ↑ Coffey-Behrens, Kelly (15 February 2025). "Kanye West And Bianca Censori's Reported Split Could Get Messy Without Prenup". Yahoo! Entertainment. Archived from the original on 15 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  24. ↑ Vasquez, Whitney; Helling, Steve (13 February 2025). "Kanye West and Bianca Censori split: 'She's had enough'". New York Post . Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  25. ↑ "Kanye West representative denies 'tabloid' rumors of Bianca Censori divorce". The Independent . 14 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  26. ↑ Todisco, Eric (3 April 2025). "Kanye West says Bianca Censori left him, tracking her on app: 'She ran away'". New York Post. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  27. ↑ "Day 1/30 Kanye West Interview Part 2 OTW". 3 April 2025.
  28. ↑ Trujillo, J. Arturo (19 May 2025). "Bianca Censori steps out in a dress that makes Europeans drop their ice creams as she walks by". Marca.
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