i don't think she 'craves' attention at all - she simply manipulates it to make money.
It's a symbiotic relationship between KP, the media, and the public, and everyone gets what they want - the public get the most mind-frying trivia imagined,the media shift boatloads of copies, and Katie grows her eight-figure bank balance.
I think she certainly craves something. She flits from one man to another, has babies as soon as she spots a catch and flaunts it all so publicly? This is not the actions of someone who is happy with themselves
I do agree she is a very good business woman and can manipulate to serve her purposes but seriously, her children are already public property and I fail to see that as a good thing. I cannot admire someone who uses her kids to make money