Celebutante

Celebutante

Celebutante is a portmanteau of the words celebrity and debutante. It is generally used to refer to a young woman from a rich family who has received a large amount of media attention, primarily for her wealth and lifestyle. The term is currently used to describe individuals such as Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Nicole Richie in entertainment journalism. [ [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=2405417 ABC News describes Paris Hilton as a "celebutante"] ] However its coinage can be traced back to a 1939 Walter Winchell society column in which he used the word to describe prominent society debutante Brenda Frazier.cite news
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date =April 7,1939
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accessdate = ] The word appeared again in a 1985 "Newsweek" article about New York City's clubland celebrities, focusing on the lifestyle of James St. James and Dianne Brill, who was crowned "Queen of the Night" by Andy Warhol. [cite news
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date =1985-06-03
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Individuals who have been called celebutantes

*Lisa Edelstein
*James St. James [cite news
last =Kurth
first =Peter
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title = Disco Bloodbath
work =Salon.com
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date =1999-08-18
url =http://www.myspace.com/jayedgex
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*Casey Johnson (heiress to Johnson & Johnson fortune) [cite news
last =Andrews
first =Suzanna
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title =Heiress vs. Heiress
work =Vanity Fair
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date =September, 2006
url =http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/toc/2006/toc200609
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*Paris Hilton
*Nicky Hilton
*Nicole Richie
*Kim Kardashian
*Edie Sedgwick [cite news
last =Hartman
first =Darrell
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title =Separating the Myth From the Reel
work =The New York Sun
pages =
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date =2007-03-30
url =http://www.nysun.com/article/51547
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Books, films and television shows about celebutantes

*"" (1999 memoir by James St. James)
*"Party Monster" (2003 film based on the novel "Disco Bloodbath")
*"" (1998 documentary)
*"" (2004 book by Paris Hilton and Merle Ginsberg)
*"" (2005 book by Paris Hilton and Merle Ginsberg)
*"Factory Girl" (2006 film about the life of Edie Sedgwick)
*"The Simple Life" (television show starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie)
*"" (television show)
*"The Gastineau Girls" (television show)
*"Keeping Up With The Kardashians" (television show)

ee also

*Famous for being famous
*socialite
*debutante

References

ources

* [http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004066.html Essay on the etymology of the word]


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