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4 World’s First Celeb

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The name Kitty Fisher might be familiar to some from the old nursery rhyme: “Lucy Locket lost her pocket, and Kitty Fisher found it.” Both of them were real people—18th-century prostitutes, to be exact. However, Ms. Fisher climbed the social ladder and came to be regarded as the world’s first celebrity.She was a celebrity in the sense that the public was obsessed with her, even though she wasn’t royalty or an artist or anyone with any kind of distinguishable talent. She was the first to be “famous for being famous,” a quality which is quite common among the “celebutantes” of today. In 1759, one notable incident occurred when Ms. Fisher fell off a horse and revealed that she wasn’t wearing underwear.This wardrobe malfunction brought her instant notoriety, and Kitty capitalized on it by commissioning a portrait by celebrated artist Joshua Reynolds. She then printed thousands of small copies of the image so that her male admirers could carry her around in their snuffboxes or watchcases.Some memorable tidbits regarding Kitty Fisher were provided by infamous Italian lover Casanova that showed how hugely successful she was. He said that Ms. Fisher once ate a 1,000-guinea note on bread and butter and that when he first met her, Kitty was wearing 500,000 francs worth of diamonds. At the same time, Casanova was told that he could sleep with her for 10 guineas, but he refused because she didn’t speak Italian.