Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media
personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, singer, actress, and DJ.
She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton
Hotels. Born in New York City and raised there and in Beverly Hills,
California, Hilton began her modeling career as a teenager when she
signed with New York-based modeling development agency Trump Model
Management. David Lachapelle soon photographed her for the September
2000 issue of Vanity Fair. Her late-night persona and reputation as a
socialite made her a fixture of tabloid journalism, and Hilton was
proclaimed "New York's leading It Girl" in 2001. In 2003, a leaked
2001 sex tape with her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, later released as
1 Night in Paris, catapulted her into global fame, and the reality
television series The Simple Life, in which she starred with her
friend and socialite counterpart Nicole Richie, started its five-year
run with 13 million viewers, on Fox.In 2004, Hilton published her
book, Confessions of an Heiress, which became a New York Times Best
Seller, in 2005, she starred in the horror film House of Wax, and in
2006, she released her self-titled debut studio album, Paris, which
reached number six on the Billboard 200, and respectively produced the
successful single "Stars Are Blind". Hilton returned to reality
television in 2008 with the Paris Hilton's My New BFF franchise, in
2011 with The World According to Paris, and again in 2018 with
Hollywood Love Story. She has played small roles in Hollywood films
and television series, produced several of her own projects, and
recorded a line of standalone singles. She was also the subject of the
documentaries Paris, Not France (2008), Teenage Paparazzo (2010), The
American Meme (2018), and This Is Paris (2020). In 2012, Hilton made
her debut as a DJ at Brazil's Pop Music Festival. She held her own
residence at the Amnesia nightclub in Ibiza between 2013 and 2017, was
the highest-paid female DJ in 2014, and has performed at various
festivals, such as Summerfest and Tomorrowland.Credited with
influencing the revival of the famous for being famous phenomenon
throughout the 2000s, Hilton was, for a number of years, one of the
world's most ubiquitous public figures. She appeared in the 2007
Guinness World Records as the Most Overrated Celebrity, while Forbes
included her in its Celebrity 100 in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and ranked
her as one of the Most Overexposed Celebrities in 2012. Critics indeed
suggest that she exemplifies the celebutanteâ€"a celebrity not through
talent or work, but through inherited wealth and lavish lifestyle.
Hilton has parlayed her media fame into an eponymous brand, which
includes 19 product lines, 50 boutiques worldwide, and a club resort
in Manila, Philippines. Her perfume line alone has brought in over
US$3 billion in revenue to date. Variety named her its "Billion Dollar
Entrepreneur" in 2011. Hilton earns over US$10 million a year from
business ventures, and as of 2017, she was paid about US$300,000 for
appearances in clubs and events.
personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, singer, actress, and DJ.
She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton
Hotels. Born in New York City and raised there and in Beverly Hills,
California, Hilton began her modeling career as a teenager when she
signed with New York-based modeling development agency Trump Model
Management. David Lachapelle soon photographed her for the September
2000 issue of Vanity Fair. Her late-night persona and reputation as a
socialite made her a fixture of tabloid journalism, and Hilton was
proclaimed "New York's leading It Girl" in 2001. In 2003, a leaked
2001 sex tape with her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, later released as
1 Night in Paris, catapulted her into global fame, and the reality
television series The Simple Life, in which she starred with her
friend and socialite counterpart Nicole Richie, started its five-year
run with 13 million viewers, on Fox.In 2004, Hilton published her
book, Confessions of an Heiress, which became a New York Times Best
Seller, in 2005, she starred in the horror film House of Wax, and in
2006, she released her self-titled debut studio album, Paris, which
reached number six on the Billboard 200, and respectively produced the
successful single "Stars Are Blind". Hilton returned to reality
television in 2008 with the Paris Hilton's My New BFF franchise, in
2011 with The World According to Paris, and again in 2018 with
Hollywood Love Story. She has played small roles in Hollywood films
and television series, produced several of her own projects, and
recorded a line of standalone singles. She was also the subject of the
documentaries Paris, Not France (2008), Teenage Paparazzo (2010), The
American Meme (2018), and This Is Paris (2020). In 2012, Hilton made
her debut as a DJ at Brazil's Pop Music Festival. She held her own
residence at the Amnesia nightclub in Ibiza between 2013 and 2017, was
the highest-paid female DJ in 2014, and has performed at various
festivals, such as Summerfest and Tomorrowland.Credited with
influencing the revival of the famous for being famous phenomenon
throughout the 2000s, Hilton was, for a number of years, one of the
world's most ubiquitous public figures. She appeared in the 2007
Guinness World Records as the Most Overrated Celebrity, while Forbes
included her in its Celebrity 100 in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and ranked
her as one of the Most Overexposed Celebrities in 2012. Critics indeed
suggest that she exemplifies the celebutanteâ€"a celebrity not through
talent or work, but through inherited wealth and lavish lifestyle.
Hilton has parlayed her media fame into an eponymous brand, which
includes 19 product lines, 50 boutiques worldwide, and a club resort
in Manila, Philippines. Her perfume line alone has brought in over
US$3 billion in revenue to date. Variety named her its "Billion Dollar
Entrepreneur" in 2011. Hilton earns over US$10 million a year from
business ventures, and as of 2017, she was paid about US$300,000 for
appearances in clubs and events.
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