What is a Socialite?
A socialite is a person who spends much of their time arranging or participating in social events. While they are not compensated monetarily for their efforts, socialites may receive payment in other forms, such as increased respect or reputation among their peers. Socialites are usually fairly wealthy by independent means, as they must have time and resources to devote to their social activities. Some of the earliest socialites were the wives or mistresses of royalty or nobility. Until recently, the job of a queen or high lady was mostly ceremonial, leaving them with a large amount of free time. Some royal or noble ladies devoted themselves to charitable works, but many used the resources of their husband or family to fund a glittering life. In those times, being a socialite was not necessarily a pleasure, but rather a duty and means of survival. Painfully shy queens, often from foreign countries, were sometimes forced into playing a gracious and wealthy hostess to people that scorned
For if it not be a birthright, would it cease to exist? To quote the queen of socialites near and far, my idol, Cher Horowitz, “As if!” Granted, luck – and chromosones – play a major role in who gets cast with the golden spoon, but being a socialite goes far above and beyond a last name. Being a socialite is an attitude, a personality, a way of life. What exactly is a socialite, you ask. A socialite is someone who lives by the scandall. A “bold faced name;” a person indisputably bound to grace the pages of gossip magazines; a girl with a penchant for the three P’s – primping, pampering and partying. A socialite only hangs with her fellow socialites, not because she’s a snob, nor because she’s insecure and feeds off the limelight (although, lets be serious, who doesn’t love the limelight?), but rather because socialites breed socialites – it’s a form of habit. A socialite would never work because she has to, but a socialite does work because she knows that it makes her more desirable. G
