Kelly Ann Collins

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KACKelly Ann Collins — a.k.a. KAC — is a blogger, entrepreneur and communications specialist.

She founded the Washington, D.C., blog in 2002 — which was believed to be “the first social blog,” and was visited by approximately 80,000 people a day.

Now, she’s the force behind Glittarazzi, which is quickly becoming a household name in Washington with more than half a million visitors per month.

Kelly Ann considers herself a geek at heart (yes, she can hand-code HTML). But, as Washington’s top social Twitterer — with more than 4,500 friends on Facebook (plus a new fan page) — she has proved that being smart doesn’t mean you can’t have a lot of friends as well.

Recent headlines …

WASHINGTON POST
“Real World: D.C.”’s very special guest stars: The Washingtonians who hooked up on camera
What’s it like, getting lucky on camera? A little contrived, according to Kelly Ann Collins, who was seen going home with cast member Josh Colon in a recent episode. (They’re still friends.) She didn’t linger late that particular night, she told us …

NBC
Kelly Ann Collins: My Time in the “Real World” House
Socialite Kelly Ann Collins said real life inside the “Real World” house was full of strange production rules. The blogger was shown returning to the Dupont Circle digs with cast mate Josh Colon in a recent episode of the show, and she said was taken aback by the strange production rules at the house …

NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY
 Power, Provenance, Means & Discretion
“Which brings us to another topic of discussion at the Washington Antiques Show: Politico’s list of the new “leaders of the pack” of social Washington. … It listed ten young women, who in an earlier era would have been known as “party girls,” but thanks to blogging, networking and the modern trend of bold self-promotion, are a new breed of not really “society” so much as social professionals, or So-Pro’s. With a combo of unabashed ambition and entrepreneurial pluck, they’ve made social life into a paycheck, a new business model where Paris Hilton is the prototype. They pitch, they promote, they organize, they show up, they blog about it and they get paid for being, well, themselves.”

THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
 On the list: White House crasher No. 3 had an ‘actual’ invite to Tattoo Bar
“While Michaele and Tareq Salahi have started charging for appearances at nightclub parties, it looks as though White House crasher No. 3 will show up for free. Carlos Allen was spotted last week at an ’80s ZZ Top party at Tattoo Bar, an event he was “actually” invited to by Glittarazzi blogger and club promoter Kelly Ann Collins via Facebook. …”

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POLITICO
Career Socialites for Charity: Leaders of the Pack
Here are 10 Washington women who are working aggressively to position themselves within Washington’s interlocked social and professional spheres. 01/06/10

ASK MISS A
 Politico’s Story on Washington “Socialites”
Most of my readers live outside of Washington, D.C., so I would like to share a story that Politico’s Kiki Ryan and Patrick Gavin did on Washington Socialites. Politico highlighted ten of us in the article.  The majority of those highlighted are or have been bloggers, including Katherine Kennedy, Pamela Sorensen, Kate Michael, Angie Goff, Courtney Caldwell, and Kelly Ann Collins, who created Washington’s very first blog covering the District’s social life – WashingtonSocialites.com, which she shut down in 2005. 01/06/10

OH MY GOFF!
 OMG makes Politico’s “Leaders of the Pack”
Of course OMG has to plug it.. can’t let the theme of the article down, right?!? So go ahead read on… about our pals Pamela Sorensen, Kate Michael, Katherine Kennedy, Amanda Polk, Andrea Rodgers, Kelly Ann Collilns and more. 01/06/10

THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Face off: Dueling D.C. ‘Real World’ premiere parties?
“Just a few months ago, it seemed like most D.C. residents despised MTV’s “The Real World” for bringing cameras into bars, making partygoers sign STD/nondisclosure waivers and getting rowdy in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. But now that the cameras are gone, contention has shifted from spats with the cast to rivalry over who is throwing the best premier party Wednesday night. …”

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