An American Celebrity and Socialite, Paris Whitney Hilton was born on 17th of February in the year 1981. Her father Richard Hilton runs a real estate business for which she is the heiress. She also holds a share in the Hilton Hotel fortune.
Early Family Background:
Paris Hilton was born in New York to Richard Hilton and Kathy Richards. She was the oldest of the four children. Her other siblings are Nicky Hilton, Barron Hilton II and Conrad Hilton III. She also got related to Elizabeth Taylor through her marriage. She is
supposed to be the niece of two famous child artists namely Kim Richards and Kyle Richards. The founder of Hilton Hotels, Conrad Hilton and his first wife Mary Barron are the great grand parents of Paris Hilton. The total estimated wealth that is inherited by this celebrity is about $30 to $50 millions.
Her schooling was initially carried out at the Marry-wood Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage, California. Her junior schooling was done at Dwight School in New York but got dropped very soon.
She started her career as a child model and started appearing in charity events. Later, at the age of 19, she signed with a model agency named Donald Triumph’s, T management. Her career progressed as she worked as a model with a number of famous model agencies namely, Ford Models Management, New York, Models 1 Agency, London etc. Some of the products for which she did ad campaigns include Iceberg Vodka, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior and Marcia no. At the same age itself, Hilton created a reputation for herself as a young socialite and was identified as “New York’s leading It Girl.” This fame also began to extend beyond the New York City.
Media Career:
Sex video fame - A home-made sex-video of Hilton with her then boyfriend Rick Salomon was released out one week before the Premiere of her The Simple Life of the Fox Reality Series. The Paris Hilton video attracted worldwide attention of the model, late in the year 2003. The Paris Hilton Video was believed to be a publicity stunt which Hilton denied to be not and she ended up in ‘humiliation’ and ‘embarrassment’. The Paris Hilton video was subsequently released by name “one night in Paris” as a DVD and the directorial credit was given to Hilton herself. Paris Hilton video also had the credit of gaining the AVN Award in the year 2005.
As an Actress – After succeeding in her first film ‘The Sample Life’, she also did tow films. She also appeared in supporting roles in a number of films. She also had many upcoming theatrical releases in which she played the lead role. Hilton also did many guest roles.
Recording artist – She worked on a self-titled debut album ‘Paris’ which was released in 2006 and it was ranked at number 6 on the Billboard 200. She also founded a music company by name Heiress Records, in the year 2004 which is claimed to be a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records. The only released made by that company till date was “Paris”. Hilton says that she is in a plan to sign new artists.
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