Peter Brant II

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Peter Brant II
Born
Peter Mark Brant Jr.

(1993-12-30) December 30, 1993 (age 30)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater Bard College
Occupations
  • Socialite
  • model
Parents

Peter Mark Brant Jr. (born December 30, 1993) [1] is an American socialite and model.

Life and career

Peter Mark Brant Jr. was born December 30, 1993, and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. [1] He is the son of art collector Peter M. Brant and model Stephanie Seymour. [2] His paternal grandparents were Bulgarian Jewish immigrants. [3] [4]

In 2011, Brant publicly came out as gay. [2] [5] [6]

In 2014, Brant was quoted in a Harper's Bazaar profile of him, his brother Harry and mother, Stephanie, about enjoying his clan's notoriety, "We had to do a report about our parents: where they were born, what they did, and all that. Everyone else had to do theirs as homework, but I finished mine before class ended using Wikipedia." [7]

Brant attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. [8]

In 2015, Peter along with his younger brother Harry, in collaboration with Mac Cosmetics, launched a unisex cosmetics line aimed at the gender fluid youth movement. [9] [10] [11]

In March 2016, Brant was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a "drunken ruckus", during which he assaulted a police officer. [12] Brant's lawyer referred to him as an "idiot." [13]

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