-- Chuck Palahniuk
Kathryn Madison Rockefeller
Nicknames:
Kate (most common)
Katy
Age:
22
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
March 1st
Sign:
Pisces
Sexuality:
Heterosexual
Ethnicity:
German, French
Occupation:
Socialite, Heiress
Place of Origin:
New York, NY
The Rockefeller name comes with a lot of privilege, and Kate was introduced to that fresh out of the womb. She's the second child of David Rockefeller, Jr. (73), and Diana Newell-Rockefeller (59), but is only older than her "younger" brother by two minutes, since they're twins. Besides the twins, David and Diana also conceived a son together, five years before they were born. Her parents were both career-oriented people but didn't allow their children to be raised by nannies, as many of their friends did. Both parents, but more so her mother, were heavily involved in Kate's childhood and were the main people who taught her how to be a Rockefeller... because just being born into the family wasn't enough. Being a Rockefeller is a lifestyle, and something that affected every part of her life. Before she even realized it, she was running her generation in New York. Every parent wanted their child to have a playdate with her, private schools were vying for her attendance, and she was attending parties with some of the most elite people in the world before she had even hit puberty.
She knows that she's lucky that she's the only girl in the family, because her father has focused his energy on passing down the business aspect of the family's legacy on the boys over her. It's something that she was always more than okay with, but she never wanted to be a useless member of society who leached off off of her family for support. And, while she always thought that the idea of marrying someone just as wealthy as her, who could show her off as his beautiful wife would be lovely, she doesn't want to just be a trophy wife. She's intelligent, and she just recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in pre-med, with a focus on biology, from Columbia University. When she first started school, she was sure that she wanted to continue on to medical school and become a doctor, but she's second guessing that thought now. She has the degree, and for her, that's kind of enough. She's proven that she's intelligent and it doesn't seem necessary to continue her education or start working right now when she doesn't actually need to. She has the money to support herself for one hundred lifetimes, and she feels like she's at her prime right now. It's time to have fun and relax, and if her plan had went accordingly, she would be doing that, but not on camera. While Kate has known to be one of the most scandalous Rockefeller offspring, she likes being scandalous on her own terms. She doesn't want to be committed through a contract to being stalked. It's enough dealing with that when she's going in and out of clubs or trying to sit through a meal without being interrupted by someone asking for a photo.
She's a social media addict, but she's very careful about what she posts, and how those posts will reflect on her. She's a good tipper. She prefers eating at restaurants over getting takeout. She's a picky eater. She always has mint gum on her. She has thousands of dollars worth of makeup, and yet hates doing her own makeup.
Good personality traits:
Poised, energetic, daring, connected, sociable
Bad personality traits:
Vain, selfish, materialistic, dismissive
Personality:
Kate Rockefeller is not someone that everyone loves, but she can guarantee that she's someone that everyone knows about, and that's good enough for her. She doesn't need you to like her, because there are a million other people who not only like her, but want to be her. From the outside, she's the girl that has everything you want. She's sitting on a fortune of an insurmountable size, is a part of one of the most respected families in American history, is gorgeous and associates with only the wealthiest and most popular people. Socially, she's part of a crew that has the power to start trends just through a simple photo being posted of them wearing something, and it's a power that she relishes in. She loves attention, but she loves attention on her terms. That means that while she savors selfies and finding the perfect angle for her latest Instagram post, she is not okay with constantly being stalked and photographed by paparazzi. Unlike a lot of people she hangs out with, Kate isn't famous for anything besides her family name. She's not an actress or musician, so she doesn't feel like she signed up for a life that entails absolutely no privacy. Well, she could at least claim that before she was forced into this show by her parents. She thinks of herself as being confident and comfortable in her own skin, and if that makes her vain, then so be it.
It's interesting how she clings to her family's name sometimes, and can mimic that perfect, prim and proper appearance that they have aimed to put off for centuries, and yet at the same time, be scandalous. And she is. Don't let the charity ball appearances, refusal to do interviews, and meekness in the media fool you. Kate knows her way around the social scene, but her family's influence has always seemed to protect her from being blasted on the cover of TMZ for being arrested for public intoxication (with the case quickly being dropped once she got to the station and her identity was confirmed), or when she and her brother engaged in a screaming match in the lobby of the Miami Ritz-Carlton. Always being untouchable and rarely ever being called out for her misdeeds definitely shaped Kate's personality because she feels like that's how she should be treated in her personal life as well. Unaccountable. She doesn't like to take responsibility for her mistakes, and a lot of the time, genuinely finds it difficult to feel like she did wrong in situations where she clearly is. She values her own feelings over others, and yet... she's not a horrible person. She has friends and people who truly like hanging out with her, because despite these flaws, she can be a fun person to hang out with. She takes good care of her friends, financially and emotionally, and is someone who is genuinely interested in having a tight group of girlfriends who will be friends for life. She's loyal, flirty, organized and intelligent. Sometimes, she just forgets to make sure that those characteristics are as visible as the poor ones.
Greatest joys in life:
Her wardrobe, her family's name, socializing, money
Greatest fears:
Ending up in a scandal that's too big for even her name to excuse, public humiliation, spiders
Life philosophy:
"People love you until they don’t need you anymore."
Kate has always been the girl who loves cliche romantic things, but she's become more guarded with herself over the years. Most recently, after being cheated on by the boy she thought she was going to marry, she's scared to ever invest herself in someone again. She can't stand the idea of not being important to someone she put at the most important level, so she's trying to grow colder and harder, hoping to kill off that part of her that wants the fairy tale ending.
❤Exclusive parties and events
❤Vacationing
❤Chocolate chip cookies
❤Romantic things
❤New York
❤Her family name
❤Spa days
✘Paparazzi
✘Her ex, Mike Bellucci
✘Fast food
✘Chewy candy
✘Sleeping anywhere but her own bed
✘One night stands
✘Cheap alcohol
Relationship:
5'6, 115 lbs, Slender
Hair Colour:
Brown
Eye Colour:
Blue
Distinguishing Marks:
Nothing aside from ordinary ear piercings
Style:
Her style is sophisticated and classy... but flattering. She rarely ever goes for that "so tight it might as well be spandex" look, but she doesn't mind showing a bit of cleavage here and there. When it comes down to it, she's a Rockefeller, so the designer matters, the price matters, and more than anything, maintaining a high-class and respectable appearance matters.