The Moment
Over the Christmas holiday, 12-year-old North West shared a rare shot with her stepmom Bianca Censori, 30, via Instagram. The image was a screenshot from a FaceTime call with rapper Babyxsosa (real name Jasia Makayla Abrams) that the artist first shared, then North reposted.
Kim Kardashian’s daughter North West shares rare selfie with stepmom, Bianca Censori, on Christmas https://t.co/sALEw1MZxb pic.twitter.com/fACjrmTmSt
— Page Six (@PageSix) December 27, 2025
In the snap, North and Bianca are cheek-to-cheek, leaning into the camera while Bianca gives a kissy face. It’s casual, it’s cozy, and it’s the kind of picture you only take with someone you’re actually comfortable around – or at least willing to present that way.
The timing is interesting. North just made her official Instagram debut the week before, with a blurry selfie and a few Story posts with friends. Her bio makes it clear the account is “managed by her parents, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West,” which is celebrity-speak for: yes, this is real, and yes, the grown-ups are watching.
Fans also noticed North was missing from Kim’s picture-perfect Christmas pajama shoot this year, which featured her other kids – Saint, 10; Chicago, 7; and Psalm, 6 – plus cousins Dream, 9, and Tatum, 3, all in matching Skims holiday sets. That absence kicked off a round of online eyebrow raises.
But North didn’t stay off the grid for long. Days later, she popped back up on Instagram with a Christmas post showing off diamond-encrusted shark grillz and electric blue hair in a series of photos – her third-ever post on the account.
The Take
Here’s where I land on this: that one screenshot with Bianca is doing the work of a thousand publicists.
On paper, it’s a tween sharing a random FaceTime moment. In reality, it’s a quiet message that says:
- North sees Bianca as part of her everyday life, not just a tabloid headline.
- Kanye’s wife is being folded into the family story in a softer, more domestic way.
- Kim and Kanye’s camps both seem fine with North publicly embracing her stepmom – or at least not stopping it.
For a family that lives and dies by the image, that’s huge. You don’t accidentally post a cozy Christmas selfie with your dad’s new wife when your mom is Kim Kardashian and your Instagram is parent-managed. This is as close as Hollywood gets to a formal statement without putting out a press release.
And then there’s North herself. At 12, most of us were writing in gel pens and hiding diaries under our beds. North is curating a grid that includes high-fashion pajamas, blue hair, and custom diamond grillz. It’s extreme, sure, but it’s also exactly what a kid with billionaire parents, unlimited access to glam, and a phone would do: take the same tween experimentation and turn the volume all the way up.
I’m not mad at the blue hair or the grillz – that’s just modern preteen cosplay. What does give me pause is how strategic it all already feels. Her launch: timed around the holidays. Her bio: lawyer-approved. Her third post: headline-ready jewelry and a look that screams “baby rockstar.” This isn’t a kid stumbling onto Instagram; it’s a brand being softly rolled out.
As for the missing-then-reappearing Christmas presence? I’m firmly in the “kids don’t owe us their holiday schedule” camp. If anything, it’s a good reminder that even in the most overexposed family on earth, there are still private choices happening behind the scenes. North skipping a matching PJ shoot is not a federal case; she clearly spent at least some festive time with her dad’s side and felt okay enough about it to share.
Bottom line: that selfie is less about drama and more about normalizing a complicated, very public blended family. It’s messy, but it’s also kind of refreshing.
Receipts
Confirmed
- North West, 12, shared (and/or reposted) a FaceTime screenshot featuring herself and stepmom Bianca Censori over the Christmas holiday, originally posted by rapper Babyxsosa.
- Bianca Censori, 30, appears close to North in the image, making a kissy face while they sit together.
- North recently launched an official Instagram account stating it is managed by her parents, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
- Kim’s holiday photo carousel this year showed Saint, Chicago, Psalm, Dream, and Tatum in matching Skims Christmas pajamas; North was not in that particular shoot.
- Later in the week, North posted Christmas photos showing off diamond-encrusted shark grillz and blue hair on her new Instagram account.
Unverified / Fan chatter
- Speculation that North’s absence from the pajama photos means tension with Kim, Kanye, or Bianca. There is no on-record statement from the family confirming any drama.
- The idea that every post is purely North’s own unfiltered choice. The account is clearly labeled as parent-managed, so we don’t know how decisions are made behind the scenes.
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you haven’t been watching this saga like it’s your second job, here’s the quick catch-up. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West married in 2014 and share four children: North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm. Their divorce was finalized in 2022, after a very public and very bumpy split.
Not long after, Kanye began appearing in public with Bianca Censori, an Australian architect who worked with his fashion ventures. By early 2023, he and Bianca were widely described as married, though the exact legal status has been murky in reports. Either way, Bianca has been a steady presence with Kanye – including on trips where North has joined them – making her, functionally, North’s stepmom.
Through all of this, Kim has positioned herself as the primary stabilizing parent, carefully curating what the kids share and how much of their lives ends up online. North, in particular, has been the breakout personality – performing with her dad onstage, popping up in the family’s reality show, and now taking her first official steps into social media life.
What’s Next
North’s Instagram may only be a few posts old, but we can all see where this is heading. More fashion. More performance. More glimpses into life with both sides of her very famous family – edited and approved, of course.
We’ll likely see:
- More Bianca cameos, especially if this Christmas selfie lands well with fans and quiets some of the stepmom skepticism.
- North testing different looks and personas as she figures out who she is in a world where every experiment can be screenshot and shared.
- Carefully timed posts around big family moments – birthdays, school milestones, maybe even behind-the-scenes peeks that line up with new TV episodes or business launches.
My hope? That behind all the gloss, the adults keep some hard lines: school off-limits, real meltdowns off-camera, and the option for North to vanish from the feed when she wants a break. She’s clearly a star in the making, but she’s still 12, blue hair and all.
Because for all the talk about co-parenting optics and branding, this is still a kid navigating a blended family in front of the world. And if a Christmas selfie with her stepmom signals that she feels safe enough to share that part of her life, that might be the best headline of all.
Your turn: Do you think it’s healthy for celebrity kids like North to launch public Instagram accounts this young, or should famous parents hold off and keep them offline longer?
Sources: North West and Kim Kardashian Instagram posts, December 20-26, 2025; Babyxsosa (Jasia Makayla Abrams) FaceTime screenshot shared December 27, 2025; multiple entertainment news reports published December 27, 2025.
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