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Those Aspiring Don’t Have Cruel Intentions

Beware of the beautiful ones.  While some may say that I was seduced by the rich and powerful, I would say they were really more of an inspiration.  When one aspires to be a member of the New York City elite, it is easy to be mistaken for a gold digger or devilish debutante. However, an Aspiring Socialite is neither.  I suffer not from greed or deprivation, but from a more elusive “Diamond in the Rough” complex.

Aside from being Gossip Girl before the Gossip Girl, the popular 1999 film Cruel Intentions is the perfect example of why evil will never conquer high society.  For this reason, Cruel Intentions is required viewing for everyone who is on or aspires to the A-list.  As you probably already know, the film tells the story of fictional socialite Kathyn Merteuil played by Sarah Michelle Gellar who makes a bet with her stepbrother Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe) to seduce the new headmaster’s virginal daughter Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon.)  After much scheming, backstabbing, and driving around in a vintage Jaguar 1956 XK140 Roadster, Sebastian ends up dead, Kathryn is exposed for the sick girl she is, and Annette drives away alone in Sebastian’s convertible Jaguar.  So let this be a lesson to all of us that luxury and cruelty just don’t mix.  Don’t stab your friends in the back because you see an opportunity to make it to the top.  You will meet them again on the way down.  Plus, you should never wear fur.

Reese Witherspoon Looking Glamorous on the Cover of Glamour

Ever since her outstanding performances in the socialite classics, Legally Blonde and Cruel Intentions, Reese Witherspoon has held the coveted spot as my all-time favorite actress.  Her blonde hair and heartwarming smile make her not only, America’s Sweetheart, but a global icon.  Therefore, she is the perfect cover girl to ring in the New Year gracing the cover page of the January 2011 issue of Glamour.  Reese, looking red hot in a Burberry Prorsum dress that I totally want to snag for New Year’s Eve, told the magazine how her ambitions have changed since Legally Blonde, “My ambition has sort of broadened. I’m more interested in literature, art, public policy. And I’m really interested in doing more philanthropic endeavors.”  As an aspiring socialite, I feel that my ambitions have taken a similar turn since this blog went live in February 2010. Though party crashing and high fashion are still very much on the agenda, I also plan on using my social media power to promote social good with the addition of philanthropic endeavors I will be executing in 2011.  During my senior year of college when I prepared for change by making a change, I dyed my hair blonde inspired in part by the looks of Reese Witherspoon.  I have since dyed it back, but now, my favorite Hollywood star is inspiring me not to change my hair color, but to change the world.