Who Is Kanye West's Wife, Bianca Censori? What to Know About the Yeezy Architectural Designer

Kanye West and his wife, Bianca Censori, were first linked in January 2023

Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the Marni fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week on February 23, 2024 in Milan, Italy.
Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the Marni fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week on February 23, 2024 in Milan, Italy. Photo:

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Kanye West and his wife, Bianca Censori, are no strangers to headlines.

The "Carnival" rapper, 47, was first spotted with Censori, 30, in January 2023 when they were seen dining together at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, per TMZ. A day later, the outlet reported that West, who legally changed his name to Ye, and Censori were married in an intimate ceremony earlier that month. However, the two didn't have an official marriage certificate at the time.

West has since publicly referred to Censori as his wife, even going as far as to call her his children's "stepmom" in a since-deleted January 2024 Instagram post.

"Happy birthday to the most beautiful super bad fun iconic muse inspirational talented artist masters degree in architecture 140 IQ loving by my side everyday when half the world turned their backs on me and the most amazing step mom to our children," West wrote. "I love you so much thank you for sharing your life with me."

West was previously married to Kim Kardashian, with whom he shares four children: North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm. The two were married for seven years before Kardashian filed for divorce in February 2021. The divorce was officially finalized in November 2022, just months before West married Censori.

Since they have been together, West and Censori have received a large amount of public attention, in part due to the latter's choice of style. Though they largely live out of the spotlight, West made his return to the Grammy Awards after a decade on Feb. 4 with Censori accompanying him — and turning heads in a nude look.

So who is Kanye West's wife? Here's everything to know about Bianca Censori and her relationship with the rapper.

She's from Australia but resides in Los Angeles

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Bianca Censori attends the Marni fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 on February 23, 2024 in Milan.

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Censori is originally from Melbourne, Australia, but currently resides in Los Angeles, per her LinkedIn. In a profile with Vogue Australia in June 2022, the designer opened up about how she splits her time between the two places.

"The pandemic was the first time in a long time a lot of Australian creatives were brought back to one place," Censori told Vogue. "Melbourne felt like this melting pot of global creativity. People began to cross disciplines and collaborate in ways I hadn't experienced before."

Censori has a master’s degree in architecture

Kanye West and Bianca Censori during Paris Fashion Week on June 19, 2024 in Paris, France.
Kanye West and Bianca Censori during Paris Fashion Week on June 19, 2024 in Paris, France.

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The designer grew up with a love for art, telling Hypebeast in 2021 that she "always wanted to be a sculptor."

To that end, Censori attended the University of Melbourne from 2013 to 2017, where she earned her bachelor's degree in architecture, per her LinkedIn. In 2019, she returned to the university to earn her master's degree.

"To me, architecture is the union of art and pragmatics," she told Hypebeast. "It is the grandest artistic gesture that we can place onto the earth. I was drawn to it, purely, as a shift in artistic scale."

She works at Yeezy

Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

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Per her LinkedIn profile, Censori is an architectural designer for West's fashion brand Yeezy. She has been with the brand since November 2020, which could be how she first met West.

Before working at Yeezy, Censori held various other roles, including a student architect at DP Toscano Architects and a design consultant at Kelektiv.

Previously, she also started her own jewelry company, Nylons. During an interview with i-D in 2016, she explained that she created the brand after "laying around with mesh, then putting crystals inside the meshing, just making really simple thin chokers."

She continued, "I started selling those and from there it slowly kept growing. Once I started architecture I still wanted some sort of creative outlet so I kept making jewelry as something to do on the side and it grew into a business!"

She and West quietly married in January 2023

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Kanye West and Bianca Censori in 2023.

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The two were first spotted dining together at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills before TMZ reported their wedding on Jan. 13. A source told the publication that the pair seemed to be "quite comfortable" together as they ate their meal.

It is unclear if the couple have received an official marriage certificate since their intimate ceremony in January 2023.

She seemingly inspired one of West’s songs

Though news of their relationship only became public in January, it seems like the two had known each other for a bit longer.

Not only had Censori been working for Yeezy since 2020, but fans have speculated that the rapper's song, "Censori Overload," released in December 2022, was meant as a nod to the designer's last name.

She and West attended the Grammys in February 2025

Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February
Kanye West and Bianca Censori in 2025.

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West, who was nominated in the best rap song category, attended the Grammys for the first time in 10 years on Feb. 2. He was joined by his wife, who turned heads when she posed on the red carpet wearing a sheer mini dress with no bra or underwear.

Despite rumors, PEOPLE confirmed that the couple were not kicked out of the Grammys following Censori's nearly nude appearance. She and West walked the red carpet and left shortly after.

Censori later hit an afterparty in another nude look, sporting a sheer black bodysuit and a pair of black suede boots.

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