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Lauren Bush
Lauren Bush, September 2007. Photograph by Christopher Peterson.
Born	June 25, 1984 (1984-06-25) (age 25) Texas
Occupation	Model, Designer
Height	5' 7"

Lauren Pierce Bush¹ (born June 25, 1984) is a fashion model and designer.¹ She is the daughter of Neil Bush and Sharon Bush (née Smith). A niece of former President George W. Bush she is a granddaughter of former President George H. W. Bush.

Biography

Lauren Bush was born in Texas and went to high school in Houston at The Kinkaid School. (Her sister, Ashley, graduated from Kinkaid in 2007.) Bush has studied fashion design at Parsons The New School for Design and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Lauren graduated from Princeton University in 2006 and majored in anthropology. She is a member of The Ivy Club, one of Princeton's ten eating clubs.

Bush, who is 5'7", is signed with the Elite Model Management. She has been featured on the covers of Vogue and Vanity Fair magazine and frequently modeled for Tommy Hilfiger as well as for Abercrombie & Fitch and designers Gai Mattiolo and Isaac Mizrahi. She was an intern on the television sitcom Friends and had a cameo in one episode, and interned alongside Ashley Olsen with designer Zac Posen.² Bush traveled to Chad in 2005 as a Student Ambassador for the World Food Program.^{3 4}

In 2000, Bush caused a sensation when she was presented on the arm of prince Louis de Bourbon at the Debutantes Ball at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, France. ⁵ She has since been reported to have dated Tammer Qaddumi, a Palestinian American attending Yale, and British adventurer David Mayer de Rothschild.⁶ Rumors in 2001 that she was exchanging e-mail with Prince William were vigorously denied.

Lauren Bush recently launched a new project on behalf of the UN World Food Programme to fight world hunger. The project is called FEED Projects.

She is currently dating Ralph Lauren's son David (b. October 26, 1971 in New York, New York) and is good friends with actress Elizabeth Berkley, who is married to David Lauren's cousin Greg Lauren.⁷

Lauren Bush relaunched her fashion label on September 11, 2008 under the name "Lauren Pierce." About her decision to use her middle name, Pierce, as opposed to her last name for the title of her line, Bush told W magazine in November of 2008 that it "wasn’t a conscious decision." Further pressed, Bush said, “Obviously my last name is associated with politics. But Pierce is my grandmother’s maiden name and my younger brother’s name. It’s not about downplaying my last name as much as it is about loving Pierce. And my brother is very flattered.”⁸

References

External links

• FEED Projects, raising awareness and funds to help feed hungry children around the world
• AskMen biography
• 21st century debs on 2005 Bal des Débutantes
• Burning Bush from Style magazine
• Lauren Bush participating in Georgetown University's World Hunger fair from The People Speak
• Lauren Bush participating in the Stand Up Against Global Poverty Event at Georgetown University
• Lauren Bush at Fashionmodeldirectory.com