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An academic who organised a conference on the Kardashian family has told 5 live that the American reality TV stars 鈥榓re good role models for women'.

The theft of Kim Kardashian鈥檚 jewels, and the ordeal to which she was subjected, has put her on the front of many British newspapers 鈥� and reopened the debate about the significance and importance of the TV stars.

Dr Meredith Jones, who is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Brunel University, told Adrian Chiles that criticism of the family for promoting self-obsession is misguided.

She says the family are great role models because they feature strong women who have built their own careers and have created lucrative businesses which they control.

She also praised them for not being supermodels. 鈥淭hese were ordinary girls, plump [with] olive skin. They鈥檝e turned themselves into real life princesses through sheer hard work.鈥�

This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Tuesday 4 October 2016.