Jessica Simpson lawsuits. Simpson performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Indy 500 in 2005. Simpson launched The Jessica Simpson Collection in 2005, initially partnering with Tarrant Apparel Group to release the Princy and JS by Jessica Simpson clothing lines. The company has continued to grow throughout the years, and in 2014 was reported to earn $1 billion in annual sales. Simpson made her film debut as Daisy Duke in the film adaption of "The Dukes of Hazzard" (2005). The film was met with generally negative reviews from film critics, though went on to gross over $111 million worldwide. Simpson recorded the song
Daisy Duke certain storylines occasionally call for her to drive the General Lee. Daisy Duke is both the main female protagonist and the sex symbol on "Dukes of Hazzard". In two episodes Daisy wears a red bikini to distract Cletus and a truck driver. She appears numerous times wearing short, tight denim shorts, which later became colloquially known as "Daisy Dukes". The network censors believed that Daisy's famous cut-off shorts alone would be too revealing. The shorts were so short that the only way the producers could get them on air was for Catherine Bach to wear flesh-colored pantyhose with them to