Who really is Lori? And is she the new It girl on the block, succeeding Kim K, who some say has had her day?
Kim Kardashian is now a household name because of her famed relationships. Is Lori Harvey walking in her footsteps or is she finding her own way to fame?
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Big Breakups!
Rumor has it that Lori Harvey and Damson Idris have called it quits. Lori and the Snowfall star confirmed their relationship in January 2023 around her birthday. Although this relationship may have ended, we can guarantee that Lori is still desired by almost all of the men in Hollywood. Maybe she’ll be the newest single girl around town, just in time for Hot Girl Summer, or she’ll choose one of the many men that are dying to date her!
Big Breakups!
Kim Kardashian hasn’t been on the arm of any men since her breakup with Pete Davidson in August 2022. Since then, she’s been a super mom creating Tiktoks with her daughter North West and taking her son Saint to soccer games in Europe. Maybe the mother of four has put a pause on love or she’s waiting for that summer fling!
Talentless?
One criticism about Kim Kardashian and Lori Harvey is that some people believe that neither one of them have talent, but instead are famous for their looks, relationships, scandals, and associations with other celebrities. Say what you want, both of these nepo babies started their lives in privileged households but used that to grow into Hollywood’s most sought-after women.
Kim Kardashian’s Upbringing
Kim Kardashian is the daughter of Kris Jenner and the defense attorney for O.J. Simpson, Robert Kardashian. Her mother remarried Caitlyn Jenner, formerly Bruce, after Robert died in 2003. Kim grew up fairly “normal” in Los Angeles with her siblings and didn’t brush shoulders with fame until her teenage and young adult years when she became friends with 2000s icon, Paris Hilton.
Lori Harvey’s Upbringing
Lori’s first love was not a man but rather the fashion industry. Before Lori Harvey’s mother, Marjorie Harvey, married her stepfather, Steve Harvey, Lori got her first modeling gig at only three years old for a children’s clothing boutique called Cotton Tails. She was inspired to get into the fashion industry by her mother, who was a designer and fashion blogger.
Lori Harvey the Olympic Hopeful
As Lori grew older she became a competitive equestrian and Olympic hopeful until at the age of 18 a back injury and MCL tear forced her to give up the gold medal dream. She went on to attend college at Florida International University. Not every socialite can say that.
Becoming a Model
Lori Harvey however did not complete her education at Florida International University because of being home-sick, having a poor social life, and not being interested in her classes. Harvey returned to her first love, fashion, with her first major runway for Dolce & Gabbana in 2017.
Kim’s Public Image
Kim Kardashian revealed that she used to plan out her activities according to paparazzi locations. On a reunion episode for Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kim admitted that she liked the attention from the paps and would go around town to make sure they “caught” her randomly. Every interaction she had in public had a purpose.
Lori’s Public Image
Unlike Kim, Lori Harvey is not often seen out and about unless it is attached to an ad campaign. Instead of using her image attached to another celebrity for news, she uses her social media to every once in a while show her other celebrity friends. Forget the Paparazzi! Lori doesn’t need them to spread her name. She even did a photo shoot for her 26th birthday mocking paparazzi and press scrambling to get her attention.
Skincare Twins
Maybe the only thing the two women have in common is that they are socialites with skincare lines? Kimberly launched her line, SKKN by Kim, formerly KKW Beauty, in June 2022, just months after Harvey’s SKN by LH launch in October 2021.
Is Kim K the Copycat?
Here’s the plot twist. Is Kim following Lori’s skincare playbook? Lori’s fans think so. Both of the skincare lines have thin font lettering on basic, one-color packaging and similar photoshoots, with the celebs barefaced with slick back buns. After Kim’s announcement of the skincare, social media users shared their suspicions and accusations that Kim K copied Lori, confirming some people’s beliefs that Kim’s career thrives off of taking away from Black women.
Kim’s Social Media
Since becoming a mother of four, Kim has transitioned her Instagram account from posting fashion campaigns, her body, or making references to scandals to now making her lifestyle look relatable, posting her children, family, and friends, events, and dropping outfit pics that have her clothing brand, SKIMS, tagged. Kim K is no longer the young bachelorette like Lori Harvey.
Lori’s Social Media
Instead of showing her lifestyle, Lori almost exclusively posts content connected to a brand. Harvey took an old page from the Kim K book and shows off her impeccable style, connection to clothing brands, alcohol, cars, and more. The main difference with Harvey’s social media is that she doesn’t use it to address rumors about herself in the news. It is rare to see Lori even post about her relationships, which makes it more difficult to associate her name with scandals.
Kim’s Physical Appearance
Kim Kardashian’s career skyrocketed after her infamous sex tape with Ray J was released in 2007. She then took that recognition and ran with it, capitalizing on her body. She then started allegedly getting her body “done” and posing nude in several campaigns, creating the clothing brand SKIMS with mostly figure-hugging designs and a perfume with a bottle shaped like her sculpted frame.
Kim’s Physical Appearance (continued)
She has also used her show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians and The Kardashians, to prove she keeps her body in its current shape through intense working out. However, she has been accused of presenting dangerous and unattainable methods to have her body shape. When Kim squeezed into a vintage Marilyn Monroe dress for the 2022 Met Gala, she told the media that she lost over 15 pounds just to fit into the outfit.
Lori’s Physical Appearance
There is speculation that Lori Harvey got a BBL to achieve her current figure, but she has not confirmed. However, Harvey did credit her jaw-dropping abs to pilates and a meal plan that social media users were less than favorable about. In a TikTok video, Harvey explained that she gained 15 pounds at the beginning of her relationship with Michael B. Jordan and started consistently doing pilates and going to the gym sometimes multiple times a day in order to get her fit frame.
Lori’s Physical Appearance (continued)
Instead of posing nude in campaigns and on social media, Lori has used the media buzz about her thinner body to post her gym routine and also promote her partnership with the athletic clothing brand, Gymshark.
Kim’s Dating History
Besides being best friends and an employee of Paris Hilton, Kim K used her connection to the men she dated and married to build her name from Kris Humphries to Kanye West. Scandal after scandal is the path she chose to fame. She has had to be open with every relationship she’s in to keep people interested in her.
Lori’s Dating History
Lori Harvey’s dating history is elite. She’s dated athletes, actors, and musicians, whom many could only dream of having a chance with. Although she’s been called the female version of the rapper Future, who is known to be a relationship hopper, she’s far from it. Yes, she moves on fast from one relationship to another but she doesn’t linger in her relationship, unlike the rapper, who Lori dated at one time. Oh, and Lori did not become a mother of his children, a common theme in Future’s relationship history.
Lori’s Dating History
Since her brief and broken engagement at the age of 20 to a soccer player, Memphis Depay, Harvey has prioritized herself and dated more casually, like many women in their 20s. Still, some get upset with her because she can catch the eye of the men everyone wants. What she’s done well is mastered the art of looking like a prize rather than the famous men she dates.
Lori’s Influence
Lori Harvey has become a woman that people look up to. She’s someone who is a businesswoman but for the most part, people only know her for living the “soft life”, getting to wear luxurious clothes, being gorgeous, going on tropical vacations, and dating good-looking men. She has shown Black women that they can have an easy life just like celebrity white women.
So, Is Lori the New Kim?
Although it may look like Lori Harvey copied aspects of Kim K’s lifestyle, Harvey has found her own path to reaching the It girl status. Both women are aware of the eyes that are always on them, and have created their own agendas, Kim K used her past over-sharing of her life and Lori Harvey uses the mystery of fans not really knowing anything about her, yet still keeping us intrigued with any crumb of news about her. And that in itself, is talent.
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