North West has scored her first magazine cover at the age of five after gracing the front of a fashion publication.

North, the eldest child of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, appears on the front of WWD Beauty Inc.

The publication describes her asย โ€œat the forefront of a generation that is highly connected, engaged with fashion and beauty and individualistic in styleโ€.

North was pictured wearing a range of colourful outfits for her first solo appearance on a magazine cover and was styled by her famous mother.

Kardashian tweeted: โ€œIโ€™m seriously so proud of my Northie! She picked her looks and eyeliner color and is so involved and loves fashion & beauty so much so she has the best time at her @wwd shoot!โ€

West and Kardashian are also parents to son Saint, three, and youngest daughter Chicago, one.

They are expecting a fourth child via surrogate.