What is your definition of a celebrity and whom do you look up to?

dyinginenglish: What is your definition of a celebrity and whom do you look up to?
Please help I need to poll people for the dreaded English speech I have to do every year and this year I have chosen celebrity worship. Any input would be greatly accepted.

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Answer by Silver Phoenix
a celebrity is anyone who’s famous and usually has a lot of money, but doesn’t always have to. i look up to jet li and jackie chan. they rock!!!!

Answer by jello
OH! I did a report on this same kinda thing last week! We had to make a definition of a celebrity, and here’s mine—–

A celebrity is one who acquires fame and fortune generally through the various fields of entertainment and media. A celebrity is not to be confused with another famous person; those who are famous might be well known through the areas of politics, humanitarian aid, etc.

I don’t look up to any of the modern celebrities, whoever, if I had to choose, I would pick Brittany Spears, because she is so wild that you would have a very good essay to write on her!

Answer by D-Mad
to me a celebrity isn’t a good actor with a pretty face
to me the real celebrites are the people actually making a positive influence
the people that make the world a better place by donoting to the less fortunate or just by little things like sharing an umbrella with a stranger
the people i look up to are the soldiers that volunteered to insure a safer future for our kids that they most likly will never meet

Answer by gale s
A celebrity is someone usually in the entertainment business.
They have achieved a life style that young people wish they had-money, fame,great cars, etc.
I myself don’t worship any of these people,but do admire people like Bill Gates,Mother Teresa,the late great Martin Luther King.These people make a difference in our lives.
Bill Gates is still the geek kid he was in the beginning, not letting the power and adoration go to his head.

Choose your hero’s wisely.

Answer by erods92002
A celebrity is no more than a poor creation from decadent pop culture to take consumerism to a higher level that it’s now.

Answer by Josh
People that make the news on a regular basis and often for no substantial reasons.