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Kendall K Vertes is an American dancer, social media influencer, reality TV actress, singer, and content creator. She is primarily known for featuring in the reality TV show “Dance Moms” as a contestant and now is recognized for her popularity as a dancer and content creator on social media accounts such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter.
Vertes made her debut on Dance Moms in the second season, when she was selected at the audition to replace Vivi-Anne. She departed from the team in “The Runaway Mom” after she was put on probation. She then joined the Candy Apple's Dance Center team.
She eventually re-joined the Abby Lee Dance Company elite team in “Guess Who's Back?” and remained on the team until Ashlee's Big Decision Part 1 where she and the other elite dancers decided to leave the Abby Lee Dance Company and form The Irreplaceables. During her stint at CADC, Kendall was offered a special performance at a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition.
Besides being a competitive dancer, Vertes is also a singer and a model. She released a debut single “Wear ‘Em Out", on 21st April 2015. It was later followed by a music video that premiered on ‘Dance Moms’ on June 9, 2015. She also released a cover version of the song "Winter Wonderland".
She has performed in several music videos of her co-stars on “Dance Moms”. She has been featured in songs like "Summer Love Song," "It's A Girl Party," "Freaks Like Me," and "Boomerang." She has also been featured on the cover of ‘Girl's Life’ magazine.
Vertes has been dancing since she was only 18 months old. She began taking dance classes at the age of 2 and started performing on stage the year after. Vertes’s interest in singing also developed in her formative years, she has been a part of the dancing-singing group called "The Glitter Girls" along with Maria May and Liza Retter. Vertes is most recognized for appearing on the reality show “Dance Moms”. Initially joining on probation for Abby Lee Dance Company, ALDC in short. Vertes developed into one of the lead dancers of the show.
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Vertes has simultaneously been successful in her musical endeavors. Her debut single “Wear ‘Em Out” surpassed Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” on the iTunes music video chart on the day of its release. She adores contemporary and jazz dance styles and among the different dance techniques, rise and fall are her favorites.
She also released another song "Where Would I Be Without You", which is inspired by the music of Calvin Harris. She told her fans that her “ultimate music dream” is to work in collaboration with Ariana Grande, her favorite singer.
Vertes may be one of the best-known stars of "Dance Moms", even though she only appeared on the show in Season 2. Vertes had spoken out negatively about her time with Abby Lee, going on to even reveal her experience in a YouTube video explaining that “Abby no longer wanted to work with the girls because they were old and washed up and slugs and fat", but Vertes found success in the media industry, nonetheless.
Vertes currently, other than being very popular on social media, includes in her released music a Christmas album called "K-mas," which appeared in the movies "Rapunzel: A Princess Frozen in Time" and "Anastasia: Once Upon a Time". Vertes has become a brand ambassador for Bang Energy drink.
Vertes’s success has grown exceptionally even after her successful stint with “Dance Moms”. According to TV Over Mind, in 2021, she landed a new show called "The Kendall K and Friends Show". The talk show premiered on CBS in January 2022 and features the "Dance Moms" alumni interviewing celebrities alongside some other dance favorites such as Nia Sioux and Abby Lee Miller.
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Vertes is very popular on Instagram, amassing 9.7 million followers, but it doesn’t stop there, she is also popular on TikTok, with over 7.3 million followers, while her popularity has even extended to YouTube and Twitter, where she has 1.2 million subscribers and 526k followers respectively. This ever-growing popularity has helped her collaborate with several brands over the years.
She's promoted everything from Bloom Nutrition to Dunkin'. It seems Vertes is currently concentrating on her social media career as she is fairly active on Instagram and TikTok, where she posts the most, while she isn’t active on YouTube or on Twitter, in spite of having over 1.8 million followers combined on those platforms.
It is clearly difficult to avoid controversy especially when you’re part of a popular TV show like “Dance Moms” and Vertes has had her share of conflicts. Abby had once called Vertes a “hot mess”, and she even wanted to leave the show.
Vertes had a breakdown on the sets of the show when, due to her best friend Maddie's busy schedule, their first duet together was canceled and Abby made JoJo Siwa have a solo performance instead. During the sixth season, Kendall's mother Jill Vertes got into a feud with Ashlee Allen, the mother of newcomer Brynn Rumfallo, when Jill showed her discontent over Brynn's inclusion on the team. Vertes also got involved in the dispute which disappointed many fans.
There were tensions between Kendall and Abby, who also was her music manager, over her song releases. After spending a whole summer on her songs, Kendall had to wait for Abby's approval to release her singles. Vertes disliked the fact that another “Dance Moms” star, Nia Sioux, who is not managed by Abby, released several songs without going through the troubles she faced. When asked about her dance coach Abby's legal troubles regarding bankruptcy fraud, Vertes even called it "karma".
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Vertes’s net worth is courted to be an estimated $1.5 million. Most of Vertes’s earnings come from social media presence as a content creator, TV shows, music, dance, brand collaborations, modeling, and merchandise.
Vertes, as mentioned before, is hugely popular for her appearances on the TV show Dance Moms. She is considered to have earned amongst the top ten highest on the show. Some sources have revealed that the top stars of the show, including Vertes, could have earned up to $300k a season, but that, of course, has not been confirmed.
Apart from this, she also has her own TV show on CBS, as mentioned before called “The Kendall K and Friends Show”, which began airing this year. For this too, we cannot confirm how much she could earn. We can safely assume that she could make upwards of the 6-figure mark every season.
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Vertes has also been a successful music artist with several of her music videos viewed several million times. She also has her music available on the most recognizable streaming brands, which are Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify. It is currently unknown how much she could earn from record sales as well as stream, as each company follows a different set of metrics to determine how much an artist should be paid in accordance to following, engagement, and overall streams. We can safely assume that Vertes makes upwards of the 5-figure mark each year from her music.
When it comes to dancing, there are several ways Vertes could earn money. One being collaborative performances with other dance stars, and/or professional choreographers, reality TV shows as mentioned earlier, social media content, and live performances. We know that Vertes has participated in the first 3.
We have already discussed how much she could earn on reality TV shows, but the figure of earning may vary presently as several years have passed, hence we currently do not know how much she could earn from these ventures. It is safe to say that since dance is an incredibly important factor in Vertes's career, she could categorically make sure that she would be involved in professional dancing as much as she could, eventually making her a hefty sum each year.
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When it comes to brand collaborations, Vertes has associated herself with several top brands over her influencing career. Her ever-growing popularity has helped her monetarily collaborate with these brands over the years. She's promoted everything from Bloom Nutrition to Dunkin' and is the current brand ambassador for Halara. We, unfortunately, do not have the figures to justify how much she could earn from these sponsored collaborations, but we can assume that the figures are of a hefty sum.
As a model, it is unclear how much Vertes could earn from her features in print and online magazines, even though she has been the face of several photo shoots and outlets. She has worked as a model with several other brands as well, but we currently do not know how much she could earn as a model, although we can safely assume that it would be a hefty sum.
Vertes also sells merchandise on her website as well as other third-party websites, like RedBubble, which are catered to her fans. A prominent venture of Vertes’s was called the Kendall Vertes x Velvet Caviar Collection, which was a limited collection that sold out on introduction. We can speculate that Vertes earns towards the 5-figure mark each year in sales. We currently do not know how much she precisely earns as there is no information available regarding that.
Vertes’s dominance on social media is very evident with over 7.3 million TikTok followers, while on Instagram she has over 9.7 million followers, on YouTube, she has 1.2 million subscribers, and on Twitter, she has 526k followers.
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Kendall K Vertes was born on December 9, 2002, in Harrison City, Pennsylvania in Westmoreland County, United States. She is the youngest child of Erno and Jill Vertes and is the sister of Charlotte and Ryleigh Vertes-McClure. In 2021, she graduated from Penn-Trafford High School.
Vertes was initially homeschooled due to her busy schedule and attended a local public school in Pittsburgh before joining Dance Moms, and was a straight 'A' student in the fourth grade. It also seems like Vertes is currently attending James Madison University, according to posts of her in a dorm room on TikTok and photos out and about on Instagram, but we cannot confirm as the star has not revealed any information about that.
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Her sisters have appeared in her music video “Wear ‘Em Out”. Vertes’s father taught her to play tennis. She revealed that she was the best swimmer among her teammates. Her co-star from Dance Moms, Maddie Ziegler, is her best friend, and she is also close to Maddie's sister Mackenzie. She is a fan of Tom Cruise and had a celebrity crush on Cameron Dallas. Kendall had the desire to act on Broadway or be a dentist when asked what she would like to pursue eventually, we currently do not know what she could have studied to have pursued either of those professions.
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It seems Vertes is currently concentrating on her social media career as she is fairly active on Instagram and TikTok, where she posts the most. Kendall is in a serious relationship with Andrew Ciufo, who plays baseball for Georgetown University. The couple has appeared several times on each other’s social media profiles and seems to be dating for a substantial amount of time.
Here are some of Vertes’s top videos on TikTok.
One of her most engaging videos on TikTok with over 1.2 million views.
A video featuring her pet dog, with over 5.5 million views.
A comedic video by Vertes with over 2.4 million views.
A video featuring Vertes’s college campus with over 5.5 million views.
A dance video featuring a few friends of Vertes with over 3.9 million views.
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A. Kendall K Vertes is an American dancer, social media influencer, reality TV actress, singer, and content creator. Vertes is most recognized for her participation in the reality TV show “Dance Moms” and is currently known for amassing a huge number of followers as a dancer and content creator on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter.
A. Kendall K Vertes was born on December 9, 2002, and is currently 19 years old.
A. Although she hasn’t confirmed where she’s currently studying, according to posts by Kendall from a dorm room on TikTok and photos on Instagram, she seems to be attending James Madison University, but she has not confirmed this.
A. Kendall Vertes first appeared on Dance Moms in the second season.
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