Paris Hilton National Geographic
April 1, 2008: Satirists at the
Harvard Lampoon persuaded the typically conservative
National Geographic magazine to create a front page cover featuring socialite
Paris Hilton.
Fast Facts:
- Featured a story Mongolia's wildest waterparks and "Native Girls Gone Wild"
- Harvard Lampoon issue released April 1, 2008
- 1896: First Harvard Lampoon parody
- Hayes Davenport (editor of Harvard Lampoon): "My guess was they were just extremely bored and they were tired of working with animals and scientists and wanted to hang out with college students"
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