




Early life and background
Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American socialite, celebutante, heiress, model, media personality, singer and actress.
She is known for her appearance in a sex tape in 2004, her appearance on the television series The Simple Life, her several minor film roles (most notably her role in the horror film House of Wax in 2005), her 2004 tongue-in-cheek autobiography,[2] her 2006 album Paris, and her work in modeling. As a result of several legal incidents, Hilton also served a widely publicized sentence in a Los Angeles County jail in 2007.
Born in New York City, Hilton is the oldest of four children of Richard and Kathy Hilton (née Avanzino). She has a sister, Nicky, and brothers, Conrad and Barron. Her father is of German and Norwegian ancestry and her mother is of Italian and Irish ancestry.
On the maternal side of her family, she is a niece of two child stars of the 1970s, Kim Richards and Kyle Richards. Hilton was related by marriage to Nicole Richie's godmother, Nancy Davis, when Nancy's brother, Greg, was married to Kim Richards.
Hilton's paternal grandparents are hotel chairman Barron Hilton, and his wife, the former Marilyn Hawley; Barron Hilton's parents were Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton and his first wife, Mary Barron.
Hilton moved between several exclusive homes in her youth, including a suite in the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan,
Beverly Hills, and
the Hamptons. She attended her freshman year of high school at the
Marywood-Palm Valley School in
Rancho Mirage,
California followed by the
Dwight School in
New York for her sophomore and junior years. Famously she went to school here with
Lady Gaga. She was then transferred to the
Canterbury School, in
New Milford, Connecticut where she was a member of the
hockey team. However, in early 1999, she was expelled for violating the school rules.
[3] Hilton later earned her
GED.
Career
As a model
Hilton began modeling as a child, initially at charity events.
[12] When she was 19, she signed with
Donald Trump's modeling agency, T Management.
[12] Hilton has also worked with
Ford Models in New York,
Models 1 Agency in
London, Nous Model Management in Los Angeles, and
Premier Model Management in London. She has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns, including
Iceberg Vodka,
GUESS,
Tommy Hilfiger,
Christian Dior, and
Marciano. In 2001, Hilton began to develop a reputation as a socialite, being identified as "New York's leading It Girl" whose fame was beginning to "extend beyond the New York
tabloids".
[12] She has appeared in several magazines, including the April 2004 issue of
Maxim.
As a Media Personality
Hilton has made
cameo appearances in several films, notably
Zoolander,
Wonderland, and
The Cat In The Hat. She landed minor and supporting roles in the feature films
Nine Lives,
Raising Helen,
The Hillz, and
House of Wax. Her role as Paige Edwards in
House of Wax won the
Teen Choice Award for "Best Scream" and earned her a nomination for "Choice Breakout Performance – Female".
[14] (It also won her the 2005
Razzie for "Worst Supporting Actress" at the
2005 Golden Raspberry Awards.)
[15] She also earned a nomination for "Best Frightened Performance" at the
2006 MTV Movie Awards.
Hilton co-starred with
Nicole Richie in the
Fox reality series The Simple Life, which premiered on December 2, 2003.
The Simple Life ran for three seasons on Fox. The show was cancelled by Fox after a dispute between Hilton and Richie, but it was subsequently aired by
E! Entertainment Television for the fourth and fifth seasons.
[17] Despite talks of a sixth season,
[18] the series finished its run at the end of the fifth season.
[19] In March 2008, it was reported that Hilton would star in a new
MTV reality series tentatively titled
Paris Hilton's My New BFF, about her looking for a new best friend.
Paris Hilton's Personal life (to be continued.......)