Getting famous is simply the family business for the Richie clan.
And Sofia Richie is the third person among her famous fam to become a public figure after
her dad, Lionel Richie, and her older sis, Nicole.
Here's what she's up to now.
Sofia Richie is the youngest daughter of Lionel Richie and his second wife.
Lionel got his start in music in the '70s as a member of the funk band the Commodores.
In the '80s, he went solo and hits like "Hello," "All Night Long (All Night)," and "Say You,
Say Me," helped him sell more than 100 million albums and earn five Grammy Awards.
He's also apparently just as dedicated to keeping tabs on his social butterfly of a
daughter as he is to making music.
"How can you sneak when everything is on Instagram?"
Sofia told Us Weekly in 2017,
"My dad tracks my phone once a day.
Awkwardly enough I get a notification every time.
I think it's funny so I don't tell him I know."
"So sorry.
Did I mess up the whole thing?
I am so sorry"
But her dad later denied being quite that overprotective, telling USA Today,
"I don't track.
I don't understand.
[…] I keep trying to tell my kids the same thing: 'I own Chicago.
I own Miami.
I have been around the world.'"
At one point in time, way back in the mid-2010s, a teenage Sofia considered following her dad
into pop rock.
She told Entertainment Tonight,
"When I was 13, I was like begging my dad to get me signed with somebody.
And I'm glad he held me off because I really found myself and found what I truly wanted
to do."
Richie also admitted that had she experienced the increased level of fame and attention
befitting that of a second-generation singer, life would have been tougher.
She said,
"I just feel like you have to go through this crazy transition if you're going to continue
on with your career, from a child star to an adult star.
[…] I just want to come out and be the person that I am."
Sofia could probably date almost anybody she wanted.
And for a long time, she was in a relationship with teen dream Justin Bieber.
According to E! News, Bieber took Richie on a romantic getaway to Mexico in celebration
of her eighteenth birthday, and for months, the young lovebirds were inseparable.
Sofia told Billboard at the time,
"We have a special relationship.
Justin is very easy to talk to, and that's hard to find with people in Los Angeles."
While things quickly dissolved with Beebz, Sofia found love again with the much older
Scott Disick.
E! News reported in 2017 that the pair were spotted together in France, but Richie sought
to quell any rumors, tweeting,
"Just so everyone can get their panties out of their a--es, Scott and I are just homies.
#Relax."
Talk of a Richie-Disick romance ramped up a month later when the two were spotted having
dinner together at Malibu sushi hotspot, Nobu.
Still, Richie maintained that the relationship was platonic.
But clearly the two really were dating the whole time.
"You turn into a 5 year old when it's just us"
According to E! News, the pair dated for just over three years, ultimately breaking off
their romance in May 2020.
Back in the day, Sofia's big sis Nicole and bestie Paris Hilton starred in one of the
earliest reality TV show hits; The Simple Life.
But Nicole has long since left reality TV behind in favor of fashion, creating the House
of Harlow 1960 brand.
And it turns out, she's had an enormous impact on her younger sis.
"She was like what made me even think about fashion in the first place."
Taking after Nicole, Sofia launched her own line of jeans, under the Rolla's line.
And in 2019, she launched her first swimwear line, creating a 10-item collab with Frankies
Bikinis.
In 2020, she had plans for her own, separate bikini brand, under her own name.
And after that, she wants to market hair and beauty products.
At just 16 years old, Sofia landed a contract with Select Model Management, according to
E! News.
She steadily made a name for herself in the industry, making her New York Fashion Week
runway debut for Yeezy in 2017.
"You are hitting the catwalk for the first time ever at New York Fashion Week."
"I'm freaking out right now"
Before long, she was walking for Chanel and Dolce & Gabbana and appearing in a national
campaign for DL1961.
The 5'6" stunner told the outlet,
"I got really good feedback from Chanel, which I didn't expect, because I'm shorter, and
shorter models get a lot of hate.
So I was happy to see that I didn't."
Of course, Sofia's got an enviable circle of friends.
In 2016, as she was on the rise, she began sharing pics with all sorts of gal pals including
a black-and-white snap with Kylie Jenner, Jordyn Woods, and others.
By the end of that year, Sofia had shared a game day selfie with actor Terrence Jenkins
and singer Rita Ora.
And by early 2020, her status as a generational and cultural influencer was fully established,
with more than six million followers on Instagram.
When it comes to close friends, she's touted Paris Hilton as a sisterly figure, telling
Wonderland Magazine,
"She gives the best advice.
She's really rooting for me and giving me the best tips, how to avoid certain things
and how to be the best version of myself that I can be."
"Great things are happening and I'm really excited about it"
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