Kim Kardashian topped The Daily Beast's highest-paid TV star list, earning $6 million in 2010. Celebrity Digital
The Kim Kardashian ! reality star, who wrapped up her fifth season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians this year, made her cash by promoting everything from Skechers to Kotex, and also shilling for a skincare line and Quick Trim with her sisters. She can earn as much as $75,000 an appearance. Celebrity Digital
Former Hills star Lauren Conrad came in at No. 2 with $ 5 million, thanks to her burgeoning fashion career (she has a hot-selling line at Kohl's), and trilogy of young adult books. Her most recent one, Sugar and Spice, has sold more than 1 million copies in hardback, according to Nielsen numbers. Celebrity Digital
Bethenny Frankel, who rose to fame on The Real Housewives of New York before getting her own Bravo spin-off, earned $4 million last year. She made the most cash, though, from her "skinny" series, which includes nutrition books and a margarita mix. Celebrity Digital
Round out the top 5 are Audrina Partridge (thanks to a Carl's Jr. endorsement, her deal with producer Mark Burnett and a hosting gig on internet network Yobi.tv) and Kate Gosselin ($250,000 per episode of her TLC show, speaking and book deals and her Dancing With the Stars fees), who each earned $3.5 million. Celebrity Digital