Kim Kardashian


In 2003, before the Kardashians became one of the most famous families in the world, Kim Kardashian shot an explicit video with R&B singer Ray J. This video was streamed online four years later in 2007 and created media hysteria that launched Kim Kardashian, and the rest of the Kardashian clan, into the mainstream spotlight. Kim has refused to reveal more information on the origins of the video and has denied speculation that she made an argument to leak it, stating that she felt humiliated and regretted it in an interview with Oprah. She later sued Vivid Entertainment and settled for $5 million dollars after dropping the suit.


How She Responded: 

Kardashian reformed her image through her reality show Keeping Up with The Kardashians. This bad experience ironically catapulted her reality career and ever since has been able to change her life. She created well-established businesses: a makeup brand, perfume line, and shapewear brand Skims. She also has been reported as the 6th wealthiest woman in the world in entertainment by Forbes magazine in 2019. She now has decided to use this fame for politics; pleading for the recognition of the Armenian genocide and is now working to become a lawyer, like her late father, to see justice for those without a voice.