Why did she become famous? The story behind Kim Kardashian's millionaire empire
Today, the socialite turns 41, but in recent years she has become the most influential personality in the world; hers jumped from her to her fame came from the hand of her father and Paris Hilton.
Kim Kardashian and her clan of sisters became indisputable referents of pop culture in just a decade; her domain extends from the entertainment industry to fashion and the sale of beauty products. They are the queens of Instagram, experts in image management, which made them the most influential personalities in the world, but every millionaire empire has a story behind it.
Kourtney, Kylie, Kendall, Khloé and Kris control a part of the business from their areas of opportunity, but without a doubt Kimberly Noel (aka Kim) is the queen bee of the Kardashian-Jenners, a family that found in the digital age a extremely profitable and unlimited company: social networks.
Kim herself already confessed to presenter David Lettterman, a single post on Instagram generates more money than a full season of her reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Does she earn more money than her ex-husband rapper Kanye West? She assures that it is "a tie".
The Kardashians and OJ Simpson
The daughter of Robert Kardashian, who was one of OJ Simpson's lawyers and best friends, had her first encounter with the media as they focused their attention on the former football player's case. That would be the beginning of his path to stardom.
As a teenager, she worked in the office of her father's record company, and then she demonstrated her vision and her ability for business, because in order to earn money, she decided to sell the clothes that she did not use. on eBay.
Her relationship with Paris Hilton
Before earning the title of billionaire socialite, she took her first steps alongside - or rather behind - Paris Hilton, who in the early 2000s was the celebrity of fashion. Kim was her stylist and assistant, even one of her best friends. They posed together on red carpets and attended exclusive events in Los Angeles.
Kim actually made a few appearances on Hilton and Nicole Richie's reality show (The Simple Life). It was then that her name began to sound in the tabloids of the pink press, magazines and entertainment programs.
The controversial video
Her first scandal came with the publication in 2006 of an intimate video that she and her then-boyfriend, artist Ray J, recorded three years earlier. to an agreement with an adult content producer, accusations that the matriarch of the Kardashian clan has always denied.
What is a fact was the increase in her popularity and, with it, the ideal scenario for the launch of her own reality show. Kris knew Kim's success was imminent and she struck a deal with E! to produce Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which would be the consolidation of the dynasty of these six celebrities.
