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Kim Kardashian: Turbulent Success Story of Hottest Celebrity on this Planet
Kim
Kardashian won the ,Teen Choice Awards 2010,2011 and 2013 in category for Choice
TV: Female Reality/Variety Star. She also won People's Choice Awards 2012
Favorite TV CelebReality Star.
Kimberly Noel "Kim" Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980. She is an American
television personality, fashion designer, model, and actress. Born and raised in
Los Angeles, California, she first garnered media attention through her
then-friend Paris Hilton. In 2007, Kardashian came to prominence after a sex
tape with her then-boyfriend Ray J was leaked. Later that year, she and her
family were commissioned to star in the reality television series Keeping Up
with the Kardashians. Its success has led to the creation of spin-offs including
Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Kim Take Miami. In 2010,
Kardashian was named the highest-paid reality television personality, with
estimated earnings of $6 million.
In August 2011, Kardashian married basketball player Kris Humphries in a
widely-publicized ceremony. However, following 72 days of marriage, she garnered
significant criticism after filing for divorce that October, labeling their
nuptials a publicity stunt. In June 2013, their divorce was finalized with an
undisclosed settlement. Kardashian began a relationship with rapper Kanye West
in 2012, and gave birth to their daughter North West the following year. With
sisters Kourtney and Khlo�, Kardashian is involved in the retail and fashion
industries. They have launched several clothing collections and fragrances, and
additionally released the book Kardashian Konfidential in 2010.
Kimberly Noel Kardashian was born in Los Angeles, California on October 21,
1980, to parents Robert and Kris (n�e Houghton). She has an older sister
Kourtney, a younger sister Khlo�, and a younger brother Rob. Their mother is of
Dutch, English, and Scottish ancestry, while their father was a third-generation
Armenian American. After their parents divorced in 1991, Houghton remarried to
the 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner Bruce Jenner in 1991. Through their
marriage, Kardashian gained step-brothers Burton "Burt", Brandon, and Brody;
step-sister Casey; and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie.
As a teenager, she attended Marymount High School, a Roman Catholic all-girls
school in Los Angeles. In 1994, her father garnered public attention as the
primary defense lawyer for football player O.J. Simpson during his murder trial.
In 2003, Robert Kardashian was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and died that
September. In 2000, a 19-year-old Kardashian eloped to music producer Damon
Thomas. Thomas filed for divorce in 2003, though Kardashian later credited their
separation to physical and emotional abuse on his part. During this time,
Kardashian was also close friends with socialite Paris Hilton, through whom she
first garnered media attention. Prior to the finalization of her divorce,
Kardashian began dating singer Ray J, the younger brother of Brandy Norwood. In
February 2007, a sex tape made by Kardashian and Ray J in 2003 was leaked.
Kardashian filed a lawsuit against Vivid Entertainment, who distributed the film
as Kim K Superstar, and dropped the suit and settled for $5 million.
In October 2007, Kardashian, in addition to her mother Kris; her step-father
Bruce; her siblings Kourtney, Khlo�, and Rob; and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie
were commissioned to star in the reality television series Keeping Up with the
Kardashians. The series proved successful for E!, the network in which it is
broadcast, and has led to the creations of spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim
Take New York and Kourtney and Kim Take Miami. That December, Kardashian posed
for a nude pictorial for Playboy. In 2008, Kardashian made her feature film
debut in the disaster film spoof Disaster Movie, in which she appeared as a
character named Lisa. That year, she was announced as one of thirteen
participants on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars, where she was
partnered with Mark Ballas. Kardashian was the third contestant to be
eliminated.
In January 2009, Kardashian guest starred as herself during an episode of the
sitcom How I Met Your Mother in the episode "Benefits". That March, she launched
an endorsement with ShoeDazzle shopping, of which she is the co-founder and
chief fashion stylist. She then endorsed multiple other projects including a
vanilla cupcake mix flavor called 'Va-Va-Va-Nilla' for the Los Angeles bakery,
Famous Cupcakes. In April, she released a workout DVD series, Fit in Your Jeans
by Friday, with trainers Jennifer Galardi and Patrick Goudeau. In June, it was
announced that Kardashian was to star as Elle in the television series Beyond
the Break. August saw Kardashian become a guest host of WrestleMania XXIV and
guest judge on America's Next Top Model. In September, Fusion Beauty and Seven
Bar Foundation launched "Kiss Away Poverty", with Kardashian as the face of the
campaign. For every LipFusion lipgloss sold, $1 went to the Foundation to fund
women entrepreneurs in the US. The following month, she released her first
fragrance titled "Kim Kardashian". On December 16, 2009, Kardashian made a guest
star appearance on CBS's CSI: NY with Vanessa Minnillo.
2010 saw Kardashian venture into several new endorsement deals, including
endorsing various food products for Carl's Jr.'s. Beginning in early 2010,
Kardashian and her sisters designed and developed clothing lines for Bebe stores
and 'Virgins, Saints, and Angels'. In January 2010, she starred as Summa Eve in
the film Deep in the Valley In April, Kardashian sparked controversy over the
way she held a kitten for a photograph, holding it by the scruff of its neck.
Animal rights organization PETA criticized Kardashian for repeatedly wearing fur
coats, and named her as one of the five worst people or organizations of 2010
when it came to animal welfare. June saw Kardashian guest star with Khlo� and
Kourtney as herself on the season three premiere episode of the series 90210.
That same month, Kardashian was involved in a lawsuit against one of her
endorsments. Sanford Siegal, the creator of the Cookie Diet, sued Kardashian,
claiming she defamed him on Twitter. According to Siegal, Kardashian tweeted in
October 2009 that he was "falsely promoting" that she was on the cookie diet.
Siegal filed a claim in a Florida state court charging that her statements were
false and defamatory. He also alleged that Kardashian was on QuickTrim's payroll
when she posted the tweet. Kardashian's tweet appears to stem from an article on
CookieDiet.com, that named Kardashian as one of many celebrities who saw
positive results on the diet. Kardashian sent a cease-and-desist order to Siegal,
demanding the link be removed. Additionally, Kardashian and her sisters released
a sunless tanner "Kardashian Glamour Tan", that month.
On July 1, 2010, the New York City branch of Madame Tussauds revealed a wax
figure of Kardashian.
In November, Kardashian served as producer for The Spin Crowd, a reality
television show about Command PR, a New York City public relations firm, run by
Jonathan Cheban and Simon Huck. The show followed them as they settle into their
new offices in Los Angeles. Kardashian is friends with both, specifically Cheban,
who frequently appears on her reality shows. That month, she also appeared on
the tenth season of The Apprentice. Kim, Kourtney, and Khlo� wrote an
autobiography titled Kardashian Konfidential, which was released in stores on
November 23, and appeared on New York Times's Best Seller List.
In December 2010, Kardashian filmed a music video for a song titled "Jam (Turn
It Up)". The video was directed by Hype Williams; Kanye West makes a cameo in
the video. Kardashian premiered the song during a New Year's Eve party at TAO
Las Vegas on December 31, 2010. The song was produced by The-Dream and Tricky
Stewart. When asked if an album was in the works, Kardashian replied, "There's
no album in the works or anything�just one song we did for Kourtney and Kim Take
New York, and a video Hype Williams directed, half of the proceeds we're giving
away to a cancer foundation, because The-Dream's and one of my parents passed
away from cancer. It's just all having fun�with a good cause". Jim Farber,
writing for the Daily News, called the song a "dead-brained piece of generic
dance music, without a single distinguishing feature," and suggested that the
single made Kardashian the "worst singer in the reality TV universe." That
month, it was announced by the International Business Times that Kardashian's
2010 earnings were the highest among Hollywood-based reality stars, being
estimated at $6 million.
Kardashian, who has supported recognition of the Armenian Genocide on numerous
occasions, encouraged American President Barack Obama and the United States
government to consider its acknowledgement. On April 21, 2011, days before the
96th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Kardashian wrote about the issue on
her blog and sent a tweet to her fans, urging its recognition. That April, she
also released her third fragrance "Gold". In May, she became engaged to NBA
player Kris Humphries, then of the New Jersey Nets, whom she had been dating
since October 2010. They were married during an extravagant wedding ceremony on
August 20 in Montecito, California. Earlier that month, she had released her
"wedding fragrance" called "Kim Kardashian Love" which coincided with her own
wedding. A two-part TV special showing the preparations and the wedding itself
aired on E! in early October 2011, amidst what The Washington Post called a
"media blitz" related to the wedding. Also in October, Kardashian and her
sisters opened their Kardashian Khaos store in Las Vegas. After 72 days of
marriage, Kardashian filed for divorce from Humphries on October 31, citing
irreconcilable differences. After filing for the divorce, Kardashian asked the
court to order Humphries to pay his own legal expenses. On December 1, Humphries
filed his response to Kardashian's petition, requesting an annulment on the
grounds of fraud or if the court would not grant an annulment, a decree of legal
separation rather than Kardashian's requested divorce. Several news outlets
surmised that Kardashian's marriage to Humphries was merely a publicity stunt,
to promote the Kardashian family's brand and their subsequent television
ventures. Her former publicist also claimed that her short-lived wedding was
indeed staged and a ploy to generate money. Kardashian filed suit against him,
saying his claims were untrue. A widely circulated petition asking to remove all
Kardashian-related programming from the air followed the split.
In March 2012, Kardashian debuted her fourth fragrance titled "True Reflection",
which she worked with the company Dress for Success to promote. That month,
Kardashian and her sisters were named in a $5 million class action lawsuit
against QuickTrim, the weight loss supplement they endorse. The complaint, filed
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,
accuses the Kardashians (along with QuickTrim�s manufacturer, Windmill Health
Products; the retailer GNC; and others in the sales and marketing chain) of
false and deceptive marketing of the diet aid. The plaintiffs, hailing from
several states, brought claims under their respective states� consumer
protection laws. In April, E! renewed Keeping Up with the Kardashians for two
additional seasons, in a deal reported to be worth $50 million. Kardashian also
began dating American rapper and longtime friend Kanye West that month, though
she remained legally married to Humphries. In October 2012, Kardashian released
her fifth fragrance, "Glam", which "draws on the glamour of her Hollywood
lifestyle", and was made available through Debenhams. In November, Kardashian
and her sisters internationally launched the 'Kardashian Collection' in England,
as well as launching a line of cosmetics, 'Khroma Beauty'. On December 31, 2012,
Kardashian and West announced that she was pregnant with the couple's first
child, a girl.
In February 2013, a judge ruled that Kardashian's divorce case with Humphries
would go to trial, and set a trial date for May. However, on April 19, 536 days
after Kardashian's initial divorce filing, she and Humphries reached an
undisclosed divorce settlement, avoiding a trial. The divorce was legally
finalized on June 3.Kardashian gave birth to her daughter with West, named North
West, on June 15 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, five weeks
prior to her due date. On September 24, 2013, Variety and Entertainment Weekly
reported that Kardashian will guest voice-star as an alien in the long-running
adult animated series American Dad! The episode is slated to air as part of the
show's 10th season (2013�14). In Kardashian's upcoming American Dad! episode,
the spaceship of her alien character crash-lands in the town of Langley Falls.
The alien then falls hard for her fellow extraterrestrial Roger.
Dated 02 October 2013
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