by Karla Aguirre

Created on: December 08, 2008

Celebrities do far more harm than good. Though it is good that some actually know how to conduct themselves in public, however others don't even know how NOT to be caught without their underwear. These are the ones that unfortunately win the attention of the public and media alike. There was once a time when celebrities were admired for their talents, charm, and beauty. But today's celebrities show that any untalented half-wit can rise to stardom. All they have to do is make complete fools of themselves on national television, on a mundane reality television show.

But when they aren't proving to the world how shallow they can be, they practicing unhealthy habits such as drugs, excessive partying, and alcoholism. These habits go on unopposed and they are even celebrated. Some of the biggest names today are only here, or still relevant because of these habits. One of the best examples is Paris Hilton. A woman born into wealth and privilege someone no one cared about until the release of the infamous sex tape, following her reality show "A Simple Life". From then on she was only known for her going clubbing every night, promiscuity, her drunk driving, and prison sentence of 2007. All while having no actual career, her album and movie meeting with nothing but failure. Her fame doesn't come from talent, but from being the rich girl.

And along came more. People such as Kim Kardashian, and the cast of MTV's "The Hills", appeared from obscurity, to being constantly shoved into our faces. Does anyone really care to know how the rich live their impossibly dramatic daily lives? And yet somehow they have become household names from simply being followed around by a production crew. There ends up being at least one person in every reality television show that tries making a name for themselves, even going as far releasing pop albums. With this trend of the untalented rising to stardom, where would that leave us, the audience? Just about everyday we have to hear about so-and-so's clubbing, or so-and-so's drinking or drug habits.

It contradicts the example celebrities themselves present when they tell kids "don't do drugs", "drinking and driving is not cool". They fail to practice what they preach. Some claim they want to be a role model, but how can they when they're doing the opposite of what they should be doing? There is also the age-old problem with how excruciatingly thin most of these women are, and the image they promote to the very girls that look up to them. There

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