2009-12-23 08:21:21 GMT Xinhua English
BEIJING, Dec. 23 -- Editor's note: They say everybody will have 15 minutes of fame at some stage in their life, but with the increasing use of the Internet, for some, the glare of the media spotlight often shines too brightly and suddenly. Each year several attention-arresting "web" celebrities become all the rage among millions of netizens, and 2009 was no exception. Here we take a close look at the top 10 web celebrities of this year.