For a generation of tabloids and television viewers, she was the ultimate avatar of the “famous for being famous” era—a woman whose face was as ubiquitous as the luxury brands she adorned. Synonymous with the glittering excess of the early 2000s, her life appeared to be a neon-lit blur of Manhattan penthouses and Beverly Hills galas. Yet, beneath the veneer of reality TV scripts and a “bubblegum-pink” persona lay a narrative of systemic abuse and silenced trauma that would take decades to emerge. Today, her transformation from a scandal-plagued celebrity to a relentless advocate for the vulnerable is one of...
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