Read Kendall Jenner’s Unflattering New York Times Profile

Kendall Jenner is one of the younger Kardashian-Jenner family on whom it’s reported Kris Jenner is putting pressure to become “the next Kim.”

It has been reported as such for a while because it’s obvious that, as Kim Kardashian gets closer to 40 and becomes less-relatable to a younger audience, there’s a need for… well.. fresh meat for the grinder. And Kris Jenner seems to have chosen Kendall, 17, for this dubious honour. Despite herself and youngest sister Kylie’s protestations, obviously being bored and over it a lot of the time and saying so in interviews, and being too young for the kind of blatant sexualisation with which her mother has become comfortable.

But it’s too late to stop it now and, in addition to increasingly high profile fashion shoots, Kendall has a profile in the New York Times.

There’s not much to it, it’s rather sad, depressing and pathetic, and it’s not really flattering. Which hasn’t stopped Kris from bragging about an article she presumably hasn’t read, writing on Twitter, “Look who landed on an entire page in the Sunday New York Times today.”

Moreover, the NYT went straight for Kris’ throat with a lede in which her management is called “aggressive.” The NYT called Kendall’s affected behaviour “stilted” and “rehearsed.” And the NYT noted how smothering and leading the publicist was. Yikes. Here’s the full thing and it’s worth reading to the end to get the full horrifying effect.

Kendall Jenner seemed stilted, perhaps because she was being aggressively managed.

Sitting in a small suite at a Midtown hotel, the 17-year-old was fidgeting her way through interview after photograph after interview, helped along by a roomful of zealous publicists and handlers.

“I think you always talk about how appreciative you are,” one of her publicists said.

“Yeah, how appreciative I am,” Ms. Jenner said, plucking at her tights.

“And that you enjoy the life you have,” the publicist said.

“I enjoy the life I have,” Ms. Jenner said, zipping and unzipping a sofa cushion.

Her father is Bruce Jenner, an Olympic gold medalist. Her mother is Kris Jenner, formerly Kris Kardashian, which makes Kendall and her 15-year-old sister, Kylie, the half-siblings of Kim, Khloe and Kourtney. It also makes Kendall next in line for stardom on the family’s series, “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” which returned for its eighth season on E! last Sunday.

A grade-schooler when the reality show first appeared in 2007, Ms. Jenner made only brief appearances for the first few seasons. But in 2011, the network broadcast “Kendall’s Sweet 16,” a special that showed her attending her birthday party and getting her driver’s license. Since then, she has shown up more frequently in the series. “I don’t know any different,” she said of growing up on TV. Still, she added: “I don’t want to be a big part of the show. Neither does my little sister, only because we want for a little while to keep our somewhat normal lives.”

In a 2011 episode called “Kim Becomes a Stage Mom,” Ms. Jenner headed to New York for a gig modeling prom dresses, only to storm out of a runway coaching session after her half-sister pushed too hard. “I was just like, I don’t know,” Ms. Jenner said, explaining her behavior. “My sister was being kind of annoying, and I was just overwhelmed.”

Ms. Jenner is represented by Wilhelmina Models, though most of her jobs have been relatively minor and commercial. She was on the cover of American Cheerleader in June 2011 and, with Kylie, on the cover of Seventeen last September. She has posed in bobby socks and rompers for Forever 21. She and her sister also modeled for their own clothing line, Kendall & Kylie — a collaboration with PacSun that includes distressed-denim shorts and studded backpacks.

But her fashion profile has been on the rise recently. In November, she appeared on the cover of Miss Vogue, an offshoot of Vogue Australia, photographed by Mr. James in a backless black dress and Nicholas Kirkwood platform stilettos. In April, she wore Marc Jacobs on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia; in May, it was Louis Vuitton and Michael Kors in Cosmopolitan. “I hope to do more,” she said.

Bruce and Kris Jenner, married since 1991, are the subject of tabloid divorce rumors in part fueled by a story line on the show. On last week’s season premiere, Ms. Jenner appeared briefly to discuss the state of her parents’ marriage.

In the suite, in a rare unrehearsed moment, she said of the divorce rumor, “It’s just stupid; that’s not true. I don’t feel anything about it,” Ms. Jenner said. “It doesn’t hurt me. It’s not something that gets to me. I know the truth. I live with my parents, and I know what’s going on —–”

Her publicist made a surreptitious cutting motion with her hand.

Ms. Jenner stopped talking and resumed shredding a loose Kendall & Kylie hangtag she had discovered nearby. Soon afterward, she pleaded hunger and left to join Kylie, waiting in another room. She left behind her handlers and a small pile of torn cardboard. – via New York Times.