There was a media frenzy when Shiloh Jolie-Pitt was born in May 2006. Her parents, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, were the two biggest tabloid targets of the time, and their every move was photographed and written about. There was a frenzied bidding war to obtain the first photos of Shiloh, who was born in Namibia.
People reportedly paid $4.1 million for the North American photo rights to the new golden child. While Hello! magazine is said to have shelled out a further $3.5 million for the British rights. Brad and Angelina donated their earnings to charity. Amazingly, when her other biological siblings, twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, were born in 2008, they scored an even bigger photo deal — somewhere in the region of $15 to $20 million. Once again, the proceeds went to charity.
Still, it was all about Shiloh as far as the media was concerned. Of all the biological offspring, she looked the most like her parents, a tiny hybrid of Angelina and Brad. “Shi’s so full of light and love … and very, very funny,” Angelina told MSN in 2007. “I think I’m recognizing some of myself in that one — she’s going to be a little bit of trouble!” Shiloh quickly followed in her famous folks’ footsteps, making her film debut in 2008, starring alongside her dad, playing his baby daughter, Caroline, in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” when she was just 2 years old and still pretty short.
