Before I get started, I'm going to make my stance on the topic clear: I think that Kim Kardashian and the rest of her clan are nothing but a group of fake, greedy, and generally unintelligent people as they clearly don't do any prior research on the products they're creating and endorsing. None of them have a talented bone in their body and in no way deserve this godforsaken media attention surrounding them.
My distaste for the Kardashians has been long-term. Although my distaste grew even more sour when I saw Kim on the cover of Marie Claire, along with the blurb:
"Kim Kardashian reveals what went on in her crazy marriage."
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The $10 million wedding, which garnered an estimated $20 million in profit from selling the rights of wedding photos and a live taping was regarded as "America's Royal Wedding". Kim's "union" to Kris Humphries ended a short 72 days following the ceremony. It is completely blatant that the marriage was nothing short of a publicity stunt used to rake in a hefty sum of profit. This is where things start to get sketchy.
For one, Kim promised that
the lump sum of her wedding gifts would be donated to charity, yet, rumoredly, not a penny has been donated.
This divorce also happened around the same time that the Kardashians planned to launch their handbag collection, during the launch of Kris Jenner's book, and just before the launch of Kim's fictional novel Dollhouse. Puzzling, isn't it?
Marie Claire has been one of my favorite magazines for a very, very long time. The fashion-forward pieces Nina Garcia curates combined with several articles empowering talented and successful women worldwide (even survivors of genocide, abuse, etc.) is really a force to be reckoned with. So why is someone like Kim Kardashian on the cover?
To sell copies, naturally!
What really irked me is how they placed Kim on this sort of pedestal - not once doubting the validity of her marriage and moulding her into an independent, brutally honest, savvy mogul.
What's even worse is how they conducted the interview.
Kim was interviewed by Marie Claire around the same time the cover shoot/editorial took place, which was long before the wedding. In this interview, however; Kim is reflecting on the union after it had ended, which means that Marie Claire reworked the interview reportedly hours before it went to press. It was reported that Kim had called Marie Claire before the gossip rags knew about the divorce and asked them to edit the interview. This is surely the exact thing that someone that was going through a rough time such as this would do, right? Not exactly.
Luckily, the world is finally putting down their cup of Kardashian Kool-Aid, leaving their house of cards to fall. Fashionista posted a fantastic article exposing all of the products and services that the Kardashians endorsed that turned out to be either ripped off or just a big ol' sham. It's quite the read.
It genuinely upsets me how people like Kim Kardashian have so much power and influence over not only the fashion world, but the world itself. I feel sick when I think of the people who idolize her, thinking that she is truly an inspiration. Especially when there are so many businesswomen in the world who are actually making a difference and creating an empire that is all their own, with no fine print or sketchy details.
Now I know that this article doesn't have much of a point to it, I just deemed it an important issue to recognize that all of these psuedo-celebrities should not be idealized and idolized to the vicious extent that they are now.
I'm curious (and there will be no judgment here, I promise!): Do you watch the show? Have you ever purchased a Kardashian endorsed product? Do you believe that Kim and the rest of the Kardashians are true business people? Do you believe that they are and should be considered role models?
(Photo and some facts surrounding release of issue via
Fashionista)
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