A very naked Kim Kardashian covered in silver paint is about to grace the pages of the upcoming W magazine. We got to thinking—how did the curvaceous Kim get to be so wildly famous? Her whole family is on every other page of every other magazine. It’s the Kardashians on the TV and Internet, in ads and on shows, wearing skintight dresses and covered in thick make-up, all day everyday. Anyone who’s watched these sisters on their show knows they have no recognizable talent. So how did their launch to stardom take off anyway?

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It all began with a sex tape. Kim K followed the path paved by Paris Hilton. Paris pioneered the “art form” of reaping mass amounts of fame from a leaked sex tape, making it laughably easy for Kim to follow in her footsteps. Now Kim and her sisters, with all their exposed flesh and curves, are seemingly taking over the country— or at least it feels that way.

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane to see some of the hottest, most scandalous celeb sex tapes to date.