Aussie woman reveals 'I could have been the next Kim Kardashian' after meeting Kanye at Ivy and being invited to party with the rap superstar READ MORE: Explosive claims emerge about Ivy's 'secret' Level 6 - and what really goes on inside in the exclusive Sydney club By MIKAELA WILKES FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 01:57 GMT, 13 November 2024 | Updated: 01:58 GMT, 13 November 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A woman who had a chance encounter with Kanye West in Sydney in the mid-aughts has declared she could have been the next Kim Kardashian . Sydneysider Belle, who appeared on KIIS FM Wednesday, told radio host Kyle Sandilands how she met the rapper at The Ivy and was invited to party with him. Belle couldn't tell Kyle exactly what year this occurred, but she said it was in Kanye's era of the wearing the coloured shutter shades.
'He was in the days where he was rocking the Venetian glasses, you know, the bright yellow ones?' she said. Kanye first wore a pair of shutter shades - also known as slatted shades, louvered shades, or Venetian blind shades - in his Stronger music video in 2007. In late 2006, Kanye brought his The Touch the Sky Tour Down Under, in support of his second studio album, Late Registration.
It was the second world tour of his music career. 'He was really smooth,' Belle recalled. Kanye West played tourist during his tour stop in Sydney in November 2006 Models showcasing Diesel designs at The Ivy Pool Club in 2009 'He was trying to find out what we were doin.
