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Famous for being famous is a term for someone who attains celebrity status for no clearly identifiable reason (as opposed to fame based on achievement, skill, or talent) and appears to generate their own fame, or someone who achieves fame through a family or relationship association with an existing celebrity.

History

The term originates from an analysis of the media-dominated world called The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America (1961), by historian and social theorist Daniel J. Boorstin.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Celebutante

Celebutante is a portmanteau of the words "celebrity" and "debutante". The male equivalent is sometimes spelled celebutant. The term has been used to describe heiresses like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie in entertainment journalism. The term has been traced back to a 1939 Walter Winchell society column in which he used the word to describe prominent society debutante Brenda Frazier, who was a traditional "high-society" debutante from a noted family, but whose debut attracted an unprecedented wave of media attention. The word appeared again in a 1985 Newsweek article about New York City's clubland celebrities, focusing on the lifestyles of writer James St. James, Lisa Edelstein and Dianne Brill, who was crowned "Queen of the Night" by Andy Warhol.

See also

• 15 minutes of fame
• Attention inequality
• It girl
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians
• Reality television
• Socialite
• Tarento
• Tautology (language)

References

1. Jenkins, Joe (2002). Contemporary moral issues. Examining Religions (4, illustrated ed.). Heinemann. pp. 178. ISBN 978-0-435-30309-9.
2. Franz Kotteder „Schick, schick, Schickeria“ In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 17 May 2010.
3. ^ Zimmer, Ben (January 20, 2007). "Celeb-u-rama". Language Log. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
4. Winchell, Walter (April 7, 1939). "On Broadway (syndicated column)". Daily Times-News.
5. "James St. James profile". Newsweek. June 3, 1985.

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• Celebrity concepts
• Socialites
• Pejorative terms for people
• Matthew effect