Cory Kennedy

Cory Kennedy-Levin (born February 21, 1990) is an American model and Internet celebrity. She gained popularity as the Internet's first It girl during the indie sleaze movement of the late 2000s.

Early life Kennedy was born in Santa Monica, California on February 21, 1990. Her family moved around from West Hollywood and Manhattan Beach before settling in Santa Monica in 2000. When she started attending Santa Monica High School in 2003, she began struggling with bouts of sadness and would seclude herself away from others. While in school she felt she was surrounded by peers who were more academically advanced and overall more privileged. In the same year, her mother enrolled her in a month long UCLA program for those dealing with clinical depression. and the LA Weeklys Caroline Ryder wrote a short article about her. In October, she appeared in a mock music video for Good Charlotte's "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl", directed by Nylon'''s editor-in-chief Marvin Scott Jarrett.

Her parents had known about her exposure online but had not realized the extent to which it had grown until the June issue of Nylon appeared. Their primary concern had been her health and well-being. By September 2006, her celebrity life began to conflict with her home and school life and Kennedy and Hunter had split due to his focus on work. Worrying for her education, her parents had her placed in a boarding school, a "nonpublic therapeutic placement for kids with various types of learning, behavioral and emotional problems" with limited phone and computer use, although she was free to return home on weekends. In the fall of 2007, Kennedy was named the face of Urban Decay. In September 2007, appeared on the cover of Jalouse Magazine, shot by French photographer, and video director Jean-Baptiste Mondino.

In May 2008, she starred in an ad campaign for Procter & Gamble's "Sebastian" line of hair products. From May 3-August 31, 2008, photographs of Kennedy were on display in The Andy Warhol Museum. Deemed an 'Uberstar' and hand-picked by sculptor/visual artist Glenn Kaino a group of models were meant represent his 21st Century take on Andy Warhol's Superstars. For the exhibit, Kaino took portraits of his "Uberstars" using a Polaroid Big Shot camera, the type of instant camera Warhol used for his infamous series. Kennedy and Hunter both appeared in the first episode of 90210.

In 2023, the New York'' magazine revealed a collection of It girl covers of women who influenced New York's social scene, with Kennedy representing the 2000s.

Personal life Kennedy has struggled with clinical depression since the fourth grade.