Kim Lee from Bling Empire has been called the Asian Kim Kardashian because of her rise to fame and career path. Here's why people are comparing the two reality stars.
On the show, Kim is portrayed as a famous DJ in Southeast Asia. The 32-year-old is from Orange County, California, and is of Vietnamese and French descent. She began her career as a model when she was a teenager after working as an intern at a modeling agency. They put her in front of the camera instead, and she began working right away. Kim was named the sexiest woman in the world by FHM magazine in 2011, when she was just 22 years old. She has graced the covers of international magazines like Maxim, Vanity Fair, GQ, Sports Illustrated, and Elle. However, her interests reach farther than modeling. After appearing in several music videos, including ones for Kanye West and Kid Cudi, Kim turned her focus to music. She studied at Scratch DJ Academy in Los Angeles before trying her hand at DJing professionally. Kim has been very successful, and went on to host Yo! MTV Raps on MTV Asia.
So, how do Kim Lee and Kim Kardashian compare? Kim K's rise to fame was helped along by her infamous sex tape with Ray J and her mother, Kris Jenner's, savvy business skills. Kim K has done lots of modeling throughout her career and has even tried her hand at music. She also, of course, has ties to Kanye West and is a reality TV star. Kim Lee has just started her reality TV career, but she definitely stands out in the Bling Empire cast. Kim Lee's mother is also shown on the show and is certainly a Kris Jenner-esque figure in Kim's life. Kim Lee's mom is not your typical Asian mother, as Kim says on the show. She wants Kim to be sexy and even shows her some poses during an Instagram photo shoot. Social media is definitely important to both Kim Kardashian and Kim Lee.
Kim Lee does seem to have more substance to her career, since she does earn her money from doing DJ performances, rather than just reality TV. She is a sex symbol like Kim Kardashian, but this comes from modeling, rather than a sex tape. Kim Lee's family, besides her mom, have also not appeared alongside her on television...yet.
Kim's long dark hair and shapely figure make her seem like she might fit in with the Kardashian sisters, and the name Kim doesn't hurt either. We'll have to watch where her reality career takes her next.
Source: Style