https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod Stardom and Celebrity en-us 2019-02-12 16:13:53 UTC 2025-03-16 03:19:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Moderncam.png r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/335109758  Atomic kittens music video for their ' debut single, 'Right now'  employs bright block colours which create the bands image  as; bright young and feisty. Audience relate to the girls for their natural beauty and high street fashion. the image is easily identifiable and replicated with fans.]]> 2019-02-25 21:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/335109758 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/335117890 Manger Andy McCluskey, recalls telling Katona  "your gonna be a star, because you've got that'Marilyn Monroe' syndrome'"    ]]> 2019-02-25 21:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/335117890 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/335121291 1998: Andy McClusky forms Atomic Kitten, claiming that Katona was "the secret hand grenade, she couldn't sing but exploded into any room and was loved by everyone" (Mc Cormick, 2013)
Her persona is constructed as vivacious and endearing. ]]> 2019-02-25 21:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/335121291 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/338365093 Katona's celebrity relationship with boyband  member Brian McFadden elevates her  media presence. The official engagement image  highlights her natural sexuality and  pervades the message that she is both desired and desirable.  ]]> 2019-03-06 13:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/338365093 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/338374945  Katona makes a valid point as she argues that her gender has affected how the public and media have vilified her in contrast to the public and media treatment of convicted drink driver and award-winning TV host, Ant McPartlin. Is justified in her criticism due in part to the fact that unlike her Ant put lives in danger. And the large amount of confessional/self-discovery work she has had to be seen doing to recover her damaged star persona. ]]> 2019-03-06 14:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/338374945 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339225395 The HELLO world exclusive advocates the transformative nature of celebrity. Katona a girl from a working-class estate has a wedding fit for a princess.   ]]> 2019-03-08 09:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339225395 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339232577 Katona" is depicted as an unhappy, slovenly mother barley hanging onto her sanity" (Taylor and Bennet. 2010. p.9)]]> 2019-03-08 10:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339232577 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339249356 Katona persona as an honest, lovable, working-class woman and mother is authenticated by her time in the jungle. She is beautiful but not sexually aggressive maintaining her female essence of ordinary but extraordinary celebrity. ]]> 2019-03-08 11:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339249356 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339250766  TV show 'stars in their eyes'. creates a semiotic correlation between Katona's persona and Monroe's. ]]> 2019-03-08 11:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339250766 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339553684 "Media coverage from this period constructs her as an archetypal 'ordinary celebrity,' the working class girl done good"  ( Tylor and Bennet, 2009)]]> 2019-03-09 12:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339553684 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339554148 Katona's causal style symbolises her at home 'ordinary' persona. while the article solidifies her extraordinary persona.]]> 2019-03-09 12:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339554148 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339554710  Apart from the connotations of winning an award, her casual clothes, minimal makeup and cute daughter. personifies her maternal and ordinary persona]]> 2019-03-09 13:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/339554710 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/341939707 "The wedding is a way of extending the celebrity profile as well as adding value to the individual's brand through wedding stories" (Winch and Webster2012)]]> 2019-03-15 21:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/341939707 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342595253 a symbolic text that confirms her acceptance into top celebrity society. ]]> 2019-03-18 19:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342595253 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342635085 2019-03-18 22:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342635085 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342638318 She becomes the youngest panellist on loose women. meaning that can be read is that she is a respected woman with views that matter. ]]> 2019-03-18 23:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342638318 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342643716 Kerry and husband host one of Britain's most respected and loved magazine show, This Morning.]]> 2019-03-18 23:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342643716 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342643998 Katona attends prestige events with her husband. such images personify her transcending persona which alternates between  between ordinary/ 
glamorous and low class/high class.  ]]> 2019-03-18 23:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342643998 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342889976 Brain McFadden announces the couples break up. The way in which Katona publicly deals with her impending divorce and rumours of infidelity is honourable. She does not enter into any bitter media dialogue she remains positive, evoking public sympathy ]]> 2019-03-19 14:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342889976 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342894120 She wins celebrity mum for the second time. proving that her single mother status has not devalued her public persona.]]> 2019-03-19 14:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342894120 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342900502 At this point, does not publicly break-down; she continues her public success 
story by turning her hand to acting. presenting a image of an independent woman. ]]> 2019-03-19 14:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342900502 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342925229 lands a lucrative advertising deal with frozen food chain Iceland. Her celebrity persona evolves into hardworking  celebrity single mum. ]]> 2019-03-19 15:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342925229 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342948122 Her new relationship with 'cabbie' Mark Croft takes away an element of her glamorous persona. Croft, unlike Brian does not have a public attractive profile ]]> 2019-03-19 16:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342948122 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342949270 Katona losses her good mother persona.]]> 2019-03-19 16:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342949270 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342949563 2019-03-19 16:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342949563 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342950128 Siting on the floor eating with hands personifies her as a  classless chav. ]]> 2019-03-19 16:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342950128 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342952733 Her choice of clothes look cheep and creased. Her public show of affection is vulgarised by her low class appearance .]]> 2019-03-19 16:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342952733 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342953755 Marc croft's actions pervade conventions of sexual decorum alluding to a feral lack of responsibility. this only adds to Kerry's growing 'chav' persona, ]]> 2019-03-19 16:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342953755 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342962933 The public are not convinced by Katona's confessions in light of the constant bad press that continues to follow her]]> 2019-03-19 16:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342962933 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342974960 Katona's low key and low-class wedding is the opposite of her previous. It is too real almost too working class to be admired. Katona's glamorous image takes a nosedive. she is no longer seen as living the dream lifestyle]]> 2019-03-19 17:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342974960 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342982517 Katona image has two contrasting components ; her extraordinary blonde bombshell look and her ordinary working class background]]> 2019-03-19 17:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342982517 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342984374 katona challenges sexist stereotypes by winning gruelling and intense trials.]]> 2019-03-19 17:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342984374 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342986937 She has  intimate emotional moments that display her vulnerability's. katona also reveals details of  her harrowing  abusive childhood  which see her persona now including admiral strength.]]> 2019-03-19 17:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342986937 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342988496  "The image signifies key elements of working class celebrity ,her pregnant body appears to be bursting out of the jacket with emphasis on her large breast" (Taylor and Bennet. 2010. p.10)]]> 2019-03-19 17:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342988496 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342989397  In complete contrast to her earlier guest presenting slot on the same show. Katona appears heavily drugged. A media frenzy of concern and disgust entails. Katona continues to deny any drug or alcohol abuse.  Her persona is personified as out of control and reckless. ]]> 2019-03-19 17:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342989397 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342995652 Revelations in the book explain why Katona struggles with drugs and alcohol. The book offers a glimpse of hope in reinstating her diminished good girl persona. However, continued displays of recklessness pervade the books good intentions.]]> 2019-03-19 17:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/342995652 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343008076 Katona confesses to her alcohol dependency in a major tabloid newspaper. The headline accompanied with her pictured looking subdued in sunglasses denote repentance. She provokes sympathy and appeals to the public for forgiveness. Her frank admittance allows the public to understand her downfall. She is viewed as a 'troubled ordinary' celebrity. This text is an example of transformation through self-discovery a popular theme used by reality TV and its stars.

]]> 2019-03-19 17:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343008076 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343014541 hile promoting  her book Kerry appears to be on drugs  her behaviour is erratic. ]]> 2019-03-19 18:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343014541 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343079504 2019-03-19 20:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343079504 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343085832 Katona goes on a shopping spree despite her pending bankruptcy and assault charges from her former accountant. Her persona becomes aggressive and frivolous.]]> 2019-03-19 20:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343085832 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343087710  Kerry continually exploits her poor working class upbringing her abusive childhood and failed marriages to provoke public sympathy. In this way, she can scrape back some elements of her damaged star persona.]]> 2019-03-19 20:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343087710 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343095011 After Croft sells his story admitting to his manipulation of Katona, the public are now free to blame Croft for Katona's downfall. The mediated view that Katona has been unfairly  taken advantage of gives Katona good leverage to rebuild her shattered public persona.]]> 2019-03-19 21:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343095011 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343095462 Katona is looking the picture of a perfect mum beams healthily on the front page of a glossy magazine. Her separation from Mark Croft and her mother is the sacrifice she has made to rebuild her 'Good girl persona. She realises that they are no good to her and this creates meanings of self-discovery and journeying. The content vindicates Katona and underpins her recovery. ]]> 2019-03-19 21:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343095462 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343096037 Katona's dream wedding to ex rugby player George Kay]]> 2019-03-19 21:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343096037 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343097561 2019-03-19 21:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343097561 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343097917 after another failed marriage Katona's drunken behaviour follows in the same pattern as previous. ]]> 2019-03-19 21:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343097917 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343104418 The mediated form of the  therapeutic confessional aids Katona's pursuit of  repairing her damaged star persona through themes of  authenticity and 'real' celebrity. ]]> 2019-03-19 22:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343104418 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343106713  Katona comes across as extremely vulnerable and sad. The programme evokes a feeling of deep care and concern for Katona.  It could be that she is able to win back public support through empathy again.]]> 2019-03-19 22:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343106713 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343107241 Her recent appearance on  E4's Celebrities go Dating. At last gives Katona a chance to shine without controversy. Through her hilarious behaviour on the programme the public and media once again warm to Katona's vulgar language, fun personality and 'ordinary'  Working class traits.]]> 2019-03-19 22:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343107241 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343111033 Fans by enlarge love and enjoy watching Katona for positive reasons. The format of the show combines self-discovery with comedy; the perfect components for Katona's star persona. She ends her journey on the show as a single healthy independent woman.]]> 2019-03-19 22:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343111033 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343113888 Katona will never entirely escape her past. This parody makes fun of her erratic and 'chavvy' behaviour in this way her public persona becomes more comical than concerning to audiences. As seen in this comedic parody.]]> 2019-03-19 23:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343113888 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343114127 British tabloid newspaper, The News of the World exposes a video Of Katona snorting cocaine before picking up her children.  Her persona hits an all-time low she loses her lucrative promotional contracts including her advertising deal with frozen food chain Iceland]]> 2019-03-19 23:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343114127 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343114642 This time Katona has forgiven her mother and becomes an advocate for mental health. In this way, she can use her own and her mother's health issues to reinvent herself as a survivor. ]]> 2019-03-19 23:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343114642 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343209827 When Katona publicly declares that she "puts the well being of her unborn child first."  She publicly sacrifices her music career for motherhood her public persona avoids the stereotype of the fem-fatal vixen. her persona  becomes an almost 'virtues'  woman of traditional values  ]]> 2019-03-20 08:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343209827 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343216516 2019-03-20 09:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343216516 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343274968 2019-03-20 12:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343274968 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343279139 Holmes argues that "the idea of therapeutic and confessional discourse, very much infuses identity construction in celebrity culture."  (Holmes and Redmond, 2010.p.54)]]> 2019-03-20 12:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343279139 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343304827 Her persona is celebrated for motherhood and her successful marriage. she is an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances.  Katona represents traditional feminine ideologies associated with the hierarchy of marriage. She also confirms class democracy through her successful and glamorous celebrity lifestyle.  ]]> 2019-03-20 13:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343304827 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343451185 In a later interview, Katona reveals the private impact of her divorce whereby she mentally struggled. Her move back to her hometown of Warrington brought her back on the drugs scene. She recalls taking drugs with her mother and friends to help her deal with her heartbreak.]]> 2019-03-20 17:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343451185 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343506126 "The term 'chav, has been used recently to label certain celebrities who are seen to embody a lack of taste and accomplishment and the ,celebrity chav' in Britain is almost exclusively gendered female. Kerry Katona may top their list." (Williamson, M. 2010)]]> 2019-03-20 19:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343506126 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343530554 "Celebrity culture has a highly formal structure with coherent, bounded narratives that permit and extemporization by a cast of recognisable social types " ( Taylor and Bennett. 2010 .pg.5). In this way, Katona's lewd and erratic persona becomes a performance that is viewed with a "pleasurable blend of contempt, envy skepticism and prurience". ( Tyler and Bennet. 2010. pg. 5)]]> 2019-03-20 20:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/343530554 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/344948423 Several symbolic meanings lie within the exclusive wedding text. For example, The dress acts a metonymy for virtue, class status and traditional conventions. The lavish event pervades a reading of success through materialism. ]]> 2019-03-25 17:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/344948423 r_ifon https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/345427090 The article attempts to reinstate positivity for Katona's northern charm. The family pictures denote her as a good mother. The text also pervades to its reader that her relationship with Croft caused her downfall. Kerry transformation is both mental and physical as weight loss is used as visual credence to the recovery of her ordinary extraordinary persona.]]> 2019-03-26 19:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/r_ifon/Starmod/wish/345427090