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By Marna Coetzee

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Kim Kardashian ‘breaks’ the internet

For its winter edition, Paper Magazine gave itself one assignment: Break The Internet.


“There is no other person that we can think of who is up to the task than one Kim Kardashian…” said the magazine.

French photographer Jean-Paul Goude was later approached to take photographs of Kardashian West to recreate his “Champagne Incident” picture.

This picture involved a woman popping a bottle of champagne, with the liquid flying over her head into a glass balancing on her backside.

Kardashian made headlines about a year ago when she posted a post-baby photo on Instagram, flaunting her backside.

The reality TV star was criticised for being a bad example for her daughter North by the public, after posting the picture.

Picture: Instagram

Picture: Instagram

She covered her “assets” for the April cover of US Vogue with husband Kanye West, as the #WorldsMostTalkedAboutCouple. The magazine reportedly sold about 500 000 copies.

Picture: Vogue.com

Picture: Vogue.com

Seven months later, Paper Magazine debuted wife and mother Mrs West on their Winter cover:

Picture: papermag.com

Picture: papermag.com

And Twitter reacted, with #BreakTheInternet trending worldwide:

https://twitter.com/rishibagree/status/532461540075896832

https://twitter.com/EstherPrade/status/532536063055917056

https://twitter.com/HannaInes/status/532491309802868736

https://twitter.com/cowboystyle/status/532477459196047360

https://twitter.com/kcheersbye/status/532365733460987904

https://twitter.com/kelkulus/status/532407207586172928

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