Kimora Lee and Russell Simmons are making one thing very clear: their daughter was accepted to Harvard through her own hard work and not because of a bribe or other parental intervention.

Fashion designer Lee Simmons, who shares two children with ex-husband, businessman Simmons, announced their younger daughter, Aoki Lee Simmons, was accepted to the prestigious university on Instagram Thursday.

"We are sooo super proud of YOU!!" Lee Simmons, 43, wrote in her post, congratulating her teen. "Such hard work and only 16! You did it! It took years of super dedication and lots of tears! But HERE YOU ARE!!! GO GIRL!!!"

"We are excited to see the great things you will do!" she added.

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On her Instagram Stories, a "beaming" Lee Simmons continued bursting with pride.

"Quite honestly she really did it on her own merit, and we’re so really proud because Yoki can’t row or anything like that. There was really no hope for us in that area," Lee Simmons said, making an apparent reference to actress Lori Loughlin and husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, who are caught up in the college admissions scandal. The pair allegedly agreed to pay $500,000 to guarantee their two daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, admission to the University of Southern California as members of the crew team, although neither was an athlete.

"I’m just so proud that you did it on your own, Yoki," Lee Simmons said.

Simmons, 61, reiterated that Aoki didn't have help from her parents in his own congratulatory Instagram post.

"So blessed @aokileesimmons made it into HARVARD and Kimora Myself or (Lee Simmons' husband, Tim Leissner) didn’t have to pull any strings or pay anyone to get her in 😂," Simmons wrote, "she made it on her own academic merit."

Loughlin and Giannulli are scheduled to appear in court April 3, along with "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman, who is accused of paying $15,000 to a made-up charitable organization that then helped her daughter cheat on the SATs, .

Contributing: Leora Arnowitz, Maria Puente and The Associated Press

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