Kim Kardashian most iconic moments

Kim Kardashian turns xl (Moving-picture show: @kimkardashian, East!)

Kim Kardashian – the selfie-loving, cyberspace-breaking, reality Television receiver icon – is jubilant her 40th birthday this calendar week and information technology'due south quite hard to believe.

It feels but similar yesterday that nosotros were introduced to the twenty-something Calabasas legend, first through her sex tape with Ray J and then, the reality show that would change the game every bit we knew it, of course, Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

Since then, Kim K'southward lived quite a fast life with twists and turns that even the most esteemed Hollywood screenwriter would struggle to conjure upward.

The past decade or so has included a 72-day wedlock, four kids, a marriage to Kanye West, a police force degree and even unfortunately a Paris robbery.

But ultimately through the highs and lows, Kim's kept the masses well and truly entertained whether sharing an internet-breaking photo with her 190 million Instagram followers or dropping yet another memorable ane-liner on KUWTK.

Frankly, the woman has endemic the cyberspace the past xiii years and there's no one who does it meliorate.

So in honour of the pop culture phenomenon's milestone birthday, it's just right that we look back, laugh and weep at the 40 times Kim Kardashian broke the internet…

Ray J sex tape

It would be rude not to start with where it all began… Kim Kardashian and Ray J'southward sex tape.

At the time, Ray J was a celebrity in his own right every bit an R&B singer but as well known every bit the younger brother of R&B star and actress Brandy.

Kim Kardashian and Ray J

Kim Kardashian and Ray J, forever bound by their sex tape (Movie: Getty Images)

Kim was relatively unknown just had a taste of the spotlight shadowing her bestie Paris Hilton while also working every bit the Simple Life star'south personal banana.

Only when Kim and Ray J's sex tape 'accidentally' leaked online, it propelled her into the spotlight and the residue as they say is history.

When she leaked Taylor Swift's phonation notes

Kanye West already had a long-running feud with Taylor Swift but his married woman Kim really added the fuel.

It all blew upward when Kanye claimed Taylor had given him permission during a telephone telephone call to mention her in a lyric on his song Famous.

The line was of course: 'I feel me and Taylor might however have sex, why? / I made that b***h famous.'

Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift

There's a lot of Bad Blood between Kim and Taylor Swift (Picture: Getty Images)

Taylor refuted that she gave permission prompting Kim to then leak snippets of the phone call via Snapchat where the pop star was heard having a pleasant conversation with the rapper.

Taylor said: 'I'one thousand really glad you lot had the respect to call me and tell me that as a friend… I call up information technology would be nifty for me to be like, "Expect, he called me and told me nearly the line before it came out. Joke'due south on yous guys, we're fine".'

Kim leaking the conversations was basically a virtual mic drop.

Bound 2

Just a few months afterward giving birth to their first child, girl N, a topless and newly blonde Kim straddled Kanye while sitting on a motorcycle in the music video for his single Bound 2.

Information technology was something that truly couldn't be unseen.

Beating Khloe with her handbag

Ah, the early days of KUWTK.

In the beginning major fight of the bear witness, tensions were high between the sisters but reached fever pitch when Khloe tried to slam Rob'southward apartment door in Kim'south confront.

It was Prada handbags at dawn as Kim furiously burst through the door and swung her bag around repeatedly trying to hit Khloe in the confront, while uttering the iconic line: 'Don't be f*****g rude.'

Honestly, no other KUWTK fight has topped it since.

The Belfie

Who knew you could accept a selfie that fashion? A blonde Kim posing in a white swimsuit making sure her bum was the master attraction was enough to break the internet, spawn a thousand memes and coin the term 'belfie'.

Admit information technology, how many of you have tried to take a belfie since?

Kim Kardashian belfie

The belfie that spawned a k memes (Picture: Kim Kardashian/Instagram)

The naked pic

So yes, Kim has posed naked on the cyberspace a lot and this photo honestly speaks for itself.

Kim Kardashian poses naked

The naked photo (Picture: Kim Kardashian/Instagram)

When she posed naked for Paper magazine

The photograph shoot that literally did 'intermission the cyberspace' and spawn the iconic term in the first place.

Paper's get-go mag cover with Kim certainly earned its place in history – the reality star got seriously oiled upward, wore a string of pearls effectually her neck and posed completely naked with a champagne glass balancing on her famous bum.

Legendary.

When she became a crying meme

Kim Kardashian crying

The crying face that spawned a grand memes (Picture: E!)

When she went blonde

Part of the Kardashian sisters' entreatment is their sleek jet blackness hair which pretty much became their signature expect.

So when Kim dyed her hair platinum blonde, information technology threw us all through a loop but somehow, she made it work.

Kim Kardashian with blonde hair

Kim Kardashian loves a blonde moment (Picture: Getty Images)

When she lost her earring in the body of water

Another iconic KUWTK scene.

The audio of Kourtney's monotone voice saying: 'Kim, people are dying,' as her sister had a hysterical crying fit in the ocean later on losing her $75,000 diamond earring, will never become sometime.

Television gold.

72 day marriage to Kris Humphries

We were all invested in Kim and Kris' relationship and watched as she said her vows in a princess-style wedding gown during one of the biggest – and most expensive – Television weddings in history.

So naturally it gave u.s. all whiplash when Kim announced, just 72 days later, that she was divorcing the NBA star. Fans and so spent the next several months watching their marriage crumble in the KUWTK spin-off Kim and Kourtney Take New York.

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' matrimony lasted 72 days (Picture: Rex)

Taking selfies while Khloe went to jail

Kris Jenner really didn't appreciate Kim existence more worried near selfies than Khloe literally driving to jail.

'Kim, would you lot cease taking pictures of yourself? Your sis is going to jail!' Kris snapped delivering one of many iconic lines.

When she 'forgot' North while walking to her automobile

Did she or didn't she?

Kim was defenseless on camera leaving her Paris hotel and walking to her waiting car before of a sudden turning dorsum and reemerging with a baby Northward in her arms.

She swears to this 24-hour interval that she didn't forget and was simply checking if the motorcar seat was in identify but her fans weren't convinced yet.

Kim Kardashian and daughter North in Paris

Kim in Paris with North (Picture: GC Images)

The Met Gala 'couch' wearing apparel

Kim Kardashian Met Gala dress

Kim'due south 'couch apparel' at the Met Gala (Picture: Getty Images)

When she became a Russian spy named Natasha

Kim had somewhat of an identity crisis while going through her divorce from Kris, then decided to shake things up by wearing an array of electric wigs.

Poor Mason must take been terrified when 'Russian spy Natasha', aka Kim, chased him around the house.

The selfie book

Nosotros're surprised there haven't been two volumes of Kim's selfie book, the amount she's taken in her lifetime.

When she posed on the bed like a doll

Nosotros're all the same not sure if Kim was recreating a law-breaking scene photo or simply promoting Kanye's latest Yeezys.

Either way, creepy AF.

Swollen pregnancy feet

Poor Kim became the subject of memes and mocking when she was photographed with her feet squeezed into diverse heels while pregnant with 2d child Saint.

It'southward however a wonder how she was able to walk.

Kim Kardashian swollen feet

Poor Kim suffered seriously swollen anxiety during her pregnancies (Picture: Kim Kardashian)

Paris robbery

It seemed like a movie plot when news broke that Kim had been tied up in a bathtub and robbed in her flat during Paris Manner Week in 2016.

She recently admitted she feared her sisters would 'discover her dead' when she was bound and gagged by the thieves who stole her jewellery, including her huge diamond date ring from Kanye.

The terrifying ordeal reminded the earth that, for all the mindless entertainment she provides on the internet, Kim was nevertheless human.

Getting a constabulary degree

Kim proved she was brains but as much as beauty by announcing she was studying for a law caste last year.

She began a 4-year apprenticeship with a San Francisco law business firm with hopes of being able to help those who take been wrongfully imprisoned or handed harsh prison house sentences for their crimes.

And so far, she's stuck to her word, even delivering speeches at the White House and has fabricated real alter.

Yep girl!

When she freed Alice Johnson from prison

Kim put her money where her mouth was and actually helped complimentary a woman from prison house.

Alice Johnson had been incarcerated for 21 years on money laundering and drug conspiracy charges.

Merely thank you to Kim and the aid of her legal team, Alice is now a gratis woman and oftentimes helps Kim on her prison house reform mission.

Supporting Kanye Westward through his mental wellness issues

Kim has proved to be a supportive wife to Kanye on multiple occasions during his mental wellness battles.

Most recently, she ignored the divorce rumours after he embarked on a series of concerning rants both on social media and in real life, and instead released a heartfelt statement of support.

When she shared the commencement photo of North

When she married Kanye Westward

Kim added West to her terminal proper name when she tied the knot with Aureate Digger rapper Kanye in a romantic anniversary in Italia in 2014.

It's rubber to say their wedding ceremony photo is also responsible for starting the flower wall tendency.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West wedding photo

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West tied the knot in 2022 (Picture: E!)

When she got kicked off the stage by Prince

It'south no secret that dancing is not Kim's thing.

Most would have relished the chance to share a stage or any kind of space with the legendary Prince, only Kim? Not then much.

Instead when the late crooner asked her to dance on-stage at a concert, she refused and he booted her off accordingly creating i very awkward yet iconic moment.

When she taught us how to profile

It really is an art.

When she showed us inside her house

Hidden sinks, sparse fridges… Kim and Kanye'due south sprawling and super minimalist house has been mocked to kingdom come but, for some reason, it works for them.

Kim Kardashian house

Kimye similar their mansion minimal (Picture show: @kimkardashian)

When she dressed up as Anna Wintourfor Halloween

When she reconciled with Amber Rose and posted a selfie

Bister accused Kanye of sexting Kim behind her back, it spilled out onto Twitter and seemed like at that place was no dear lost between the ii sides.

But then, the unthinkable happened…

When she posted the blossom wallthat sparked a trend

When she released Kimoji

Kim pretty much owns the net so it makes complete sense that she would become her own gear up of emoji, sorry, Kimoji.

Kim Kardashian: Hollywood

Kim proved to exist business organisation savvy when she entered the gaming globe with her very own app Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. It broke download records and had all of us trying to virtually live the life of the most glamorous star around.

Genius.

When she flipped the bird with Emily Ratajkowski

When she went off on Bette Midler and Chloe Grace Moretz

Kim's been involved in some pretty epics feuds only we have to say, Kim vs. Bette Midler was i we could never accept predicted.

The reality star'south tweets were so ballsy that fans were convinced Kanye stole her phone.

'Kourtney, you're the to the lowest degree interesting to wait at'

When she ate ramen noodles topless

When she had a concrete fight with Kourtney and her foundation smeared on the wall

When she unveiled her engagement ring afterwards Kanye's proposal

When she became a pop star

Jam, never forget.

When she got an ten-ray to prove her bum was real

When she appear the end of Keeping Up With the Kardashians

KUWTK became office of the article of furniture and then we never imagined it would actually finish.

But alas, the testify will get nighttime afterward spring 2022 and information technology truly is the end of an era.

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