Bianca Censori: The posh schoolgirl with dark family history
Bianca Censori grabbed the gaze of the world when she dropped her coat at the Grammys — now everyone wants to know where she came from.
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Bianca Censori, the Australian woman who married one of the most famous rappers in the world, makes headlines almost every day.
Since wedding Kanye West in a private ceremony in December 2022, Censori has been the centre of attention, largely due to her public stunts.
Foe example, last year, the architect and model was reportedly banned for life from a Venice boat company after a NSFW ride with her husband.
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West has posted numerous photos of her in revealing outfits and at the 2025 Grammy Awards she dropped a large black fur coat to reveal she was wearing nothing but a see-through “naked’ dress.
West later boasted that his wife received more internet searches than the Grammys winners.
With the Aussie getting so much attention, many have wondered about what her life was like before she married West.
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‘Posh’ childhood
Growing up in the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe, Bianca scored good grades and was known for partying.
Bianca attended the “posh” Carey Baptist Grammar School, graduating in 2012.
She later attained a Masters in Architecture and worked for West’s company Yeezy as a designer.
A source told the Daily Mail that she was known to be “stylish, smart and a social butterfly”.
“She was a party girl after high school; she never missed all the big social events like nightclubbing or going to the Spring Racing Carnival,” a friend said.
How Bianca met Kanye
The timeline of their relationship isn't exactly clear, but this is what we know.
Censori started working for West in November 2020.
It’s thought they met after connecting on social media.
A woman named “Kate”, speaking on radio in 2023, said he “slid into her DMs” - meaning he sent a direct message.
“Ye slid into her DMs, found her on Instagram, and said, ‘Come and work for me,’ and she dropped out. I’m not actually sure if she’s an architect,” Kate told the station.
Kim Kardashian filed for divorce with West on January 2021 and it was finalised on November 2022.
By December that year, West uploaded the track “Censori Overload” to Instagram and the couple was first photographed together in public in January 2023.
It’s thought they were wed in December 20, 2022, although it’s unclear if that was a legal marriage.
Dark past of Censori family
Her extended family has also been in the spotlight for its dark past.
She was born on 5 January 1995 in Melbourne to Alexandra and Elia “Leo” Censori, one of three girls. Her father’s family originally hailed from Giulianova, Italy.
Her uncle, Eris Censori, was dubbed “Melbourne’s Al Capone”. He was sentenced to death for the murder of Perth waiter Michael Sideris in 1982, a sentence later commuted to life imprisonment, the Herald Sun reports.
Eris and his older brothers, Edmondo and Leo, formed a “well-known crime family involved in drugs and an illegal gambling syndicate”, the publication reported.
Eris Censori initially served his sentence in WA, but was transferred to Victoria to allow him to be closer to his family.
He was released on parole to end in 1999, and has been forced to remain on parole due to legislative reforms in 2013 and 2014.
Leo Censori has convictions for possession of a pistol and for possession of fully jacketed ammunition.
In 1982 he was convicted in the County Court in Melbourne on a charge of possessing a prohibited import (heroin) and sentenced to five years with a minimum of three.
He was also fined $5000.
His ex-wife detailed how he was behind a massive illegal gambling empire he has helped run for more than a decade.
In a series of interviews with the Herald Sun in 1991, she exposed the inner workings of the cartel, which controlled a large slice of the lucrative illegal gambling industry in Melbourne.
Ms Glascott said her former husband had made a fortune from illegal gambling.
“I have seen the money,” she said. “Leo can stack money better than a bank.” She said she had found rolls of money — up to $40,000 — hidden around their Alphington home. She recalled seeing about $60,000 sitting on their coffee table at home.
At one time Leo Censori accepted a police guard when detectives discovered a group of bandits planned to kill him.
Ms Glascott said things turned a little sour in Perth for the family after Eris was convicted of murder.
“Eris destroyed it with the murder. Within 24 hours, the police seized his machines and closed him up.
‘Out of the spotlight’
Bianca’s immediate family, however, are just trying to live normal lives and stay out of the immense spotlight.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Bianca’s mother Alexandra Censori said:
“We are just normal people, living our own lives as privately as we can,” she said.
“I have nothing to say about Bianca, thank you.”
Originally published as Bianca Censori: The posh schoolgirl with dark family history
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