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Caitlyn Jenner reveals that Robert Kardashian did know the truth about the OJ Simpson case. This is where the beginning of the Kardashian fame began as this was one of the biggest murder trials in which the defendant was found not guilty for a crime the public heavily believed he was guilty for. This gives the star image to Kim, along with the rest of her family, as having 'fake fame' due to the fact that they are known through their father.

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Kim Kardashian has been said to owe her starting recognition from the public due to the accidental release of her sex tape with Ray Jay. This gained her a lot of media attention and a star image of talentless and a 'wild child' due to the fact that she gained fame from something other than a star quality. The idea of her being a wild child is reinforced when she later admitted to being on ecstasy during the time this tape was made.

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In this episode, the image of Kim being spoilt is very much reinforced when she loses her diamond earring in the ocean and her sister replies "people are dying". This makes Kim look self absorbed and spoilt that she is getting very upset over losing her earring.

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Kim's crying face has become a part of her star image and one of the reasons she is recognised as spoilt. Her sisters describing her face as hilarious brought attention to it and it has now become a meme, merchandise and talking subject when she is mentioned.

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Kim meets with powerful govenment officials such as the President, Donald Trump, to campaign for freedom of people who are ignored in the justice system. This shows how powerful Kim is and how passionate she is about human issues to put the effort in to try to meet people who can grant change.

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Thomas discusses the ideas around Twitter and how it allows a platform of interaction between stars and their fans to give them a more authentic identification. Kim uses twitter to display how serious and authentic she is being around subjects of a human injustice, enhancing her star image of a humanitarian.

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Kim remembers her dad publically on her social media adding to her star image of a strong person. People can relate to death and understand the pain that she must have gone through when losing her dad at a young age.

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Article and Ellen Video on Paris robbery

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Article and Ellen Video on Paris robbery

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Kim used to flaunt her jewelry and possessions over her social media which had been gifted or bought. This added to her image as spoilt as she had millions of dollars worth of unnecessary items which was said to be a contributing factor of why she was a target for the Paris robbery. However, since then, her star image has changed when she openly spoke about how she has now realised what is important and is no longer materialistic. This helps to maintain an image of a strong woman who can admit from past mistakes

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Kim Kardashian can be seen as a strong figure due to her resilience in overcoming a hostage robbery situation when she was away in Paris with her sisters. This is how she is portrayed in various articles about the event by the media

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Kim  opens up about the surrogacy process. This is also followed on KUWTK as the reason she had to have a child via surrogacy was due to preclampsia and other issues during her first two pregnancies. Her openness with these issues help the audience to see her as a real person rather than just a celebrity.

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The Economy Of Celebrity - Graeme Turner

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The Economy Of Celebrity - Graeme Turner

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Graeme Turner discussed the importance of having a manager as they maximise the economic benefit they could gain from the celebrity. Kim, as well as her whole family are seen as business orientated due to the fact that her mother is her manager and takes 10% of her profits.

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Kim showing her fans she followed her heart instead of what the media wanted, becoming more relateable and real.

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Kim is very open about her skin condition showing she is not 'perfect' and 'real' with struggles she also has to face. However, Kim has also used this to promote her body foundation brand; making herself into a commodity.

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“Stars are involved in making themselves into commodities" - Kim's self marketing in order to make money from people who want to look like her - hiding her true self. This could add to the idea that she is fake.

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“The main value of stars and stories lay not in their ability to predict success, but in their services as giant ‘publicity machines’ that optimised advertising effectiveness by rapidly amassing high levels of brand awareness” - Showing Kim as a success as brands want to use her and are willing to pay an extortionate cost for her to be their brand ambassador.

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Kim Kardashian has been slated in the media along with her other sisters for the amount of nannies they have in their family to look after their children. This could contradict the idea that she is family orientated as uses outside help in order to fit her work schedule.

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In modern day films, women are shown to learn a lesson from prioritising their career over their family. This is linked to Kim Kardashian where she is slated in the media for using a nanny in order to be able to continue to focus on her career.

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The Pin Up - Kim Kardashian could be compared to Diana Dors such as in the reading as she is a sex symbol created from the desire of her fans to want to look like her and the attention from men that want someone like her. Furthermore, pin ups are described to have dramatic lives which keep them of interest which is mirrored in Kim's life as a celebrity.

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Stars tell us about identity formation and help us to form our own identity. Kim Kardashian as a imitable trend setter may help fans form their own identity as a mirror of someone they idolise. This can explain why fast fashion brands try to imitate Kim's outfits as her fans form their own identity and style off of her identity.

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Attributed Celebrity - can also emerge due to heinous or infamous behavior.  Although Kim starred in a sex tape, which is not a crime,  this is where she is said to have got her fame from. This, therefore, supports the idea of a attributed celebrity, famous because of an act or event that gained them attention.

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Kim Kardashian has as many fans that hate her as she does that love her. Even though these 'anti-fans' make it clear they do not like Kim Kardashian, they are gaining her publicity and recognition just by comments about her past and how she is 'talent-less', making her an even bigger celebrity.

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Showing that Kim actually pushed for the bill to pass. Showing that she is active in her passion rather than just being a presence on social media. She is a strong humanitarian.

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This is just one of the many posts that Kim has created on her social media about the Armenian Genocide. Campaigning for the recognition of the genocide adds to her star image as a spokesperson of the people and has almost become an ambassador for the Armenian community.

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Capital's article not only adds the idea that Kim is a social person but contributes the idea that is desirable to be in Kim's social circle, confirming the appearance of her as a socialite.

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This article shows that Kim's once very clear star image of being a socialite is beginning to change through her life as she starts studying as a student for law to stand for people who have not had a fair trial on death row. This article shows her star image being added to or adjusted from a socialite to a humanitarian.

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Kim posing with her friend 'LaLa' whilst stating that she is supporting Serena Williams fashion show. This shows that Kim is social with other A-List celebrities.

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Kim posting a photo of her hour glass figure which is currently in fashion for the ideal body type.

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Kim went to extreme measures on an episode of KUWTK to prove she did not get bum implants and that her figure was real. This measure helped to prove gossip wrong and added to the idea that she was real.

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Article guessing at the surgery Kim has had adding to the idea that she is fake.

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Her role in Keeping Up With The Kardashians has been illustrated by the media as staged and dramatised for viewers adding to her star image that she is fake.

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Kim and her family pictured with Caitlyn. This gives the impression that the whole family is supporting each other through the transition.

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Kim supporting Caitlyn at Vanity Fair adding to the idea that she supports her transition and the community.

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Although Kim appeared to be close with Caitlyn Jenner and supportive through her transition, as soon as her autobiography was released, Kim turned on her. On one episode of KUWTK, Kim says nasty comments about Caitlyn and therefore adds to the idea that she was never really there for Caitlyn in the first place.

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Kim's fans look forward to the annual Halloween costumes that she puts together with her family, adding to her star image as a family person.

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Kim and her family starred in Kanye West's video for his song 'Closed on Sunday' which is about putting digital media to the side and spending time with family. This adds to Kim's star image that she is family orientated through depicting that every Sunday is family day.

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The way this advert is staged shows Kim Kardashian as a muse, almost being worshiped and presented by men. This is showing her star image of beauty and importance, en-capturing the American dream.

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The Met Gala is one of the most prestigious fundraising events where A-List Celebrities show off their costumes. Kim Kardashian adds to the idea of her star image by returning to the Met Gala for the 7th Year in this outfit which made headlines immediately.

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Kim showing that fast fashion brands rip off her style, further adding to her star image as a trend setter

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Kim convinces people of her star image as a trend setter when she displays a dramatic scene where she says she will 'come for her family' if they copy her again at Christmas. This portrays her as someone who sets the style that people copy.

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Article on Kim being the ultimate trendsetter

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Article on Kim being the ultimate trendsetter

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Promoting Kim as someone who should be followed style wise.

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Showing off her wardrobe worth millions

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Prestigious Home Magazine showing off the most expensive and famous homes.

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Comparing to her husband who is a world famous rapper - increases her star image as wealthy.

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Rated as self made through and discussed her wealth through her companies adding to the impression of affluencee.

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Kim Kardashian Hollywood App Twitter Account 

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Kim created a game on the app store so that users could play out her life based off what they witnessed on the reality TV show KUWTK.  This added to her image of Queen of Reality TV and it was mentioned in Forbes Magazine as one of her contributing affluent attributes in business.

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https://bit.ly/2VheY97 Kim spent the entire show discussing family life; games were played to guess the name of the new baby showing how important her family are to her and her fans.

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Kim posted this image on Instagram, showing her eyeshadow swatches on multiple skin tones and promoting her star image of being diverse.

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Instagram users commenting that Kim's posts are fake due to getting paid to post it.

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https://bit.ly/2HS65uQ Function beauty. Rumored advertisment on Instagram. Kim to get paid $1 million per advert.

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https://bit.ly/2HOcjvx - Kim, Kourtney and Khloe opened the Dash stores in 2015 as a family business. Kim continued to make profit from this through the spin off "Dash Dolls" with the employees of the store. They have now closed all their stores as have too much in their schedule to carry it on. They opened it as a family store to do something together in order to move past their father's death in 2003.

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Kim's business marketing has added the word 'diverse' to her star image due to her persistence of promoting different body types and skin colours in her product advertisements.

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Reality TV show making millions per year

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One of Kim's exclusive ranges brought out was 'Mrs West' dedicated to her husband Kanye West which sold out in minutes.

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Incorporating models of all shapes, sizes and cultures.

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The Kardashian family became famous due to Robert Kardashian who was OJ Simpson's defense lawyer on  trial for murdering his wife. Due to this, the whole family came into the media's attention and therefore have been said to owe their starting fame to Robert and have been described as talent-less. Adding to this, Kim became center of the media's attention through the leak of her sex tape with Ray-J rather than any specific talent that gained her fame.

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Posts with famous friends, interviews on chat shows and appearances on red carpet events give Kims audience the impression that she is a socialite.

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Kim can be seen as part of the LGBTQ community with the shocking newstory released when Kim's stepfather came out as Transgender and started the process of becoming Caitlyn Jenner. Although Kim's mother divorced from Bruce, Kim supported Caitlyn through her transformation and kept the public informed about this through her social media. This therefore added to her star image as a supporter of this community and contributed further on how important family is.

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An event that gained Kim the appearance of 'strong' was the Paris robbery where Kim was held hostage whilst she was robbed in her aparmtent. Her openness for to the stuggle of her losing her father to cancer also adds the image that she is a strong person.

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Kim is very open about her skin condition of Psoriasis and pregnancy problems that led to her having two children via surrogate. Images and videos of her real life and the problems she face, add the word 'real' to her star image.

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A big part of Kim's star image is the idea that she is spoilt and dramatic like every stereotypical celebrity. KUWTK and other forms of media posts have added to this over the years, reinforcing this image.

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Kim Kardashian has been slandered in the media since the beginning of her career for being fake. There has been excessive focus around the idea of her gaining her shape through surgical implants and her role in KUWTK as dramatised for views. Before and after pictures have been gossiped about claiming they know which surgery she has had; adding to the idea that her beauty is fake. Paid advertisements and endorsements of products have contributed to this, where the media have suggested these are not responsible for her appearance due to her accessibility to expensive cosmetic treatments.

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Keeping Up With The Kardashians could be said to be the beginning of Kim Kardashian's star image as she is known as a reality TV star.

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Kim Kardashian has been compared to encompassing the American Dream. Not only with her appearance but with the lifestyle she has.

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The media and Kim add to her star image with the idea of affluence from posts/snapchats about her wealth from material objects, holidays and her home.

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Kim Kardashian West portrays herself as a trend setter through clips from KUWTK and through her social media posts. Fans and fashion copies have been said to copy her style by releasing cheaper versions of her designer outfits.

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Kim Kardashian gained a star image of a wild child with her sex tape release of Ray Jay. She later admitted to being on drugs during the sex tape which also added to the idea that she is a wild child. Early episodes of Kim during Miami with her sisters saw her being sick from alcohol, giving the idea to viewers that is a wild child.

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Kim, in more recent years, has expanded her star image to include a humanitarian image surrounding her; a speaker for the people. This includes trying to get official recognition for the Armenian Genocide, becoming a lawyer and helping out for charity events.

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Kim contributes massively to her star image as a family orientated woman with her consistent posts on Instagram and other forms of social media. Interviews on chat shows such as Ellen Degeneres about her children and family have also added to her star image around family. The frenzy caused by keeping names of her children private for a period of time gives evidence of how much her fans care about Kim's children.

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Kim Kardashian easily gained the star image of a successful business women with the release of KKW Beauty and Fragrance, SKIMS, Dash shops with her sister at the beginning of her career, and her collaborations with multiple brands such as her collection in Kylie Cosmetics. Keeping Up With The Kardashians is one of the most prestigious and affluent reality TV shows worldwide. The original gossip around Kim helped to promote the reality TV show which could be said to be responsible for properly kick-starting her career and fame.

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Made millions from an old-fashioned clothing trend.