Kim Kardashian has come a long, long way from the days of being known as Paris Hilton’s gal pal! The curvy stunner is now making an estimated $5.45 million dollars a year through her various endeavors, and it does not look like it will stop any time soon! The New York Post reports, “According to an industry insider, the curvy stunner, who parlayed her humble “stolen sex tape” beginnings into a hit reality show, has spun her notoriety into a cottage industry, collecting an astounding $5.45 million a year.” But how?

The Post break down is below and, in case there is any question her brand is not solid they report, “one social-blogging company told her it had arranged for Kardashian to be paid $25,000 by clothing company Armani for one Tweet. She drove 40,000 users to the Armani Web site in less than 24 hours.” WOW!

TELEVISION
Stars in Keeping Up With The Kardashians, making about $20,000 per episode.
$400,000

ENDORSEMENTS
Promotes Quick Trim diet products, Fusion Beauty, Bravada, Fit In Your Jeans by Friday workout DVDs, Beach Bunny Swimwear, Kardashian for Bebe line, Kim Kardashian perfume at Sephora.
$3.2 MILLION

ONLINE
KimKardashian.com, with ads from Kotex, Macy’s and Sony Ericsson. Reportedly gets paid $10,000 for a sponsored Tweet. Her Web site has more page views than Vogue and the New York Yankees.
$600,000

SELF-OWNED BUSINESSES
Co-owns Dash designer clothing store in California and Miami, PerfectSkin, Kardashian Khaos (in Vegas’ Mirage Hotel), ShoeDazzle.com.
$350,000

PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Earns anywhere from $10,000-75,000 just to show up and look pretty at nightclubs or casinos (she does about 40 of these a year). Last week, between partying, she slipped into a cat suit to be a “flag girl” at a road rally.
$650,000

MAGAZINE EXCLUSIVES
Earns $50,000 to give magazines like Us exclusive pictures of her in a bikini, along with quotes about her weight-loss tips; book advance for “Kardashian Konfidential”, out this November, estimated at $150,000.
$250,000

Total take: $5.45 million