Tripp was 32 years old.
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Tripp and Sells were known as Mini Kim Kardashian and Mini Kanye West, and performed at Beacher’s Madhouse.
Kimberly Tripp, also known as Las Vegas’ “Mini Kim Kardashian”, passed away on Sunday evening and the real Kim Kardashian-West took to Twitter to pay tribute to her mini-me.
Tripp is best known for her little person portrayal of Kim in a show at Beacher’s Madhouse in Las Vegas.
Tripp’s body was found by her boyfriend Ricky Sells, Jr. on the front porch of the couple’s Las Vegas apartment just after midnight on Sunday.
Jeff Beacher released a statement on Instagram, saying, “Today is a very sad day for my @beachersmadhouse family”.
“Rest in peace handsome soul”, Kim wrote.
‘She was our Shining Star. “She will be loved and missed by all”, he said.
We send our condolences to Tripp’s friends, family members and loved ones. Her death was confirmed by a representative of the Beacher’s Madhouse.
She was named North West. Mini Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend had also carried out a fake wedding when the reality TV star had gotten married to Kanye West.
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And Tripp, who started at Beacher’s Madhouse in 2005, played a number of other roles at the theater as well, including Mini Fergie, a dancing Oompa Loompa, Mini Bon Jovi and as a member of the theater’s renderings of The Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC.
