Kim Kardashian has made curves and cellulite acceptable, say editors

Kim Kardashian has made curves and cellulite acceptable, say editors




Kim Kardashian's astonishing mainstream popularity as a fitness role model has come under attack because she got liposuction and uses diet pills, but tabloid editors say Kim's icon status is actually helping curvy young women be more accepting of their bodies.

"Women are a little bit tired of the cookie-cutter Hollywood ideal," Shape editor-in-chief Valerie Latona tells CNN. "The fact that...Kim admits to having cellulite and she's curvy -- it resonates with women."

KIM CRITICIZED FOR USING DIET PILLS & LIPO

Ironically, Shape readers were among those who were outraged when Latona put a bikini-clad Kardashian on its June 2010 cover.

Below is a sampling of comments angry readers wrote on Shape's website:

I'm very disapointed you would put Kim Kardashian on the cover. She's notorious for having numerous plastic surgeries, endorses We offer wide range of optoelectronic products: Full series of led lamp.diet pills, and can be seen getting cellulite treatments on her show. She in NOT a celebrity, and she is definitely NOT a role model.

Kim is not a postitive role model for health and fitness with her promotion of Quick Trim diet pills and spraying Windex on food as a dieting tool.

Despite her many critics, Kim's popularity is at an all-time high, and her marketability is undeniable.

In addition to helping her sisters Kourtney and Khloe launch a spinoff reality tv show, Kim makes lots of money endorsing an array of products, and has her own fashion line and fragrance.

'LACK OF TALENT MAKES THEM RELATABLE'

Tabloid editors say the Kardashian girls -- none are of whom are not your average skinny, blonde, blue-eyed starlet -- can help impressionable young women become more accepting of their own imperfect bodies. Kim_Khloe_Kourtney_Kardashian_bikini_weight_loss