I have no idea whether Nicole Richie is a nice woman, or not. Nor do I have any clue what she is actually famous for. I mean what has she actually done except be friends with Paris Hilton (another of those famous for being famous people who are famous for doing what exactly?).
However, I see she was in Sydney last week, at the launch of a shopping centre, MidCity. Reportedly she was paid a $200,000 fee for this, plus a whole swag of goodies, first class fares to Australia and her hotel suite which brought the total cost of her visit to around $300,000. Nice work if you can get it I suppose.
Myself, I think its a sad reflection on our society, and the cult of celebrity that someone would see spending this sort of money on a B-grade celebrity with little in the way of actual achievements to justify her celebrity status, as worthwhile. Nevertheless, MidCity project manager Sam Sproats said the co-owners were "absolutely chuffed" with the results.
"The whole thing has been fantastic and we’ve got far more in PR value than we expected,"
Mr Sproats said. Its also rather sad that quite a crowd turned out to see her. To them I’d say save your hero worship for someone worthwhile.
