New York, Aug 29 : Kendall Jenner has ditched her family name and will be going by just 'Kendall' now.

It was the official website of the beauty's modeling agency, The Society, that revealed the news of the 18-year-old model, who believes that her family 's fame was not working in her favour, the New York Post reported.

Kim Kardashian's half sister, who stands at 5 ft 10.5 inches with a petite 24 inch waist, had previously told Love magazine that success didn't come to her on its own as there were people who hadn't been interested in signing her due to her surname.

Kendall had added that she felt "great" when people didn't recognize her. (ANI)