Kim Kardashian is one of those celebrities that is famous for being an “it” girl. The curvaceous daughter of the defense lawyer for the renowned OJ Simpson case has filled the tabloids lately. However it has not always been this way. In fact, this celebutant essentially languished in obscurity until 2001 when the sex tape she made with her ex boyfriend and famous rapper Ray J. surfaced. As a result she is viewed as a salacious “bad girl.” It should be no surprise that she has recently begun to publicize her acts of charity.
She told tabloids "I do an eBay auction once every three months, and my whole family gets involved. If we’re photographed wearing something, we don’t typically like to wear it again, so we do these a
uctions, and I give the proceeds to the Dream Foundation, which is kind of like Make-A-Wish, but it grants wishes to terminally ill adults." However, what she didn’t make clear in her statement is that she is only donating 10% of the profits to the Dream Foundation, according to her auction site. Certainly this is better than nothing at all, but it seems that giving such a meager percentage is hardly worth all of the praise she initially got for these good acts in the tabloids.Are those that purchase any of the treasured items from this icon’s closet really helping out the charity foundation? Or are the bidders mostly allowing Kim to continue to keep up her streak of never being caught in the same outfit twice? Is this really charitable or is it a “nicer” way for the celeb to preserve her status as a fashion icon? Is Kim emptying her closet to grant the wishes of terminally ill adults or is Kim freeing up some much needed space while picking up a bit of positive publicity in an attempt to tack on some respect to her name?
Kim did also tell reporters "This way, you get to do something good... and look good doing it.” Hopefully she truly is more concerned about the “good” itself that she could do with her fame rather than how she “looks” while doing it.
Posted by Stephanie Cantor
Why does it matter what her motives are? She is supporting a good cause regardless. Do you think all of those corporations you learned about in your biz class are giving to charity out of the goodness of their hearts? No way. It's called tax deduction. But whatever the reason, charities don't care, they are just happy to have the support. If you don't think Kim is being helpful, then you should help by posting the link to the charities site in your blog post. www.dreamfoundation.org.
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