Real Name : Paris Hilton
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Socialite Paris Hilton was born on February 17, 1981 in New York City into the Hilton family and, along with her three younger siblings, is heir-apparent to the vast Hilton hotel and real estate dynasty. Her childhood was spent in palatial dwellings in the priciest neighborhoods on both coasts and featured a brief flirtation with the educational system, including high schooling at the ultra-exclusive Dwight School, from which she dropped out and ultimately earned her high school GED. Living the glitzy socialite life from a relatively early age, attending exclusive parties and being covered by the gossip press, Hilton apparently became hooked on obtaining celebrity status, which was perhaps furthered by the example of her mother, 'Kathy Hilton (II)' (qv), who had a brief acting career herself, mostly on TV. Hilton began a remarkable and well-financed campaign to put herself in the public eye, on screen, on television and in music. This effort has included a substantial amount of physical alteration. A naturally pleasant-looking girl, Hilton underwent extensive plastic surgery, hair coloring and tinted contact lenses in her attempt to reinvent herself as "hot". Sadly, money could not buy alteration of the physical attribute she most dislikes about herself: her exceptionally-large feet. Some skeptics have guessed that the endless parade of inane inter-celebrity feuds centering around Hilton are, in fact, publicity stunts, another front in the campaign to keep her exposure level high. It has even been argued that the infamous home video of Hilton with then-boyfriend 'Rick Salomon' (qv), in which Hilton performs explicit romantic activities with 'Rick Salomon' (qv), was part of this campaign as well. If it was, it worked. For better or for worse, it made Hilton a household name overnight, and was even widely marketed as a video, _1 Night in Paris (2004) (V)_ (qv). Eventually Hilton's efforts paid off and she got some modeling work, the designers presumably relying on her notoriety. She has been an increasing presence on-screen too, in TV commercials, on TV series and in the movies, at first bit parts in movies such as _Zoolander (2001)_ (qv), _Wonderland (2003)_ (qv), _Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003)_ (qv) and guest-star roles on TV shows such as _"The O.C." (2003)_ (qv) and _"George Lopez" (2002)_ (qv), but later more substantial roles in horror flick _House of Wax (2005)_ (qv), the direct-to-DVD _Bottoms Up (2006) (V)_ (qv) and her own TV show, the fish-out-of-water reality series _"The Simple Life" (2003)_ (qv). Hilton also has plans to become a player in the music business, has recorded an album and even started her own music label, Heiress Records, in order to release it. Hilton is widely scorned for what some see as her narcissism, shallow intellect and materialism and for other things besides, but she seems to be aware of the old adage that there's no such thing as bad publicity and it should be evident even to her detractors that she is ambitious and driven to achieve, rather than simply basking in her family's vast fortune, as do so many other socialites. In fact, performing is only part of her many activities and she has dabbled in designing, writing (one hastens to add, with a professional writer on the team), nightclub management and even marketing video games - all of which feature Paris Hilton, front and center.
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Paris Hilton
- Sunset Strip
- America's Book of Secrets
- The 54th Annual Grammy Awards
- Me at the Zoo
- Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards 2011
- The World According to Paris
- Piers Morgan Tonight
- With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
- The Talk
- The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
- The Hard Times of RJ Berger
- Sundance Skippy
- Smash His Camera
- Teenage Paparazzo
- The 2010 World Music Awards
- The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation
- Paris Hilton's British Best Friend
- Pedal to the Metal
- Lopez Tonight
- Live from Studio Five
- Rex
- Los mejores momentos de 'Sé lo que hicisteis'
- The Chronicles of Holly-Weird
- The 35th Annual People's Choice Awards
- The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
- Crystal Audigier, tel père telle fille
- Fearne and...
- 2009 MTV Movie Awards
- A-List Awards
- I Get That a Lot
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
- Dogg After Dark
- Fox Reality Really Awards
- Clubland
- Paris Hilton's My New BFF: Dubai
- The Wendy Williams Show
- Root of All Evil
- Pop Fiction
- Paris, Not France
- Denise Richards: It's Complicated
- Paris Hilton's My New BFF
- The Hottie & the Nottie
- Piers Morgan On...
- The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest
- The National Television Awards 2008
- Paris Hilton Gets Presidential with Martin Sheen
- Paris Hilton's BFF Thanksgiving Special
- Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad
- 2008 American Music Awards
- 50 Greatest Families
- American Breakdown
- MTV Video Music Awards 2008
- An American Carol
- Backstage Exclusive at the National Television Awards
- Paris Hilton's My New BFF Reunion Special
- Rude Tube
- Repo! The Genetic Opera
- Secrets of Body Language
- America the Beautiful
- Celebrity A-List Bloopers
- 2007 MTV Movie Awards
- What Perez Sez
- Extreme Hollywood
- Up Close with Carrie Keagan
- Red Eye
- Chelsea Lately
- Street Customs
- Heckler
- TMZ on TV
- Stories USA
- Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
- MTV VMA Pre Show Royale
- Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone
- 40 Dumbest Celeb Quotes... Ever
- Overrated in '06
- Pledge This!
- ...So Goes the Nation
- Paris: Bonus DVD
- On n'est pas couché
- Headlines on Trial
- 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards
- Rock Legends: Platinum Weird
- 2006 American Music Awards
- The 2006 World Music Awards
- Bucht der Milliardäre
- Celebrity Sex Tapes Unwound
- Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank?
- Bottoms Up
- MTV Video Music Awards 2006
- Bondi Rescue
- Arby's Action Sports Awards
- VH1 Big in 06 Awards
- Brit Awards 2006
- This Is Paris
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
- The Secret Map of Hollywood
- My Name Is Earl
- Queer Edge with Jack E. Jett & Sandra Bernhard
- In the Mix
- Tan a gustito
- The Girls Next Door
- I Want to Be a Hilton
- Movie Life: House of Wax
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
- Supernatural
- 2005 Radio Music Awards
- B InTune TV
- 20 to 1
- MTV Video Music Awards 2005
- Hell's Kitchen
- Top of the Pops: Reloaded
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
- See Paris Die!
- The Teen Choice Awards 2005
- House of Wax
- Buenafuente
- 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies
- Playboy: Hef's Halloween Spooktacular
- 2005 American Music Awards
- The Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of 2004
- Video on Trial
- Celebrity News Reels Presents: Best of Paris
- The Ultimate Hollywood Blonde
- The Tony Danza Show
- Bullrun: Cops, Cars & Superstars
- Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
- VH1 Big in 04
- Fashion News Live
- The Teen Choice Awards 2004
- 1 Night in Paris
- 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops
- 2004 Radio Music Awards
- Dancestar USA 2004
- Last Laugh '04
- 2004 MTV Movie Awards
- MTV Movie Awards 2004 Pre-Show
- Le grand journal de Canal+
- MTV Video Music Awards 2004
- Veronica Mars
- The Hillz
- Raising Helen
- The Simple Life
- Pânico na TV
- Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- Style Star
- The O.C.
- Pauly Shore Is Dead
- Celebrities Uncensored
- It's Good to Be...
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
- Fashion in Focus
- The 2003 Billboard Music Awards
- The Making of 'Nine Lives'
- Wonderland
- Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
- MTV Video Music Awards 2003
- L.A. Knights
- America's Next Top Model
- Da Ali G Show
- 2003 MTV Movie Awards
- Die Lugners
- Las Vegas
- QIK2JDG
- George Lopez
- Tinseltown TV
- Dr. Phil
- American Dreams
- Nine Lives
- Alive & Well with Michelle Harris
- America's Party: Live from Las Vegas
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
- Zoolander
- Popworld
- Young Hollywood Awards
- Good Day Live
- MTV Fashionably Loud: Spring Break, Cancun 2000
- Sweetie Pie
- Loose Women
- Making the Video
- Hollywood Squares
- Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
- Total Request Live
- Corazón de...
- MuchOnDemand
- The View
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Caiga quien caiga
- The O'Reilly Factor
- Taff
- Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
- Extra
- Late Show with David Letterman
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Wishman
- Fashion File
- Live with Regis and Kathie Lee
- This Morning
- Biography
- Larry King Live
- Entertainment Tonight
- Wetten, dass..?
- Wiener Opernball
- The Barbara Walters Special
- Saturday Night Live
- Good Morning America
- NBC Nightly News
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- * Print ads: Iceberg jeans (2001)
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- She wears blue coloured contact lenses
- Quote and shirts that read "That's Hot"
- Long bleached blonde hair
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- I don't want to be known as the grand-daughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris.
- I went to Wal-Mart for the first time. I always thought they sold wallpaper. I didn't realise it has everything. You can get anything you want there for really, really cheap.
- I think the biggest misconception about me is that I'm this spoiled brat. But I'm not. I'm the total opposite.
- If you have a beautiful face you don't need big fake boobs to get anyone's attention.
- I desperately hate one thing about my body. I have size 11 feet. Yeah, it sucks, because I see all these super cute shoes in the stores: Guccis, YSLs, Manolos. And when they bring them out in my size, they look like clown shoes.
- People think I'm stupid. But I'm smarter than most people.
- The 'Backstreet Boys' (qv) were so ten years ago. Whatever.
- No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
- The only person who really knows me is Nicky ['Nicky Hilton (I)' (qv)]. And not many people know this, but my sister is one of the funniest people you'll ever meet.
- [Newsweek interview, June 2005]: I thought it was cute to play a dumb blonde. On TV, I do it because it's funny. I consider myself a businesswoman and a brand. I don't enjoy going out anymore. It's such a pain. It's everyone saying, "Let's do a deal! Can I have a picture?" I'm just, like, "These people are such losers. I can't believe I used to love doing this".
- I have always had a voice and always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think that is the hardest thing you can do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realised it is what I am most talented at and what I love to do the most.
- Once you hear the music, you can't knock it. I go to clubs and I play it and don't tell anyone it's me. If everyone knew "This is Paris Hilton", they'd stop and judge.
- I've had a lot of stalker incidents and I usually can handle them, but the scariest one was when a guy turned up at my dad's office and said he was my fiancé.
- I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends. I would really do almost anything to make sure they're happy.But I only want friends who are there for me just like I'm there for them. Otherwise it's too painful.
- I brought Nicole ['Nicole Richie' (qv)] on to _"The Simple Life" (2003)_ (qv) and, all of a sudden, she became this different person. She dropped her old friends and she's someone else.
- Nicole ['Nicole Richie' (qv)] and I are not enemies, but I can't be friends with someone who doesn't want good things for me.
- I'm serious about acting and I have a bunch of movies lined up. I think I can become a good actress. It's something I want to prove to myself and to other people. I feel I'm getting better and feeling more confident about what I can do as an actress.
- There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv) or 'Princess Diana' (qv) and, right now, I'm that icon.
- I can't walk the streets. It's too embarrassing. I don't want to go out anymore. I don't want to party.
- I take my dog Tinkerbell seriously. I take my job seriously. But I don't take myself all that seriously.
- I talk in that baby talk voice when I'm on TV, it's a put on.
- One of my heroes is Barbie. She may not do anything, but she always looks great doing it.
- [on _"South Park" (1997) {Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset (#8.12)}_ (qv)] I haven't seen it, but when people copy you, that's like the most flattering thing, so whatever people can say, I just laugh about it. It doesn't matter to me.
- The best thing about having your own nightclub is that everything's free and you can tell the DJ to play whatever you want.
- The root of all evil is not money, it's boredom.
- If you want to make the camera your friend, pretend it's a cute boy!
- [on her planned space flight in 2009] I'm very scared to do it. What if I don't come back? With the whole light-years thing, what if I come back 10,000 years later, and everyone I know is dead? I'll be like: "Great. Now I have to start all over".
- Dress cute wherever you go, life is too short to blend in.
- [on having natural brown eyes and wearing blue colored contact lenses]: I'm a brand, an entertainer. The brand Paris Hilton is like a fantasy life. I think people think of me as like an American princess fantasy. I want to be an icon. It's just something I always wanted to be. Madonna is an icon and just amazing. The color of my eyes is part of the image I want.
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