Kim Kardashian West has announced her shapewear company Skims is that the official designer of the underwear for female members of Team USA at the Olympics.

In messages on social media, she said the corporate would design the team’s underwear, pyjamas and loungewear.

Earlier this year, the truth television star was added to the Forbes billionaire list.

And in February, she filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West. they need four children together.

In her social media posts, Ms Kardashian said since she was 10, she had heard about the Olympics through her stepdad and former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner.

“As i might watch the athletes compete, i might grow to know the dedication and honour being a neighborhood of the Olympics embodied,” she says, adding she travelled with him and her family to all or any the various Olympic cities where he competed.

“When I received the decision inviting Skims to be a neighborhood of @TeamUSA, every moment I’ve spent admiring the strength and energy of the Olympians from the sidelines came full circle,” she added.

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Five Team USA athletes modelled the official garments within the announcement including basketeer A’ja Wilson, swimmer Haley Anderson and Paralympic sprinter Scout Bassett.

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Ms Kardashian’s net worth reached $1bn (£720m) because of her cosmetics and clothing lines also as income from TV, endorsement deals and investments, Forbes business magazine says.

She is now one among the two ,755 figures on Forbes’ World’s Billionaires List.

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Forbes calculated that the 40-year-old’s worth had risen to $1bn from $780m in October thanks especially to her stakes in Skims also because the KKW Beauty cosmetics business.

KKW Beauty was launched in 2017 and Skims just two years ago after the initial name Kimono was dropped following accusations of cultural appropriation.

Skims offers underwear and loungewear within the founder’s signature minimalist style, and has proven successful during the work-from-home era.