In this day of manufactured reality-TV celebrity, when the country is gripped by American Idolatry and Il Divo-tion, what's the matter with trying to nudge along fame? Making Marissa famous is practically her mom's full-time job, and why not? She has yet to get her big break, but that certainly isn't for want of trying. She wore three, and had her poodles dyed to match.) Oh, and two weeks ago, her pink explosion of a birthday party was featured on MTV's My Super Sweet 16, which was fab exposure, her parents say. She can sing, act, do accents, even: cockney, Irish and Italian.īut to date, Marissa's biggest role was Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz for Scottsdale community theater. More than anything, more than another Chanel bag or even the latest Louis Vuitton, Marissa wants to be a star. And, of course, Daddy, whose job it is to pay. Her mother is the goddess of her schedule, her wardrobe, her bathroom remodel. The guy who listens to Marissa humming on a tape recorder, and then puts the music on paper. The photographer, who also shoots Lindsay Lohan. She has a voice coach and a makeup artist and a hairstylist willing to jet off whenev, wherev. The Scottsdale princess has a manager and a publicist, of course. The marketing of Marissa Leigh, age 16, is a job that employs 12 people. Teen gets whatever she wants, and she wants stardom
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