Kim Kardashian. The former Paris Hilton side-kick and self-described “princess.” Famous for what? Packing on the make-up, constantly playing dress up and using social media to post pictures of herself everywhere.
Did you know who she was before the media started highlighting her so-called sex tape scandal of 2007? Let me tell you about the whole sex tape approach to becoming famous. I have experience with this as I was there working in the inner circle of a very famous sex tape scandal; that of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Think about what sells; sex and scandal. So if you allege that you innocently (yeah right) made a private sex tape with your lover and then some villain stole it and released it in the public domain without your consent, it sounds more salacious then if you just openly sold the sex tape in commerce. This approach creates a scandal when fueled by the media thereby stimulating curiosity and demand as the public is duped into thinking they just have to buy this hot ticket item that they shouldn’t be seeing. Believe me when I tell you that the release of sex tapes is usually very deliberate by those appearing in the tape.
Kim is pedaling a contrived image of beauty and perfection that is a facade. Her fake eyelashes, hair extensions and lip injections are fairly obvious as are her other surgical enhancements to her face and otherwise. Most every time you see her (on TV or in pictures), she’s had her hair and make-up professionally done and is wearing expensive, designer clothes and jewelry. She is constantly boasting about the brand names she’s wearing and how much they cost. No one is physically perfect so it is quite bizarre when someone is misrepresenting themselves to be so in the public eye.
Kim is not a “princess” but rather portrays herself to be a self-absorbed, materialistic person. There are real princesses in the world who come from or marry into royal lineages. Nor is Kim a “marketing genius” as the media is constantly describing her. I have been around wealthy, famous people for much of my life. When you have a talent or a gimmick that the public is taking an interest in, entrepreneurs and business professionals will step in with their expertise to generate revenue that they too can cash in on.
Many talented people endorse products. That is a logical progression in the business world. When I worked for Speedo, we entered into a business deal with swimmer Michael Phelps to endorse Speedo products. We did this based on his status as an elite athlete due to his Olympic success. Kim has no outstanding talent worthy of selling products yet she is attaching her name to a lot of products. Remember the recent debit card scandal where her and her sisters where endorsing a prepaid MasterCard debit card. The Kardashian Kard imposed predatory fees and was believed to target a young teen demographic in evoking the extravagance showcased by the Kardashian’s on their TV show. Thank goodness they were shut down by the bad press generated by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s investigation.
Kim Kardashian is selling a misrepresentation of a fantasy life comprised of opulence and perfection. The problem is that the image she is selling is a mirage and NOT reality. Think about the hype surrounding her recent wedding and how it all ended just 72 days later. I believe that wedding was manufactured for Kim and others to line their pockets with millions of dollars of other people’s money. And it was all timed to closely align with the launch of the Kardashian line of clothes at Sears, the release of her mother Kris Jenner’s book and the upcoming premiere of her new reality TV show on E! Doesn't all of that appear to be some form of fraud?
I think people are tired of seeing Kim Kardashian everywhere all of the time and being paid millions of dollars to do nothing. People should smarten up and start investing their time, money and attention on more important people and things that will benefit our world as a whole. We just experienced the worst recession in history and I think it is extremely disrespectful for anyone to be flaunting wealth in such a flagrant manner when people around the world are suffering.
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