Kim Kardashian attends 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York City.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Kim Kardashianhas come a long way since she graced her first magazine cover.
In the season finale ofThe Kardashians, the SKIMS founder reflects on how far she’s come. While celebratingScott Disick’s 40th birthday, the Kardashian family touts that he’s been there every step of the way.
Kim says Disick has “supported me through thick and thin… with me through every phase.”
One of those phases that brought Kim to mogul status?K9 Magazine.
The superstar, who has now graced covers ofVogue,ElleandHarper’s Bazaar, made her magazine cover debut inK9 Magazinein 2008.
Disick jokes that she doesn’t even like dogs, but when it comes to business, Kim responds she’ll do “anything for a cover.”
“You went from K9 dogs to the cover ofForbes,“Kris Jennerchimes in.
“Now you’re an attorney at law, aVoguecover model,” Disick replies.
Kim Kardashian and Scott Disick in 2008.Jamie McCarthy/WireImage
Jamie McCarthy/WireImage
In the storyfor the dog-lover magazine, Kim introduces the world to the family’s pups, reflects on the second season ofKeeping Up with the Kardashians(which went on to run for 20 seasons) and shares her personal motto: “Do whatever makes you happy, don’t conform to what others think you should be doing and, of course, family comes first!”
“ThisK9DogI’ll always keep up,” Kim said.
“I wanted to be on the cover of a magazine so badly, andK9 Dog Magazinecalled,” Kim recalled. “And I remember I begged Khloé and Nicole Richie to borrow their dogs because I didn’t have a dog and I wanted to be on the cover of a magazine. I don’t know whose dog that is, it’s one of theirs.’”
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In the episode, Disick recalls thinking “this show is going nowhere” in the early days ofKeeping Up with the Kardashians.Kim then credits the family’s ingenuity for their lasting success.
“We scammed the system,” she says in the episode. “We did it, whatever it is. We figured it out and we did it. We put in some hard work.”
“He’ll always say, ‘God, can you believe you did it?’” she says. “And I’m like, ‘I can’t.’ We aren’t supposed to be here, like how did we get in this cool party? We weren’t the cool kids. How did we do it?”
source: people.com
