Kim Kardashian West on Her eBay Obsession, Her First Job, and 'Snapped' | Screen Tests | W Magazine

In this 2010 Screen Tests interview, reality TV queen Kim Kardashian talks about her childhood dreams of being a gym-going housewife with lots of kids, her strong work ethic, signing contracts with her father Robert Kardashian, falling in love with fashion, playing Donna Karan's assistant with her sister Kourtney Kardashian, crashing her first car, scoring several Manolo Blahnik Timberland boots on eBay, how Real World inspired her to do reality television, how Keeping Up with The Kardashians started, scary movies, skydiving, her obsession with the true-crime TV series, Snapped, and wanting to be a crime scene investigator. Kardashian is a master of proportion: The tightness of her clothes highlighted and elongated her hourglass body, and her long black hair, which was curled and smoothed and teased into a waist-length fall, set off the smoky Cleopatra makeup on her catlike brown eyes. As a celebrity, Kardashian gives good value: She is the star of a reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which means she is famous for being herself. On the show, and in life, she has defined that persona as a glamorous It girl who is close to her family, a wealthy but hardworking beauty who is not skinny, a single woman (almost 30!) looking for her soulmate. Kardashian takes her role seriously. She’s willing to reveal her life in all its simple complications to the millions who watch the show; the millions who follow her on Twitter; and the millions who read her blog on her websi