Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Famous For Being Famous

Zsa Zsa Gabor, the last of the Budapest born Gabor sisters, died last week at age 99 -on my birthday.  Long before the Kardashians, the Gabors became rich and famous by establishing their brand.   And they did it without social media. They relied on TV and newspapers.

Zsa Zsa, along with her sisters, Eva and Magda, had a whooping twenty (that's 20!) marriages between them with Zsa Zsa coming in first at nine.

Fun Fact:  Zsa Zsa and Magda were both married to George Sanders - but not at the same time. 

Zsa Zsa and Eva each did some acting, Zsa Zsa in the movies and Eva on "Green Acres" where she essentially played herself on a farm, but they were rich and famous for keeping their brand going by being outrageous and flaunting a most extravagant Hollywood lifestyle.

Zsa Zsa, who was Miss Hungary in 1936,  married her ninth husband in the '80s and they stayed married until her death last week.  Her husband, Frederic Prinz van Anholt became a "royal" by paying a French princess to adopt him when he was 36 years old.  He and Zsa Zsa subsequently adopted at least ten grown men who paid them millions of dollars to receive "royal" status.

As an older woman Zsa Zsa spent three nights in jail after slapping a traffic cop.  She made great use of the publicity.  She was a master at publicizing her shenanigans.

Zsa Zsa's most famous quote:  I am a marvelous housekeeper.  Every time I leave a man I keep his house.

There's nothing new about people exploiting us with our full consent


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