--- title: Kim Kardashian's Butt is On the Cover of Paper Magazine description: She mooned everyone canonical: https://time.com/3580809/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-12T15:14:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:44:26.259Z og:title: Kim Kardashian's Butt Might Just Break the Internet Today og:description: She mooned everyone og:url: https://time.com/3580809/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ef3c1abb8a6af8d/6987685935ba6fc7b6c05464/kim-kardashian-paper-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1089&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1089 og:image:height: 613 og:image:alt: Kim Kardashian Paper Magazine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kim Kardashian's Butt Might Just Break the Internet Today twitter:description: She mooned everyone twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ef3c1abb8a6af8d/6987685935ba6fc7b6c05464/kim-kardashian-paper-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1089&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kim Kardashian's Butt Might Just Break the Internet Today > Sponsored content. 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There are a lot of businesses playing a very specific and very lucrative endgame, if you will._  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 12, 2014 3:14 PM UTC  Jean-Paul Goude—Paper  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 12, 2014 3:14 PM UTC After debuting in her sex tape, periodically gracing her [Instagram](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20746404,00.html) and making a [brief appearance](http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/home/moty-2014/kim-kardashian-woman-gq-men-of-the-year-awards-2014) in GQ, Kim Kardashian’s butt’s latest showing is the cover of _Paper_ magazine. She’s going full-moon, above the headline “Break the Internet: Kim Kardashian” The photos were shot by famed French photographer Jean-Paul Goude, who also used Kardashian’s recognizable derriere to recreate his iconic “Champagne Incident” [image](https://www.tumblr.com/search/Champagne+Incident) for another safe-for-work version of the cover. She posted the original image on her Instagram [here.](http://instagram.com/kimkardashian) Of course, whenever Kim Kardashian or her butt do anything, it creates a massive Internet controversy. _Glee_ actress Naya Rivera allegedly commented on Kardashian’s Instagram, “I normally don’t… but you’re someone’s mother.” MORE: [This Photo of Kim Kardashian Shows Why Women Can’t Have It All](http://time.com/2891358/kim-kardashian-boobs-black-tuxedo/) > [](https://twitter.com/DANtheMAN%5F%5F15/status/532541945584025600) > [](https://twitter.com/BillCorbett/status/532523009215836161) > [](https://twitter.com/Unnamedinsider/status/532498881234612224) MORE: [How Kim Kardashian Is Changing the Fashion Industry](http://time.com/3544184/kim-kardashian-instagram-fashion-vogue-icon/) But Kim herself tweeted about her champagne balancing act: > [](https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/532356049907355649) Just when everyone thought they’d already seen Kim Kardashian’s butt a million times, oops, there it is. Read more: [Kim Kardashian Is Publishing a Book of Selfies](http://time.com/3094098/kim-kardashian-selfie-book-selfish/) ### See Kim Kardashian's Most Memorable Magazine Covers  Kardashian was photographed by the controversial photographer Terry Richardson for her Rolling Stone cover. In the issue she talks about Caitlyn Jenner, her marriage to Kanye West and her love for the Backstreet Boys. Terry Richardson—Rolling Stone  From the #worldsmosttalkedaboutcouple to the #worldsmosttalkedaboutbutt. Kim Kardashian already got national attention for being naked when a sex tape went public in 2007, but as the new cover of Paper magazine suggests, it's still her body — not her multi-million dollar iPhone game, not her TV show, not her marriage to Kanye West — that has the power to "break the Internet." Jean-Paul Goude—Paper  Kardashian called her first Vogue cover "a dream come true," while critics accused to magazine of chasing what was trendy rather than defining it. "As for the cover, my opinion is that it is both charming and touching, and it was, I should add, entirely our idea to do it," Anna Wintour said in its defense. Annie Leibovitz—Vogue  Before Kanye and Kim posed for Vogue, they posed on the cover of the French magazine L'Officiel Hommes in 2013\. Is this just a strikingly suggestive pose or actual candid moment between now-spouses? Probably a little of both when it comes to this steamy photo shoot. Nick Knight—L'Officiel Hommes  In 2012, Kardashian graced the cover of V magazine — shot by Nick Knight, who also shot her L'Officiel Hommes cover — and defended her reality show empire in the magazine's pages by comparing it to rap music. "When rap music first came out, people were like, 'We don't understand this, what is this, it's just a fad.' But rap music is definitely here to stay, and I think reality shows have proven they are as well." Nick Knight—V Magazine  Channeling the typographic work of the iconic American artist Barbara Kruger, the cover of W magazine's November 2010 issue found Kim Kardashian (almost) bearing it all. Inside its pages, the only layer she had on was a thin coat of silver body paint. Mark Seliger—W Magazine  Kim Kardashian lands magazine covers because she's a familiar face, but that didn't matter to YRB. The magazine made her look near unrecognizable in a bob and dramatic makeup for a 2012 photo shoot that she later called "one of the most unique shoots \[she's\] ever done." YRB  Two of America's biggest style icons met in 2009 when Kim Kardashian dressed up like Barbie, who "guest edited" an issue of Australia's Kurv magazine. But it's no surprise the star would say yes to a magazine that starts with the letter K. Kurv  A 2009 shoot for Complex caused controversy when the magazine's website accidentally published an unretouched photo of Kim Kardashian. While it reignited the ongoing debate about beauty standards, Kardashian herself wasn't mad. "So what? I have a little cellulite," Kardashian later wrote on her website. "What curvy girl doesn't? How many people do you think are Photoshopped? It happens all the time!" Complex  Kim Kardashian was the most-clothed person on the cover of Prestige magazine's September 2010 issue when she posed with two naked men while looking like a sexed-up gladiator. "This might be one of my most risque covers to date!" she tweeted. Prestige  In 2012, Kim Kardashian covered New York magazine's fashion issue, which asked whether she had a place in the industry. Since then, she's only shown that the answer to that question is a resounding yes as she attended Paris Fashion Week and the Met Ball and landed that Vogue cover — a magazine that in the past has been not-so-open-minded about women with curvy figures like hers. New York Magazine _Read next:_ [_Kim Kardashian’s Butt Is an Empty Promise_](http://time.com/3581618/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine-empty-promise/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3580809/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3580809/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine/"},"headline":"Kim Kardashian's Butt Might Just Break the Internet Today","datePublished":"2014-11-12T15:14:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:44:26.259Z","description":"She mooned everyone","url":"https://time.com/3580809/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine/","keywords":["Living","celebrities","Kanye West","Kim Kardashian","kim kardashian west"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ef3c1abb8a6af8d/6987685935ba6fc7b6c05464/kim-kardashian-paper-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ef3c1abb8a6af8d/6987685935ba6fc7b6c05464/kim-kardashian-paper-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kim Kardashian Paper Magazine","caption":"Kim Kardashian Paper Magazine","creditText":"Jean-Paul Goude—Paper","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3580809/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine/","name":"Kim Kardashian's Butt Might Just Break the Internet Today"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Big Money in Backsides","description":"Make all the jokes you want. 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