Born on February 17, 1981. Father – Richard Howard “Rick” Hilton, businessman. Mother – Katie Hilton (née Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino), a former actress and socialite. Paris is the oldest of four children.
She has a sister, Nicky Hilton, a model and fashion designer (1983), and two brothers – Barron Nicholas Hilton II (producer, 1989) and Conrad Hughes Hilton III (1994).
All of them are the great-grandchildren of Conrad Hilton, the founder of the legendary Hilton Hotels chain. Grandfather – Barron Hilton – the head of the family and hotel empire, donated 97% of his fortune, amounting to over $ 2.5 billion, to the Conrad Hilton Foundation for charity.
The future star studied at the Dwight School in New York, but was expelled from it. Later, Paris still received a certificate of secondary education.
The actress first appeared on the screen at the age of ten, playing the role of a girl on the beach in the film Genie Without a Bottle.
At the age of 19, Paris signed her first contract with the modeling agency “T Management”, which belongs to Donald Trump, and becomes a professional model.
Hilton later worked for other modeling agencies such as Nous Model Management in Los Angeles, Premier Model Management in London, Models 1 Agency in London, and Ford Models Management in New York. She began to appear frequently in brand advertisements, as well as to appear for glossy magazines.
Popularity came to the socialite after FOX TV channel chose her and Nicky to participate in the reality show “Simple Life”, which premiered on February 2, 2003. The show was a great success, but Nicky was soon replaced by Nicole Richie, daughter of singer Lionel Richie. Due to an altercation between Paris and Nicole, the reality show closed after three seasons. The quote is taken from “Filmymeet”
Since 2002, Paris began to appear in films regularly. She played supporting roles in Nine Lives (2002), Fashion Mom (2004) and House of Wax (2005). For her role in the film House of Wax, the actress received the prestigious Teen Choice Awards in the Best Scream nomination.
In 2004, the socialite began work on her debut music album “Paris”, which was released on August 22, 2006. Album sales were low, but the composition “Stars Are Blind” became very popular in 17 countries. In 2004, Hilton founded her own music label, Heiress Records.
In late 2004, Hilton co-authored her autobiography with Merle Ginsberg. The book was titled Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose and, despite a barrage of criticism, became a bestseller. Paris’s fee was 100 thousand dollars. She also took part in the development of jewelry design for the Amazon.com online store and in the creation of a collection of bags for the Japanese company Samantha Thavasa.
In 2006, Hilton starred in the films Stylish Things and Blonde in Chocolate.
Paris very quickly gained worldwide fame thanks to constant media attention, turbulent social life, many scandalous stories, drunk driving arrests, imprisonment and a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Since July 2007, Hilton began work on her second solo album, the name and label of which have not yet been chosen, but the names of six songs from the album are already known: Crave, My BFF, Jailhouse Baby, Platinum Blonde, Paris for President “and” Girl Tax “. The quote is taken from “KatMovieHD”
In 2007, foreign media reported that the head of the family and hotel empire, Barron Hilton, deprived his granddaughter of an inheritance of $ 60 million due to the history of drunk driving, 23 days in prison and donated his billions to charity.
In 2008, the film “Beauty and the Ugly” was released, for which the star received two anti-awards “Golden Raspberry” in the nominations “Worst Actress” and “Worst Screen Duo”, together with actors Christine Lakin and Joel Moore. For the film “Ripo! Genetic Opera “(2008) Hilton won her third” Golden Raspberry “in the category” Worst Supporting Actress “.
The actress has never had any luck in her personal life. In 2000, the star dated actor Rick Salomon. The couple broke up in 2001, and three years later, a scandalous home video with Paris and Rick appeared on the Internet. Hilton filed a lawsuit against her former boyfriend, but in 2005 the lawsuit was settled out of court.
In 2002, the socialite had an affair with actor Jason Shaw, the couple was engaged, but they eventually broke up in 2003. Then Paris met with singer Nick Carter, was engaged to the owner of Greek ships Paris Latsis, had an affair with Stavras Niarhos, for a long time tried to build a relationship with the guitarist of the Good Charlotte band Benji Madden, but all the romances ended in a breakup.
In September 2012, at New York Fashion Week, Paris met the Spanish model River Viperi (1991), who is 13 years younger than her. In October, it became known that the socialite and the model were dating.
In October 2013, Hilton, together with rapper Lil Wayne, released the single and video “Good Time”. The quote is taken from “Coolmoviez”
In the 2013 film Elite Society, the actress performed the role of a cameo.
In the near future, Paris Hilton plans to design the Azure Urban Resort Residences beach club in the Philippines. This project is located six hectares south of Manila city and will include a beach and private holiday residences.
Awards
▪ Teen Choice Awards for Best Scream for House of Wax (2005)
▪ Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress for House of Wax (2006)
▪ Award Golden Raspberry “in the category” Worst Actress “for the film” Beauty and the Ugly “(2009)
▪ Award” Golden Raspberry “in the category” Worst Supporting Actress “for the film” Boku no Pico (2009)
▪ Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Duo for Beauty and the Ugly (with Christine Lakin and Joel Moore, 2009)
▪ Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress of the Decade for the film “Beauty and the Ugly” (2010)
A family
Single
Novels
Rick Salomon, actor
Doug Reinhardt
Jason Shaw, actor
Nick Carter, singer
Paris Latsis, heir to Greek shipowners
Stavras Niarchos
Benji Madden, guitarist of Good Charlotte
River Viperi, model (dating since fall 2012)
