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Waiting for the Kardashians

Fans lined up hours in advance of celebrity visit to Cross County Shopping Center.

There are long lines already at the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers for today's visit by Kardashian sisters.

For fans of the hit t.v. show Keeping Up With The Kardashians on the E! network, all three sisters Khloe, Kim and Kourtney will be on hand at the Sears store at the .

This month marks the one year anniversary of the launch of their clothing line with Sears and the sisters chose the Cross County Sears location due to their high sales volume and to promote the rest of their 2012 clothing according to store officials.

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The event begins at 4 p.m. and the first 200 people in line who have made a purchase from the Kardashian Kollection clothing, intimate apparell, accessories, shoes, home fashions or prescription eyewear from a Sears store between Sept. 9 - 14 will have the chance to meet the sisters and get an autographed photo.

Customers must bring their purchase and original receipt to the store on Friday to be eligible and they are only allowing one person per reciept.

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Prescription eyewear purchases must have the original receipt and I-NET from the order. Photocopies will not be accepted.

Wrist bands were distributed beginning at 6 a.m. where as many as 150 people were already in line, some having got to Sears six hours prior around midnight!

"I'm tired but excited," said 19 year-old Vannessa Ianardo of Mt. Vernon who also said that, "I love the Kardashians, they make me want to go into business and develop my own products."

Michael Dugan watched his girlfriend Jenna get on line at 2 a.m. this morning and he stopped by at 7 a.m. to bring her some breakfast.

"A boyfriend has to do what a boyfriend has to do," chuckled the Yonkers resident who lives nearby on Bronx River Rd., adding that, "I know I earned a bunch of points for this so as long as she's happy, I'm happy."


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