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Quick Facts
- NAME: Paris Hilton
- OCCUPATION: Reality Television Star
- BIRTH DATE: February 17, 1981 (Age: 32)
- EDUCATION: Marywood-Palm Valley School in California, Dwight School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- Full Name: Paris Whitney Hilton
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius
Best Known For
Paris Hilton is best known as the Heiress and Reality star that courts regular media attention for her socialite lifestyle and short-lived romances.
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Watch a short biography of Paris Hilton who was first known as a socialite and heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune. In the early 2000s, she suddenly sky rocketed to fame with Nicole Richie in their reality TV hit "The Simple Life."
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Synopsis
Heiress Paris Whitney Hilton was born on February 17, 1981, in New York, New York. Staring in The Simple Life, Paris earned a Teen Choice Award in her portrayal in the
film House of Wax and her first book Confessions of An Heiress made its way onto the New York Times bestseller list. Her short-lived romances including Leonardo DiCaprio,
and her partying lifestyle has made her a media sensation.
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"Having a nightclub in your house really helps for having a party, because then you don't need to go out."
Early Life
Socialite. Born on February 17, 1981, in New York, New York. Paris Whitney Hilton is the eldest child of real estate developer Richard Hilton and socialite Kathy Richards Hilton. Along with sister Nicky and brothers Barron and Conrad, Hilton is one of multiple heirs to the Hilton hotel fortune.
Given the childhood nickname "Star" by her mother and grandmother, Hilton, who began modeling as a child at charitable functions, was born into acting stock. Her maternal grandmother was actress "Big" Kathy Dugan, and aunts Kim and Kyle Richards continue to earn film and television roles. Hilton is also related to Zsa Zsa Gabor (who wed her great grandfather Conrad Hilton), and can claim ties to Elizabeth Taylor, who was briefly married to Hilton's great uncle Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr.
Hilton spent her childhood moving from one luxury home to another. While living in the family's Beverly Hills mansion, she attended her freshman year of high school at the Marywood-Palm Valley School in California. When the Hilton family relocated to New York City in 1996, she continued her studies at the Dwight School. At this time, the family took up residence in a suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, and frequently vacationed at a multi-million dollar home in the Hamptons.
As East Coast transplants, Hilton and her sister regularly attended society functions, charitable events, fashion shows and A-list parties. The two soon became regulars on the red carpet, and a titillating 2000 Vanity Fair spread shot by famed photographer David LaChapelle cemented their burgeoning fame.
New York's "It Girl"
Around this time, Hilton signed with Donald Trump's modeling agency, T Management. She was soon seen in a flurry of campaigns for leading clothing designers such as Christian Dior and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as national publications. Hilton has since worked with other top agencies, including Ford Models Management and London's Model 1 Agency.
Hilton, who courted regular media attention for her outrageous lifestyle, was christened "New York's leading IT girl" in 2001. Short-lived romances with actor Leonardo DiCaprio and boxer Oscar de la Hoya—as well as callous comments directed at her peers—earned Hilton bad press, and further fortified her reputation for careless jet setting and hard-partying.
Hilton soon tried her hand at acting, making a cameo in Zoolander, Ben Stiller's feature-length spoof of the modeling world. Over the next few years, she continued split her time between runways and movie sets, appearing in the 2002 horror flick Nine Lives.
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