Kim Kardashian
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Why is She famous
Kim Kardashian is the most recognizable sister in the pop-culture-crashing Kardashian-Jenner clan and also the proud owner of the most talked about "celebri-booty" in reality television. We know her best as a hip socialite, a dedicated entrepreneur, a focal point of the hugely successful E! series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, an occasional actress and model, and -- oh, yes -- a celebrity sex tape star.
While it's true that a wealthy family and a perfectly timed sex tape may have helped Kardashian find an easy 15 minutes of fame to begin with, the fact that she's still around indicates that she might know more about what she's doing than people first gave her credit for. As a pretty face in the age of reality television and all things Twitter, Kardashian is the main wheel that keeps the pop culture influence of the Kardashian-Jenner unit turning, allowing her steady fan base the opportunity to live vicariously through her very public lifestyle.
As if she weren't famous enough, her dating life swept the world by storm in 2011 when she quickly became engaged to Kris Humphries of the New Jersey Nets in May, then quickly divorced 72 days later. Many speculated that Kim Kardashian's marriage was a big media stunt and suggested she profited from it financially (as if she needed the extra cash). Regardless of the controversy, she was still voted No. 8 on AskMen's Top 99 Most Desirable Women list, which is proof positive that no matter how seedy she may come off, men still find her irresistible.
The latest man to fall for the reality star mogul is Kanye West, who claims he's had feelings for her before -- and during -- her time with Humphries. Based on the photos of Kim and Kanye and the news that a baby is in the works, it seems like this one might actually stick.
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" I got caught up with the hoopla and the filming of the TV show that when I probably should have ended my relationship, I didn’t know how to and didn’t want to disappoint a lot of people."
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Kim Kardashian has given Jennifer Lopez a run for her money in the department of celebrity posteriors. Thanks to a background that is predominantly Armenian, her curves have attracted infinite attention and earned maximum exposure, courtesy of a Playboy spread, a much-ballyhooed sex tape and a Twitter feed that proves that Kardashian is anything but shy about showing off her physicality. Is she shy about anything? Well, yes -- dancing in nightclubs, according to her. All ill-timed public dancing displays aside, it's Kardashian's combination of raw exotic beauty and sexy confidence that makes her ideal dating material for a lot of men. If you ever have the chance to take her out, just stick to a limo ride and a fancy dinner at a high-priced Los Angeles eatery, rather than crashing a trendy club for a dance-off on '80s night.
While she appears to fit the bill of fun-loving California girl quite nicely, Kardashian spent the first four years of her 20s as a married woman. Her husband at the time was Damon Thomas, but after their split, she continued to date within the music industry through courtships with Nick Lachey, Nick Cannon and her partner in celebrity sex tape crime, Ray J.
In recent years, Kardashian developed a liking for athletes, enjoying a long-term relationship with Reggie Bush and an alleged fling with Cristiano Ronaldo. Since then, Kim explored marriage once again, this time with NBA player Kris Humphries. Seventy-two days later, she explored divorce again, too. Many claimed that her marriage was a pure media play, but one's thing's for sure: We like Kim Kardashian single. Unfortunately for us, as of late she's been tied to Kanye West and now they have a baby on the way.
72 Success
Like her former BFF Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian has gamely used money, sex and social status to her unique advantage. After initially being branded famous because her late lawyer father was a friend of O.J. Simpson -- not the ideal association for fame -- Kardashian has developed her image as a socialite and reality TV star, while forging lucrative connections with both halves of her fan following. She's engaged the women through cosmetics and clothing ventures, and made her male admirers happy with something more blunt: a sex tape.
A loyal fashionista who models her look (and maybe a few curves) after Jennifer Lopez, Kardashian isn't going to be an award-winning actress. If anything, her ample curves won't get bigger, but her career just might, as her appearances on Dancing with the Stars, CSI: NY and America's Next Top Model would indicate. With no criminal black marks (like DUIs) on her pop culture record either, Kardashian may have done it the rich and sexy way, but she has yet to abuse her fame in a blatantly wrong way -- sex tape be damned.
Kim Kardashian Biography
The new family unit went the way of The Osbournes and become a pop culture favorite later on, but during her high school years, Kardashian remained close with her father. Apart from his involvement in the trial of O.J. Simpson, he had become far more active in the music industry than in the field of law. As such, Kardashian became gainfully employed at Movie Tunes, her father's business that was responsible for promoting musical artists. At 20, she married producer Damon Thomas, but the death of her father in 2003 sent Kardashian on a new journey to find her own entrepreneurial talents. Kardashian and her husband divorced in 2004, and her first attempt at self-employment came in the music video and commercial industry as a wardrobe stylist. Unfortunately, this venture was unsuccessful, so she went back to the drawing board for her next professional makeover.
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Having not succeeded the first time, Kim Kardashian tried again in the style sector, but put her attention toward closet arrangements rather than specific wardrobe choices. Her job was to renovate closet space and find ways to better organize the clothing of her clients. After getting good results from revamping the storage space of boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard's wife, Bernadette, Kardashian took a shot at redoing Paris Hilton's clothing collection. Apart from the fact that Hilton's clothing was so extensive that it required the space of a fully-modified bedroom rather than a regular-size closet, Kim's work was well-received. Among Los Angeles socialites, she was more popular around town, but her overall celebrity influence was inconsequential.The relationships between Kardashian and blues musician Ray J changed her level of fame quickly and substantially. In 2007, adult film giant Vivid released a sex tape that they had filmed together. While the two principals claimed that the sex tape was never intended for public audiences, it provided an immediate jump-start to Kardashian's career, making her an immediate internet fixture. It was also perfectly timed to coincide with a spread in the December 2007 issue of Playboy and the launch of her reality TV series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The show, which followed her and her family members through the maintaining of their store, D-A-S-H, and their various personal challenges, became a favorite of female viewers while offering more views of the woman who had caught so much male attention from her sexcapades of earlier.
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As the most in-demand girl about town, Kim Kardashian had ended Paris Hilton's reign as the pretty, wealthy young thing with a popular sex tape. This didn't sit too well with Paris Hilton, who had previously featured Kardashian as a guest star on The Simple Life. A catty socialite war ensued when Paris Hilton referred to her former best friend's formidable posterior as "gross" and "disgusting." Kim responded by candidly stating: "If Paris Hilton thinks my butt looks gross, I really don’t care. At least I have a butt.”The war of words between the two socialites only upped Kardashian's club cred, and she flaunted her assets further through endorsement contracts with Bongo Jeans, as well as Famous Stars and Straps. Through the rest of 2008, Kardashian continued her pop culture invasion through a fitness DVD called Workout with Kim Kardashian, a Razzy-nominated movie role in Disaster Movie and as a featured contestant on Dancing with the Stars. The latter featured her in a mambo set to "Baby Got Back," but Kardashian's backside would only be good enough to get her into the third week of competition with dance partner Mark Ballas.
With more acting parts a year later in the TV series Beyond the Break, the prime-time winner CSI: NY and the continuing seasons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kim Kardashian continued to hold on to her industry status. A Twitter account, complete with regular racy self-portraits, captured over four million followers. In 2010, Kim built more professional bridges and scored more pop culture points through the release of her self-titled perfume line and a guest appearance with her Kardashian sisters on the new season of 90210.
With seven seasons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians completed in addition to two other reality TV shows and a music single ("Jam") under her belt, Kim Kardashian still seems to have the world wrapped around her beautifully manicured finger. After two seasons of success with Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, the spinoff Kourtney and Kim Take New York went on the air in January 2011, when the sisters moved from to the Big Apple to open their third D-A-S-H store.
kim kardashian Gets Married
Kim Kardashian got engaged on May 18, 2011, to New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries after dating for just six months. Kim and Kris were married in a hugely publicized wedding that was broadcast after the fact. The wedding cost tens of millions of dollars, and it's reported that the couple earned $17.9 million from media deals stemming from the wedding, including a $2.5 million photo deal with People magazine.Kim Kardashian gets divorced
A mere 72 days after the blowout nuptials, Kim Kardashian filed for divorce on October 31st, citing "irreconcilable differences." The $17.9 million she made from her wedding works out to a modest income of $10,358.82 per hour from being married to Kris. Wise investment?Kim Kardashian Gets Dissed By Jon Hamm
In an interview that appeared in Elle UK's March 2012 issue, Jon Hamm called Kim (and Paris Hilton, lumping them into the same category of celebrity) "a f*cking idiot."
Kim responded via Twitter, writing, "We're all working hard and we all have to respect one another. Calling someone who runs their own businesses, is a part of a successful TV show, produces, writes, designs and creates 'stupid' is, in my opinion, careless.”
Kim Kardashian Linked To Kanye West
Kanye West claimed that he had feelings for Kim Kardashian before -- and during -- her time with then-husband Kris Humphries. Someone's a happy camper. Kanye and Kim are now regularly photographed together, and the duo are getting a lot of attention.
At 2012's Met Ball, the fashion elite's red carpet event in New York City, Kanye showed up alone, which raised more than a few eyeballs. Rumor has it that Vogue's Anna Wintour banned Kim Kardashian from the event. As Kanye continues to build his own reputation in the world of high fashion, and continues to see Kim, it will be interesting to see the low-brow, high-brow tension play out. Is a Kim and Anna catfight on the horizon? We hope so.
Kim And Kanye Are Having A Baby
It actually looks like this Kim and Kanye thing might be working out -- the fact that they have a kid on the way seems to indicate that they're committed to the relationship. The real question is how he/she will interact with Blue Ivy, Beyoncé and Jay-Z's daughter. Will they be best friends, archrivals or poignant examples of how not to raise a child?
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