Diamonds, Engagement Rings & Diamond Jewelry in popular culture

Kim Kardashian, one of our favorite people who is famous for being famous, has used the tremendous international credibility she earned on her reality television show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” to score a job with the UN. Prior to her success on the small screen, she was recognizable only because of her last name. Her father, Robert Kardashian, was one of O.J. Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers in his 1994 murder trial. By being wealthy, in Los Angeles, and having a J. Lo-style impressive rear-end, she was able to score a reality tv deal that has made her famous all over the world. A regular draw in the tabloids for her frequent naked magazine pictorials and a stolen sex tape released at just the right moment (thanks for the idea, Paris Hilton!), Kim was the only natural choice for UN Ambassador to South Africa. She is teaming up with Russell Simmons Diamond Empowerment Fund, which raises money for disadvantaged people in African nations in which diamonds are a natural resource.

UN Goodwill Ambassador, In Clothes

In one of the more touching and memorable episodes of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”, the whole family—including Mother Kris and Stepfather Bruce Jenner (who appears to be the only one with sense in the family)—is touched by their experience in meeting a homeless man whom they had unceremoniously asked to leave the vicinity of their upscale clothing boutique. The younger sisters, Khloe and Kourtney (not kidding), feeling guilty, decide to bring the man home so he can shower and loofah in their mother’s shower, and then dress up in Bruce Jenner’s clothes. They also decide to pay for his to have his few teeth looked at by a dentist. When they realize—silly girls—that they have a photo shoot and can’t bring him to the dentist, they coerce Bruce into doing it, despite his recognition that his stepdaughters are complete idiots. In the end, they dump him off at a shelter, because everyone, especially the Kardashians, know that all problems are solved within the 30-minute time span of a television show.

So you can see why Kim is a perfect choice in a diplomatic position for the government. On December 1, 2008, Kim attended the Empowerment of Africa dinner in New York, an event planned by media mogul Russell Simmons to raise money for his Diamond Empowerment Fund. The organization supports education initiatives to empower the economically disadvantaged people in African nations that rely on diamond mining for international trade. Kim Kardashian did not accept the position merely to give her easier access to diamonds. She has been a long-time admirer of Angelina Jolie’s position as UN Goodwill Ambassador since 2001, and, since Kim has recently announced that she will no longer be posing nude, she has some extra time on her hands. The UN offered her the position because they are “looking for more influential ‘pop culture’ celebs to inspire younger generations to become more involved in international affairs” (Bossip.com). Kim herself has been inspired to help others before. After touring the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and meeting a family of 4 living in a FEMA trailer for 3 years, the Kardashian girls all decided that they would take the family to buy all new furniture—for a house they don’t have. I guess it’s the thought that counts. That mother and her children will be the envy of everyone else in the endless rows of FEMA trailers when they are sitting outside in their brand-spanking-new recliners!

While in New Orleans, Kim and her sisters visited with Kim’s longtime boyfriend Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints. For months, there have been rumors about Kim getting an engagement ring from her Running Back honey, but, since Kim was already once married from 2000-2004, she is not hurrying down the aisle this time. Or so she says. Anyway, she has plenty to do, what with the tv show, the boutique, her website, posing nearly-naked, and shopping for clothes that, evidently, cut off circulation to her head. Oh yeah, and that UN thing.