Model-turned-designer Kimora Lee Simmons is planning to start a family with partner Djimon Hounsou, and she wants to get pregnant as soon as possible.

Just weeks after shooting down claims she is already expecting her first child with the actor, Simmons insists she is now ready to add to her family – she has two children with ex-husband Russell Simmons.

The fashion mogul says, “I would be very proud to have a baby. So it will come soon. “I think about it all the time, and it’s something that’s a very exciting prospect for me.”

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Kimora Lee Simmons filed for divorce from Russell Simmons, Tuesday, according to reports.

The couple had announced that they split up in March of 2006, but said that they had already been separated for some time.

In court papers, Kimora, 32, cites irreconcilable differences and asks for legal and physical custody of the couple’s two daughters, Ming, 8, and Aoki, 5. She requests that Simmons, 50, get “reasonable child visitation … to be accompanied at all times by the children’s nanny and security personnel.

So, he gets visitation of his children with their nanny and security detail? That’s awful generous of her. (Insert sarcasm here.)

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Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons’ ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons wants to honor her late dog by turning the pet’s remains into a diamond. The Baby Phat model and fashion designer is in mourning after 18-year-old bitch Zoe’s recent death. But she is contemplating celebrating Zoe’s life with a new piece of jewelry.

She tells People.com, “You have to… grieve. It’s okay to take time and say this meant something to my life and (to) honor it. “There is a company that makes diamonds out of your loved ones. They make diamonds from a little of the carbon from the ash, so I might do that. I might turn her into a diamond.”

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Kimora Lee Simmons at the launch party for Baby Phat Fabulosity at The Madison Room in The Palace in NYC, yesterday.

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Baby Phat designer Kimora Lee Simmons is expecting a baby with Blood Diamond star Djimon Hounsou, the New York Post reports.

The Post says Simmons, 32, and Hounsou, 43, her boyfriend of one year, had been trying to get pregnant.

Simmons has two daughters, Ming Lee Simmons, 8, and Aoki Lee Simmons, 5, with ex husband Russell Simmons, whom she split from in March 2006. They had been married since 1998.

A rep for Simmons said, “There is no comment at this time.”

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Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou walking together after having lunch in Beverly Hills, yesterday.

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Celebrities turned out for A Night to Benefit Raising Malawi and UNICEF at the United Nations in New York City, yesterday. The stars included Brooke Shields, Cynthia Nixon, Debra Messing, Kimora Lee Simmons, Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rachel Zoe, Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes, Ali Larter, Drew Barrymore & Justin Long, Molly Sims, Lucy Lui, Chris Ivery & Ellen Pompeo, Rihanna, Demi Moore, Madonna & Lourdes, Jessica & Jerry Seinfeld, and Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony.

Madonna hosted the star-studded fundraiser for Malawi orphans, last night.

The legendary singer, who has a two-year-old adopted son David from the African country, threw the New York bash for her Raising Malawi Foundation, United Nations children’s organization UNICEF and to celebrate the opening of a new Gucci store.

Madonna, who dismissed rumors the event was raising money for Kabbalah, said: “I am grateful that Gucci has underwritten this event, that’s all that matters to me – their generosity. There’s always controversy surrounding anything that involves change.

“I want to put Raising Malawi on the map. I want credibility as a philanthropic organization. I want to inspire people. I don’t want them to just write me a check – I want them to give me a piece of their heart.”

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