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| Finally a ring: Kanye West proposed to Kim Kardashian on Monday - her 33rd birthday - after knowing her for nine years |
Their supporters: Kendall Jenner joins Khloe and
Kourtney Kardashian as well as Lorraine Schwartz (third from left) and
several others
The Diamonds singer first met Kim in 2004 when she was married to Damon Thomas. They became friendly but didn't date.
He
has said that when he saw a photo of her showing off her toned legs
next to then best friend Paris Hilton during a visit to Australia in
2006, his heart started to go pitter-patter, but nothing happened.
In September 2007 the friends ran into each
other at the Intermix party in Beverly Hills. He still had a thing for
the Armenian beauty, but he was seeing designer Alexis Phifer, who he
started dating in 2002 and became engaged to in 2006. Kim had just started
seeing football player Reggie Bush.
When he first took a shine to her: The
36-year-old has said that he noticed the Kardashian beauty when she was
photographed Down Under with Paris Hilton in 2006
Their first photo together: The reality star
with the rapper and his fiancee at the time, Alexis Phifer, at the
Intermix opening in Beverly Hills in September 2007
After he split from Alexis in 2008, the Gone hit-maker hooked up with model Amber Rose.
Kim,
33, and Kanye, 36, saw each other again at the Y-3 show in New York
City in February 2009 - where Kim was hugging on Reggie as she sat next
to actress Milla Jovovich and an uncomfortable-looking Mr. West looked
on - and the crush just intensified.
On
Kris Jenner's talk show this summer the Billboard cover boy admitted he
developed an intense attraction to the star around this time.
Awkward alert! The Armenian beauty with her arm
on boyfriend Reggie Bush as she sits next to Milla Jovovich and an
uncomfortable-looking Kanye at the Y-3 show in NYC in February 2009
Secret meeting? Having a quiet talk on October 4, 2010 at the DASH store in NYC
'I
just dreamed about being next to her,' he confessed, also admitting
that he would draw himself in next to Kim on the Kardashian family
Christmas card.
Kim split from Reggie for good in 2010 and Kanye split from Amber that same year.
Though
they looked happy during a talk at her NYC DASH store on October 4 and
then her 30th birthday party aboard a yacht in the Manhattan harbor on
October 21, the OPI spokesmodel had been seeing another football player,
Mike Austin.
In December
2010 when the musician was on hand to help Kim with her music video Jam
(Turn It Up), mom Kris snapped at him for checking out her daughter's
famous derriere by bluntly saying, ‘Don’t be looking at her a**’. The
songwriter snapped back: ‘I’ve never seen it actually.’
The
Atlanta, Georgia-native watched the Kardashian Kollection designer then
briefly date Halle Berry's ex Gabriel Aubry. She dumped him for
basketball player Kris Humphries.
Once again Kim was off the market when she wed Kris in a lavish ceremony in
August 2011. That marriage famously crumbled on Halloween in 2011, and
shortly after Kanye swooped in.
At first they were friends, Kim has said, and that blossomed into a romance of international proportions.
On March 6, 2012 they let it be known
they were spending time with each other when she sat front row at his
show during Paris Fashion Week.
By April they were holding hands in New
York City, where they would go on several dates, including dinner at Catch
restaurant. The Drop Dead Diva actress would dress to the nines in tight
frocks and sky high heels to impress the musician.
They already look like a couple: In 2010 during her 30th birthday aboard a yacht in NYC
Embraceable you: The two collaborated in December 2010 on her music video for Jam (Turn It Up)
He liked it: Kris Jenner told Kanye to stop
staring at her daughter's 'a**,' a story that was recounted on a 2012
special reunion episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians
A bad detour: Instead of dating the Diamonds
rapper, the Kardashian Kollection designer wed basketball star Kris
Humphries in August 2011
In May they were seen cuddling at a Lakers basketball game, proving this was not some minor affair.
At
the Cannes Film Festival in France that same month, they went official
with their relationship as they walked the red carpet together in Cannes
for the film Cruel Summer.
Kanye
was clearly starting to have an influence on her fashion choices. She
started stepping out in chunky jewelry and tough-looking boots.
Dating at last: The friends took it to the next level in April 2012 when they held hands in NYC
Cuddly: The duo looked intimate at a Lakers game in May 2012
Their first red carpet appearance: Also in May the duo posed at the Cruel Summer premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France
She's family now: Mingling with his besties
Jay-Z and Beyonce at the BET Awards in July 2012 proved the reality
darling was getting close to the rap star
At the BET Awards on July 1,
there was photo evidence that the Power singer was bringing Kim further
into his world when the new couple sat next to his old pals Jay-Z and
Beyonce.
In December the
performer announced he had gotten Kim pregnant. The expectant parents
were not photographed together that much until they walked into the Met
Gala on May 6. Kanye looked proud as he showed off his heavily pregnant
girlfriend.
On June 15 she
delivered their baby. Several weeks later he showed off a picture of
adorable daughter North - nicknamed Nori - while on her mother Kris'
show.
It's been a love fest
ever since, especially during Paris Fashion Week when he took his baby
momma to many runway shows, most notably Givenchy's on September 29.
He proposed on her 33rd birthday in San Francisco's baseball stadium. A date has not yet been set for their wedding.
This will be a third marriage for Kim and a first for Kanye.
Already pregnant: The daughter of Kris Jenner showed off a sizable bump at the Met Gala in NYC on May 6, 2013
Their offspring: On June 15, 2013 they welcomed daughter North into the world
His trick: In August he told his future
mother-in-law during her talk show that he would Photoshop himself into
the family's Christmas card, which he exemplified by drawing this stick
figure next to Kim with a Sharpie
Happy parents: On September 29, 2013 at the Givenchy show in Paris
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