Whitney Port is an American television show personality. She is most famous for her former role on the MTV reality television series The Hills and later, as the star of her own show, The City. She is a former fashion contributor for Teen Vogue.

Port was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Jeffery and Vicki Lyn Port. Her father, Jeff, is the owner of a fashion company called Swarm. Port attended Warner Avenue Elementary school. She then went to Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences for middle school and high school. In 2007, she graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a degree in gender studies, where she roomed with Christina Schuller, former Laguna Beach cast member and friend of Lauren Conradand also dated Tommy Jones III.

Before working at Teen Vogue, Port was an intern for Women's Wear Daily magazine for two summers. She also interned at W magazine for three summers. From 2005–2007, Port was an intern with Conrad. The final episode of season two showed Port interviewing at Vogue headquarters in New York for the position of "Fashion Contributor" at Teen Vogue. The episode dramatized the competition between Port and another young woman, Emily Weiss, who had previously appeared in season two as an intern visiting from New York. It was revealed in the season three premiere that Port was awarded the job, and was employed by Teen Vogue in Los Angeles.

Port left Teen Vogue in 2007 for The Peoples Revolution, a PR firm heavily involved in the fashion world. In 2008, Port was awarded an interview with fashion label Diane von Furstenberg for her efforts in The Peoples Revolution by Kelly Cutrone. She was accepted for the job and has moved to New York City. Her job with DVF will be featured extensively on her new reality show The City. It was announced on April 13, 2009 that Whitney had quit DVF and returned to Peoples Revolution by Kelly Cutrone.

In episode six of the first season, Port had her first experience as a runway model. She walked in a DKNY Jeans show at Los Angeles Fashion Week. Port again plays the role of model in episode eleven, when she appears on a Good Morning America segment with André Leon Talley the editor-at-large of Vogue magazine. In March 2008, she debuted with her clothing line of cocktail and party-wear called Whitney Eve.

Port has been featured on The Hills. For the most part she appears in the context of her internship at Teen Vogue. Port also appeared on a 2008 episode of the HBO series Entourage as herself. From mid-2009 Whitney will be doing shows for Global Radio's Hit Music Network and Bauer Radio.

After months of speculation, it was confirmed that Port would receive her own spin-off from The Hills entitled The City. The series will center on Port as she moves to New York City to work for fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. The series debuted December 29, 2008 on MTV and first season finale aired on March 16, 2009.