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Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17,1981) is an American socialite, singer, actress, fashion model , and author. She is an heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune, as well as her father, Richard Hilton’s real estate fortune

Hilton is a socialite in both Manhattan and Los Angeles and she has been described as a “celebutante”, a portmanteau of “celebrity” and “debutante”. She initially became well known due to her participation in the reality series, The Simply Life and I Night in Paris, as unauthorized sex video of her with her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, which was leaked onto the Internet. She has since branched out into many careers, including the most recent, in August 2006, launching a serious bid at a music career, with her debut pop album Paris.

Family background
Hilton is the oldest of four children of Richard Hilton and Kathy Richards. Her younger sister is Nicky Hilton (named after paternal great-uncle, Conrad Nicholson Hilton II, ‘Nicky’), and her younger brothers and Barron Hilton II (named after paternal grandfather Barron Hilton, and Conrad Hilton III (named after paternal great- grandfather Conrad Nicholson Hilton I).
On the maternal side of her family, Hilton is a niece of two popular child stars of the 1970s-Kim Richards and Kyle Richards, who appeared in the motion picture Escape to Which Mountain and TV shows such as Nanny and the Professor, Little House on the Prairie, and later, ER. By marriage, she also is related to Zsa Zsa Gabor (the Hungarian-born actress married Paris Hilton’s great-grandfather Conrad Hilton), as well as Elizabeth Taylor (the actress’s first husband was Paris Hilton’s great-uncle Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr.).

Her paternal grandparents are hotel chairman Barron Hilton and his wife, the former Marilyn Hawley, and her paternal great-grandparents were Hilton Hotel founder Conrad Hilton and his first wife, Mary Barron. When Conrad Hilton died in 1979, he left nothing in his will to his children or other descendants. Barron Hilton contested this decision and won in 1988.
Hilton moved between several exclusive homes in her youth, including a suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and the Hamptons. Currently, her parents own a $30.5 million mansion in Bel Air, a $12.3 million estate in the Hamptons, and a $10 million house in the Hollywood Hills in which she and her sister stay to give them privacy and for easy access to clubs in Los Angeles. She attended her freshman year of high school in Rancho Mirage, California at the Marywood-Palm Valley School and her sophomore and junior years of high school at the Dwight School in New York, but dropped out and eventually earned a GED. Hilton did not attend college.
Hilton first came into the public eye as one of the more famous New York socialites and heirs. Along with her sister, she has made countless appearances in the party section of New York society magazines

Media career
In recent years Hilton has gained recognition by appearing in television, movies, television commercials, and modeling photographs. According to Forbes, in 2003-2004 she earned approximately US $2 million for her television and movie roles, but in 2004-2005 her earnings from television, movies. Modeling, and personal appearances have earned her an additional $6.5 million.
Fashion model
Hilton has signed with top modeling agencies: Ford Models Management in New York, Models 1 Agency in London, Nous Model Management in Los Angeles, and Premier Model Management in London. Hilton has walked for top fashion designers such as Philippe Treacy, Jasper Conran, Heatherette, and Julien MacDonald. She has appeared in numerous advertisements, including Iceberg, GUESS, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, and Marciano. She has been featured in several television commercials, including a T- Mobile commercial for which she was paid $250,000 and her Carl’s Jr. commercial for which she was paid $400,000 according to Forbes Magazine.
Actress
Hilton and Nicole Richie (adopted daughter of Lionel) starred in the 2003 FOX hit reality series The Simple Life, in which they lived with a family on their farm in rural Altus, Arkansas. Highlights of the show included the girls performing poorly at various jobs, making out with the local boys, and numerous instances of them shown as “fish out of water”. It was followed by two more seasons on FOX: The Simple Life 2: Road Trip and The Simple Life 3: Interns, and another on E!: The Simple Life 4: ‘Til Death Do Us Part. A fifth season to be aired on E! is currently in development stages. [1]

Hilton has appeared in the short subjects QIK2JDG and L.A. Knight, as well as minor and supporting roles in the feature movies House of Wax, The Hillz, Raising Helen, and Nine Lives. Hilton won the 2005 Worst Supporting Actress Razzie for House of Wax. She landed her first lead roles in 2006 with the straight-to-DVD releases National Lampoon’s Pledge this! Pledge This! And Bottom’s Up with Jason Mewes. She also appeared in cameo roles in Zoolander (2001), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Wonderland (2003), and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004). Hilton also has several upcoming theatrical releases in which she is the lead role, including The Hottie and Nottie (2008) and an untitled superhero movie involving Stan Lee.
Hilton also starred in the unauthorized sex video 1 Night in Paris (2004) produced by Red Light District where she received directorial credit. The film earned three AVN Awards in 2005. Hilton originally sued Salomon for releasing the tape. In July 2005 the suit was settled out of court. Rumors of Hilton receiving up to $400,000 and a percentage of the profits donate to charity turned out to be untrue, when she told GQ magazine “I never received a dime from it. It’s just dirty money and she should give it all to some charity for the sexually abused or something.” [2]
Plans for Hilton to lend her name and also star in a cartoon series which follows the animated life of herself, her sister Nicky, and her dog Tinkerbell are in production. [3] Hilton has also guest starred in episodes of The OC, The George Lopez Show, Las Vegas, American Dreams and Veronica Mars. Hilton’s voice was used in See Paris Die! A viral animation promoting House of Wax and appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, when she claimed to have trade marked the words “that’s hot”, thereby forbidding other persons to use them.
Hilton also appeared in several music videos, including It Girl by John Oates (of Hall & Oates fame), Just Lose It by Eminem and Caught Up In The Rapture by Won-G featuring Gizelle.