Kim Kardashian bares her assets for Paper mag; Internet still intact

Kim Kardashian, wife and mother, posted a nude-from-the-back shot of her big ol’ backside Tuesday night.

Oh yeah, there’s also a picture of her from the side in a tight black evening gown, balancing a Champagne glass on her butt.

The shots, posted on Twitter and Instagram, promote the reality-TV star’s appearance in Paper magazine (NSFW link, there) and a very confident hashtag, #BreakTheInternet.

The Internet remained functional Wednesday, despite the threat Tuesday night.

Photoshop was also still working for most users, despite Kardashian’s breasts and a large portion of her waist having gone missing from the butt-baring image.

“And they say I didn’t have a talent...try balancing a champagne glass on your ass LOL,� she tweeted.

She called it “an honor� to work with photographer Jean-Paul Goude, who re-created his “Carolina Beaumont� picture from 1976, prints of which are currently available for tens of thousands of dollars.

That original image features a naked black woman in the same pose as Kardashian’s clothed, but talent-revealing shot. Styleite noted Wednesday that Goude once told People, “Blacks are the premise of my work,� the artist said in 1979. “I have jungle fever.� (That’s the title of his 1982 book -- the Spike Lee joint came later.)

Kardashian, now a fashionista and branding opportunity rolled into one, broke into the entertainment industry as Paris Hilton’s assistant and the star of a very successful sex tape with Ray J. For a sex tape to be legally released commercially, both parties involved must give their consent.

She now stars in “Keeping Up With the Kardashians� and on social media, where she has since flooded her Instagram with a number of shots of her and her husband smooching.

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