Former Catholic Schoolgirl turns Playboy Model…What’s New?

  Is it fame by association because she is the daughter of the late Robert Kardashian, trial lawyer for O.J. Simpson, or was it her raunchy Kim Kardashian Superstar homemade sex tape with rapper Ray J. that induced her fame? Currently, she is on the reality television show Keeping Up With the Kardashians and appears to be the wild girl of the family.  In Playboy’s December 2007 issue, Kim dropped some jaws with her sensual pose on the cover accompanied by even more scandalous photos inside the magazine.  What doesn’t seem normal is that her mother, Kris Kardashian, instantly supported Kim for her model shots.  Kim’s comment about the shoot stated, “they approached me a few times and it wasn’t something I wanted to do, but after Hef told me that Marilyn Monroe was on the first cover, I thought ‘I’m not your typical skinny girl, so why not show off that you don’t need to be stick-thin to be in Playboy?’” In a world of anorexia and a desire to be a size 0, it was a bold move by Kim and she figured it would help other American women be grateful for their curvaceous womanly figures. Posing in Playboy does take a risk for negative publicity. Could it have been the leakage of her sex tape in 2007 that made her not care as much about her reputation?  Well, she does run in the same social circle with another sex tape superstar, Paris Hilton.  Seems like you can become famous for being naked in more ways than one.  Kim is getting a lot of publicity from the reality TV show, for dating Reggie Bush and from her recent model shoot in Playboy.  All of these things help reinforce her notorious party-girl image, which Kim seems happy about. Kim is making quite the name for herself. Okay so I’m still not quite sure what to call her—she’s not a singer, kind of a model, but I guess her role in Keeping Up With the Kardashians technically makes her an actress.  As a publicist, you must admire a woman who can gain all this notoriety by just being herself. This year, AskMen.com has named her #28 of the “Top 99 Women” of 2008 list.  Also, on March 30^th, Kim will be the “hostess” for World Wrestling Entertainment’s premier event, WrestleMania XXIV, in Orlando, Florida.