Bianca Censori made a bold appearance and swift exit to somewhat overshadow the 2025 Grammys, where she appeared in a dress that left nothing to the imagination.
The Australian model appeared alongside her husband, Kanye West, on the red carpet on Sunday, before leaving shortly after baring all to fuel unfounded reports they were kicked out.
It was not quite a case of the Emperor’s New Clothes, as Censori really was wearing a dress of very fine material which was revealed after she took off a fur coat.
The 30-year-old has frequently been the muse of West’s increasingly risqué and scandal-baiting fashion statements and featured on his 2024 Vultures 1 album cover.
Their unusual relationship has been the legend of tabloids since their secret marriage in 2023, but it is hardly the first time West has made headlines for his love life.
Here is a potted history of Kanye West and his romantic relationships.
Sumeke Rainey
Not the most high profile but a very formative relationship in West’s life was his high school romance with Sumeke Rainey, which continued into his early career.
He wrote Never Let Me Down about her, a track on his 2004 album The College Dropout, where he referenced telling her dying father that he would marry her one day.
But this never happened as the two parted when West’s fame skyrocketed on the back of his debut LP.
Alexis Phifer
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One of West’s longer lasting relationships was with rapper and designer Phifer, although they were on again off again at various points from 2003 to 2008.
West proposed in 2006 but they called it off two years later, apparently on good terms, not long after his mother, Donda, passed away.
Brooke Crittendon
During an off period with Phifer, West dated Brooke Crittendon and was seen with her at the 2006 Grammys – where she wore an altogether more appropriate dress than Censori did 19 years later.
As you guessed from the timeline of his proposal to Phifer, this one did not last very long and the two had called it off by the summer of that year.
Amber Rose
West’s highest profile relationship at that point was to fellow rapper Amber Rose and the pair were an item from 2008 to 2010.
The rollercoaster ride came to an end with West being inspired enough to channel his grief into his revered fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Kim Kardashian
West had an apparent, rare, period of being single until 2012, when infamous reality star Kim Kardashian ended her 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries and started dating him.
This proved to be West’s first marriage and foray into fatherhood, with the pair having North (Nori), Saint, Chicago, and Psalm together.
After many high-profile ups and downs, they were ready to call it quits by 2021 and went through divorce proceedings.
Irina Shayk
Kanye had a brief romance on the back of the Kardashian split in 2021 with this prolific celebrity dater. Shayk had been in the music video for West’s 2010 song Power and also modelled for his brand, Yeezy.
They holidayed together and celebrated West’s 44th birthday but were finished within a couple of months and never officially dated.
Julia Fox
The actress was another quickfire romance to follow in the post Kardashian era. They were seen together on red carpets in 2021-22 but split after a few months.
Fox told the Standard: "It just seems like he had a lot to work on, and I just don't have time for it or energy. I don't have the bandwidth or emotional capacity for it."
Chaney Jones
The third in a trilogy of short relationships between Kardashian and Censori, Kanye dated model Jones in 2022 and were seen together watching the LA Lakers play basketball.
They were ready to call time by the summer of that year.
Bianca Censori
Censori had been an architectural designer for Yeezy since 2020 and became romantically involved with her boss in 2022, with West releasing a punnily named song Censori Overload.
They had not been together long when they wed in January 2023 and have since been inseparable on red carpets and photo shoots, to the apparent dismay of her family.
