Whitney Port Biography

Whitney Eve Port (born March 5, 1985) is a participant from the MTV reality television series The Hills.[2] She is a former fashion contributor for Teen Vogue.

Early life

Port was born in 1985 and was raised in Los Angeles, California and currently lives there with her roommates Devin Antin who is homosexual, and Christina Schuller, who was a cast member from MTV’s Laguna Beach.

Education

Whitney attended Warner Avenue Elementary school and was the school president in the 5th grade, while her sister Page was school secretary the same year. She then went to Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences for middle school and high school.

Whitney attended the University of Southern California where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She graduated in the spring of 2007 with a degree in gender studies.

Personal life

Port prefers to keep her personal life separate from her professional life and chooses not to have intimate life details aired on the reality television show, including her relationships and family life.

In a recent interview in Teen Vogue with Lauren Conrad, Whitney said that Lauren and Audrina Patridge had invited her to move in their apartment, but she hasn’t decided if she wants to, or not. The first episode of season three revealed that Whitney is no longer an intern and is now a “Teen Vogue” employee.

As of 2007, Whitney’s parents, her brother, Ryan, her sisters, Paige, Jade and Ashley, also live in Los Angeles.

Career

Womens Wear Daily

Before working at Teen Vogue, Whitney was an intern for Women’s Wear Daily magazine for three summers.

Teen Vogue

The final episode of season two showed Whitney interviewing at Vogue headquarters in New York, New York for the position of “Fashion Contributor” at Teen Vogue. The episode dramatized the competition between Whitney and another young woman, Emily Weiss, who had previously appeared in season two as an intern visiting from New York. It was revealed in the season premiere of season three that Whitney was awarded the job, and is employed by Teen Vogue in Los Angeles. However, Emily Weiss remains listed as a contributor in the masthead of Teen Vogue, as she has been for the past two years.

Model

In episode six of the first season, the beautiful yet unassuming Whitney had her first experience as a runway model. She walked gracefully in a DKNY Jeans show at Los Angeles Fashion Week in place of a model who did not show for the job.

Whitney herself again plays the role of a model in episode eleven, when she appears on a Good Morning America segment with André Leon Talley the editor-at-large of Vogue magazine. When modeling Hilary Swank’s dress from the 2005 Academy Awards, Whitney tripped and fell during the live televised segment. Fortunately Whitney composed herself after the slip. Lisa Love, a Teen Vogue editor and Whitney’s supervisor, praised her for handling the incident with class and grace under fire.

The Hills

Whitney Port has been featured on seasons one, two, and three of The Hills. For the most part she appears in the context of her internship at Teen Vogue. Whitney has said specifically in two episodes of the MTV Canada Aftershow that she prefers to leave her personal life, including her year-long relationship, unaired.

Season one

At the end of The Hills season one, Teen Vogue offered Lauren the opportunity to spend the summer of 2006 working in Paris, France. When Lauren chose not to take the job, Whitney went to Paris in her place.

Season two

On the second season of The Hills, Whitney appeared somewhat more frequently outside the workplace setting. In episode five, Lauren visited Whitney at her parents’ home where she was recuperating from surgery after having her wisdom teeth removed. In another episode, Lauren and Audrina Patridge (another The Hills participant) attended Whitney’s softball game.

Episode eight of season two featured Whitney’s younger sister Jade as a model in a Teen Vogue fashion photo shoot.

Season three

Whitney remains a fixture in season three of The Hills, which debuted on MTV on August 13th, 2007. The show airs weekly on Monday evenings at 10pm EST.