Amber Rose is a controversial figure in American pop culture history. While she has claimed to be taller, her actual height is believed to be around 5ft 7 (170.2 cm). She wears a shoe size 8 (US).
“I was 12 years old when I had my growth spurt I was 5’9 in the 6th grade,” Rose stated in an interview. On Your Next Shoes, she can be seen boosting her height in heels by footwear brands such as Tom Ford, Giuseppe Zanotti, Saint Laurent, and Versace.
Amber Rose with her then-boyfriend Alexander Edwards and their son Sebastian Taylor Thomaz in Los Angeles on November 10, 2019 (Credit: BauerGriffin / INSTARimages)
Amber Rose’s actual name is Amber Rose, surprisingly enough! She was born Amber Rose Levonchuck on October 21, 1983, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kanye West started dating Amber Rose in 2008 after he spotted her in Ludacris’ music video for What Them Girls Like and they split in 2010 (Credit: INFevents)
The early days were not easy on Rose. On The Red Pill podcast, she told Van Lathan that she started stripping at the age of 15 and tried to sell drugs to take care of her family and help financially while her parents were going through a divorce.
Amber Rose’s Breakthrough: From Stripper to Star in Hip-Hop Videos
Amber Rose made headlines in 2008 after catching the attention of Kanye West while she was starring in the music video for “What Them Girls Like,” a hip-hop song from Ludacris’s sixth studio album, Theater of the Mind.
Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose started dating in 2011 and were married from July 8, 2013 – June 7, 2016 (Credit: The Photo Access / Cover Images)
From there, she went on to star in several other hip-hop music videos, working with artists like Nicki Minaj, Young Jeezy, Wiz Khalifa, and Future. She also modeled for Kanye West’s sneaker line.
Amber Rose’s Tumultuous Relationship with Kanye West: From Romance to Public Feuds
Amber Rose started dating Kanye West in 2008. The pair dated for two years before breaking up. In an attempt to slut shame, West said that he “had to take 30 showers” before dating Kim Kardashian.
“It’s very hard for a woman to want to be with someone that’s with Amber Rose — I had to take 30 showers before I got with Kim,” he said during an interview with Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club.”
Kim Kardashian reportedly made Kanye West take ‘30 showers’ after dating stripper-turned-model Amber Rose (Credit: B. Ach / INFevents)
To this, Rose tweeted out a string of posts that she apologized for in 2022, stating, “Kim nor her sisters deserved that tweet and y’all shouldn’t cosign it either. S**t was old and immature af of me to involve the KarDASHians in the mess HE made. Moving forward… Learning from my mistakes. We all have kids and family’s life is hard enough right now for a lot of ppl I just wanna spread love and positivity.”
Amber Rose’s Love Life: From Wiz Khalifa to Alexander Edwards and Beyond
Rose started dating Wiz Khalifa in 2011. They got married in 2013 and then filed for divorce in 2014. They had a son, Sebastian Taylor Thomaz, in 2013 and currently share joint custody of him.
A very pregnant Amber Rose shows off her enormous baby bump while heading to a family lunch with her son Sebastian, her mother, and her boyfriend Alexander “AE” Edwards on September 25, 2019, in Los Angeles (Credit: BauerGriffin / INSTARimages)
Rose has dated many celebrities, including Machine Gun Kelly, 21 Savage, and Alexander Edwards. Edwards and Rose had a son together in 2019.
Amber Rose’s Career Evolution: From Music Videos to Movies and Beyond
Amber Rose has made her career off of her looks and is commonly criticized for that. Nevertheless, she continues to work.
Rose has been involved in several films, such as Sister Code, What Happened Last Night, and Gang of Roses II: Next Generation. She has also appeared on Selfie, Black-ish, America’s Next Top Model, and Dancing with the Stars.
Alix Kermes as Sarah Dawson, Amber Rose as Melanie, and Shelley Regner Liz in the 2016 comedy What Happened Last Night (Credit: Gemelli Films)
In 2020, Amber Rose shared a picture on social media to promote her new OnlyFans account. She has since called her OnlyFans platform “a digital strip club.”
Amber Rose displays her feet and legs in high heels while signing bottles of Smirnoff Fluffed Marshmallow and Whipped Cream Flavored Vodkas at PA Fine Wine & Good Spirits on July 12, 2012, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Credit: William T Wade Jr / ACE / INFphoto)
Amber Rose and Alexander Edwards: A New Chapter With Baby Slash
In April 2019, she announced she was pregnant with her boyfriend, Alexander “AE” Edwards, an American rapper and music executive. They first met in 2015 and started dating in 2018.
She gave birth to a son, Slash Electric Alexander Edwards, in October 2019. Amber also has a son named Sebastian Taylor Thomaz with rapper Wiz Khalifa.
Pregnant Amber Rose wears a cropped velvet hoodie as she holds hands with her beau, Alexander Edwards, on their way to lunch at Vivian’s Millennium Cafe in Los Angeles on October 1, 2019 (Credit: Avalon / WENN)
Her father (Michael Levonchuck) is of Irish and Italian descent, and her mother (Dorothy Rose) is of Cape Verdean African and maternal Scottish descent from Ayrshire.
Amber Rose joins her mom Dorothy Rose and thousands of fans and women’s rights activists for the 2018 Slutwalk march in downtown Los Angeles (Credit: WENN)
At the age of 15, Amber started stripping to provide for her family after her parents’ divorce.
Model Amber Rose flaunts her feet and legs in glittering heels at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada (Credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock)
Amber Rose Turns Heads in a One-Piece Swimsuit and Giuseppe Zanotti Heels at Ditch Fridays
Joined by Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose looked amazing in a one-piece swimsuit and high heels (Credit: DJDM / WENN)
Amber Rose is known for her curvaceous body, and she showed it off when she stepped out to join her fiance, Wiz Khalifa, at “Ditch Fridays” at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
The couple kicked off Memorial Weekend in matching black-and-white getups, but Amber Rose stole the spotlight. The then-29-year-old model gave birth a few months earlier and struggled to lose the extra weight she gained during pregnancy.
Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose started dating in early 2011, got engaged in March of that year, tied the knot in July 2013, and welcomed their son, Sebastian Taylor Thomaz, in February 2013 (Credit: DJDM / WENN)
Regardless, she looked terrific in a one-piece bathing suit, which she styled with a sheer wraparound as she posed for the shutterbugs! The ensemble was completed with a pair of high-heeled sandals.
Would you wear high heels with a swimsuit?
Amber Rose with Wiz Khalifa at “Ditch Fridays” during the Memorial Weekend kickoff at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on May 24, 2013 (Credit: DJDM / WENN)
Amber wore sandals from Giuseppe Zanotti’s Spring 2013 collection featuring suede straps across the toes and crisscross straps at the ankles with buckle fastening.
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