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3:29 pm - 04/01/2011

Lady GaGa given $40K ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz'




Lady GaGa is said to be over the moon after receiving a pair of £25,000 ruby slippers, made originally for Judy Garland for her role as Dorothy in the Wizard Of Oz.

The Born This Way singer, who performed with the famous shoes at her LA Monster Ball show on her 25th birthday, was allegedly given the slippers from the cult 1939 movie by her management, before going on stage at the Staples Center.

According to The Sun, GaGa told her Little Monsters that she once auditioned to play the role of Dorothy in a show, but lost out on the part to the school bully.

The 25-year old explained: "I wanted to be Dorothy so bad. I was in 8th grade and she was a senior."

I definitely deserved to get it, but I didn't get it. I was one of the people in the chorus, the worst role. On behalf of myself and all of those bullied around the world, now these ruby slippers are mine."

Lady G, real name Stefani Germanotta, added: "When you don't feel like Dorothy today, maybe you feel like someone on the chorus or the Scarecrow - just know you will have opportunities in your real life to change things and maybe someone will hand you a pair of ruby slippers."

It is thought that five pairs of the iconic ruby slippers were made for Garland, with The Sun reporting that one sold for a cool £93,000 and is due to be auctioned off again at Christie's next month.

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[info]grande_latte 1st-Apr-2011 06:37 pm (UTC)
shoes gone to waste
[info]superdogbiter 1st-Apr-2011 06:38 pm (UTC)
APRIL FOOLS
[info]lubowskee 1st-Apr-2011 06:39 pm (UTC)
Ah yes of course!
[info]turi 1st-Apr-2011 06:44 pm (UTC)
this story has been around for 2 weeks tho
[info]lubowskee 1st-Apr-2011 06:38 pm (UTC)
Not sure if she deserves them..
[info]meltingxmoon 1st-Apr-2011 07:02 pm (UTC)
I don't think anyone should get them
[info]mightyalrighty 1st-Apr-2011 06:39 pm (UTC)
lucky bitch, I would kill for these! even though I'm a 6'2 male
[info]williammiller 1st-Apr-2011 06:39 pm (UTC)
Ridiculous.
[info]ilovestarburst 1st-Apr-2011 06:39 pm (UTC)
I'm so jealous. They are my dream shoes. Girl probably can't believe her luck!

[info]one_hoopy_frood 1st-Apr-2011 06:41 pm (UTC)
Source?
[info]sky365 1st-Apr-2011 06:42 pm (UTC)
idk I can't hate because if I was rich I would probably buy them too
[info]affliction 1st-Apr-2011 06:43 pm (UTC)
Um this shit better be a joke.
[info]enamored 1st-Apr-2011 06:45 pm (UTC)
mte
[info]silentxstrom 1st-Apr-2011 06:50 pm (UTC)
co-signed.
[info]lennoxs 1st-Apr-2011 07:07 pm (UTC)
seriously.
[info]vegasonacid24_7 1st-Apr-2011 06:44 pm (UTC)
ugh
[info]xxxquothxxx 1st-Apr-2011 06:44 pm (UTC)
i feel like these should be in a costume museum or w.e
not gaga's piano.
[info]sing_itback 1st-Apr-2011 06:46 pm (UTC)
ia
[info]biktur 1st-Apr-2011 06:52 pm (UTC)
Well there's four pairs more of them
[info]sporkier 1st-Apr-2011 06:55 pm (UTC)
There's more than 1 pair
[info]wicky_wicky 1st-Apr-2011 06:56 pm (UTC)
There are a pair on display in a museum, I think in FL. I remember seeing them when I was little. I think these are a different pair.
[info]k_p_makepeace 1st-Apr-2011 07:02 pm (UTC)
there's a pair in the Smithsonian... i've seen them
[info]vehiclesshockme 1st-Apr-2011 07:20 pm (UTC)
I don't know if anyone told you, but there's more than one pair.
[info]xxxquothxxx 1st-Apr-2011 07:33 pm (UTC)
well its the first ive heard of it!
[info]whutness 1st-Apr-2011 11:01 pm (UTC)
LOL
[info]homette 2nd-Apr-2011 02:42 am (UTC)
ontd can be so stupid sometimes
[info]hi_im_niko 1st-Apr-2011 06:44 pm (UTC)
get it, gaga
[info]cigarettelover 1st-Apr-2011 06:44 pm (UTC)
This better be a very bad April Fools joke...
[info]hi_im_niko 1st-Apr-2011 06:45 pm (UTC)
idgi If some rich nobody can own them and auction them, then why can't GaGa own them?

y'all be pressed
[info]henryevil 1st-Apr-2011 06:48 pm (UTC)
wise & true as always NeNe
[info]starfish 1st-Apr-2011 06:46 pm (UTC)
I definitely deserved to get it, but I didn't get it. I was one of the people in the chorus, the worst role. On behalf of myself and all of those bullied around the world, now these ruby slippers are mine."

lol really gaga? best example of bullying you've got?
[info]azulslave 1st-Apr-2011 06:51 pm (UTC)
of course. they were bullying her cuz she's so talented.

humble.
[info]saltyliquorice 1st-Apr-2011 11:11 pm (UTC)
mte
[info]filed_under_d 2nd-Apr-2011 08:25 pm (UTC)
i get passed over for promotions because other women are threatened of me, for my looks and my brains. IT FUCKING HAPPENS.
[info]adrienneorpheus 1st-Apr-2011 08:57 pm (UTC)
This is what I was thinking TBH.

High school musical politics, llololololol
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