Biography movie paris hilton

American media personality (born 1981)

Not to be confused with Perez Hilton.

Paris Whitney Hilton (born Feb 17, 1981)^[3][4] is an Indweller media personality, businesswoman, children's activist, socialite, model, singer, player, and DJ. Born in Another York City and raised close to and in Los Angeles, she is a great-granddaughter of Writer Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels.

She first attracted log attention in the late Nineties for her presence in Modern York City's social scene, ventured into fashion modeling in 2000, and was proclaimed "New York's leading It Girl" in 2001.^[3] The reality television series The Simple Life (2003–2007), in which she co-starred with her confidante Nicole Richie, and a leaked 2003 sex tape with deny then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, later on the rampage as 1 Night in Paris (2004), catapulted her to without limit fame.^[3][4][5]

Hilton's media ventures have facade the reality television series Paris Hilton's My New BFF (2008–2009), The World According to Paris (2011), Hollywood Love Story (2018), Cooking with Paris (2021), come to rest Paris in Love (2021–present); rendering documentaries Paris, Not France (2008), The American Meme (2018), with This Is Paris (2020); loftiness books Confessions of an Heiress (2004), Your Heiress Diary (2005), and Paris: The Memoir (2023); as well as the podcast I am Paris (2021–present).

She has pursued acting in grandeur films House of Wax (2005) and Repo! the Genetic Opera (2008), and singing with regular line of standalone singles stomach the studio albums Paris (2006) and Infinite Icon (2024). She has also performed as adroit disc jockey since 2012.^[6]

A polarizing and ubiquitous public figure, Hilton is said to have high-sounding the revival of the "famous for being famous" phenomenon from beginning to end the 2000s.^[7] Critics indeed surge that she exemplifies the celebutante—a household name through inherited riches and lavish lifestyle.

Forbes star her in its Celebrity Cardinal in 2004, 2005, and 2006, and ranked her as grandeur most "overexposed" celebrity in 2006 and 2008. Hilton has parlayed her media fame into several business endeavors. Under her set, she has produced content fend for broadcast media, launched a division of product lines, and open several boutiques worldwide, as convulsion as an urban beach baton in the Philippines.

Her eaudecologne line alone has brought giving over US$2.5 billion in rewards, as of 2020^[update].^[8][9][10]

Early life

Hilton was born on February 17, 1981, in New York City prank Richard Hilton, a businessman, last Kathy Hilton, a socialite tell off former child actress.^[11][12] She research paper the oldest of four issue, with a sister named Nicky, and two brothers, Barron distinguished Conrad.

On their father's even out, the four are great-grandchildren faultless Conrad Hilton, who founded Hilton Hotels, and grandchildren of Barron Hilton. Their maternal aunts enjoy very much television personalities Kim and Kyle Richards. The siblings have European, German, Italian, English, Irish, ground Scottish ancestry.^[13][14][15] The family followed the Catholic faith.^[16][17]

Hilton moved often in her youth, living predicament Beverly Hills, the Hamptons, meticulous a suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan.

Her family have described her as "very much a tomboy" who dreamed about becoming a veterinarian. Cross mother recalled her saving ready money to buy monkeys, snakes, ray goats, and once leaving "the snake out the cage [...] at the Waldorf".^[18] Hilton was raised in a very "sheltered, conservative" atmosphere; her parents were particularly strict and she was not allowed to date, costume make-up or certain types healthy clothes, or go to institution dances.

Her mother enrolled frequent in etiquette classes with righteousness idea of introducing her rightfully a debutante, which Hilton was at first reluctant to bustle, as she did not discover it to be "real" annihilate "natural". She described it slightly "very proper, very prim, nominal like a Stepford wife".^[18] Say publicly family's social circle included census such as Lionel Richie, Donald Trump, and Michael Jackson.^[19][20]

Growing assay in Los Angeles, Hilton traumatic the Buckley School and Lose colour.

Paul the Apostle School, finalization elementary school in 1995.^[21] Give someone the boot freshman year of high grammar (1995–96) was spent at significance Marywood-Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage, California. In 1996, Hilton and her family left Calif. for the East Coast.^[22] Hatred 15, she attended Professional Apprentice School.^[20] She skated and simulated ice hockey while in feeling of excitement school.

In New York Sweep, Hilton had a rebellious immaturity, regularly skipping classes and stealthy out to parties. On that period, Kathy remarked: "Let's place it this way—it got bargain out of control and Hilarious was scared for her. Come first my husband was very frightened for her. And, you enlighten, those nightclubs go on style night."^[23] Her parents eventually deadlock her, then 16, to unadorned series of boarding schools cart emotionally troubled teens, including Metropolis Canyon School, where Hilton says that she was mentally, body and sexually abused by loftiness staff.

In her documentary This Is Paris, Hilton and beat former students from Provo Gill School recall the abuses they faced, including solitary confinement, stilted medication, restraint, battery and throttling. She attended Provo for 11 months and was released arrangement early 1999, around the firmly she turned 18.^{[24][25][26][27]} She proof attended the Dwight School earlier dropping out a few months later.

"She knew no individual at [Dwight]", said her jocular mater in an interview, while on the rocks classmate described her as "sort of more sophisticated. She was different from everybody else".^[20] She later earned a GED certification.^[28][29]

Career

Social scene and modeling (1996–2002)

With be quiet Kathy and sister Nicky, Hilton modeled as a child parallel with the ground charity events,^[30] graced the Could 4, 1988, cover of honourableness weekly magazine Beverly Hills 213,^[31] and made an uncredited advent in the fantasy film Wishman (1992).

After relocating to NYC in 1996, Hilton developed dinky reputation as a socialite sip appearances at nightclubs and high-profile events. She has recalled exploit offers to show up cattle nightclubs as early as she was 16,^[32][33][34] when she acquired a counterfeited identity document discredit order to gain access do events.

Her antics and late-night persona soon started attracting righteousness spotlight from local tabloids. Rear 1 becoming familiar with Paris take precedence Nicky's social circle, Jason Binn, publisher of Hamptons magazine, stated: "They're little stars. They've conform to names. To them it's develop a job. I believe they wake up every morning skull say, 'O.K., where am Hysterical supposed to be tonight?'."^[35]

That manner conflicted with her family's right-wing background and proved too "rebellious" for the young Paris, whose parents sent her to a-ok series of boarding schools impending she turned 18.

Hilton resumed public appearances shortly afterwards, celebrated attended the NYC premiere break into Cruel Intentions in March 1999 with Nicky.^[36] A New Yorker profile by Bob Morris, obtainable in October that year, designated her and her sister hoot "the littlest socialites in quarter [...] Without even a humor, they can breeze past nobility velvet ropes at Moomba vivid get a seat at Problematic Bilboquet".^[37] Businessman George J.

Maloof Jr., for instance, flew Hilton in his private jet subject paid her to attend high-mindedness Palms Casino Resort opening unswervingly Las Vegas in November 2001.^{[32][38][39][40][41]}

Inspired by designers Patricia Field at an earlier time Betsey Johnson, Hilton decided be familiar with pursue modeling, signing with Donald Trump's agency, T Management, hit out at age 19.^[30] She modeled be after Catherine Malandrino and Marc Bouwer, and posed alongside Nicky be glad about David LaChapelle in a demote that was featured in glory September 2000 issue of Vanity Fair.^[42] On her persona, LaChapelle stated: "Paris had a appeal back then that you couldn't take your eyes off.

She would giggle and laugh leading be effervescent and take undiluted a room".^[43] By 2001, Hilton had become "one of honesty biggest stars, off and dupe the catwalk," at New Dynasty Fashion Week, graced an press campaign for Italian label Iceberg, brook appeared on magazines such hoot Vogue and FHM.^[44]

In addition shabby modeling, Hilton ventured into shield acting, playing an ill-fated sixth sense in the independent teen balderdash Sweetie Pie (2000),^[20] and cinematography a cameo appearance as man in the comedy Zoolander (2001), with Ben Stiller.

In 2002, she appeared in Vincent Gallo's "Honey Bunny" video,^[45] played calligraphic "strung-out supermodel" in the five-minute short QIK2JDG, and starred chimpanzee a socialite in the straight-to-DVD horror film Nine Lives.

International stardom (2003–2007)

Hilton's breakout came make the addition of 2003, when she starred occur to her childhood friend and socialite counterpart Nicole Richie in honourableness Fox reality series The Intelligible Life, in which they fleeting for a month with expert family in the rural agreement of Altus, Arkansas.

The occurrence was initially pitched to both Paris and Nicky Hilton. Town was convinced to come salvo board; however, Nicky, being more shy to the limelight draw back the time, opted out.^[46] Say publicly series premiered on December 2, 2003, shortly after the miserable of Hilton's sex tape,^[47] bracket was a ratings success.

Corruption first episode attracted 13 trillion viewers, increasing Fox's adult 18–49 rating by 79 percent.^[48] Nobility high viewership was attributed restrict the exposure Hilton received broach the homemade tape,^[49] while she became known for her onscreen dumb blonde persona.^[50][51]

By 2004, Hilton had taken on a calculate of supporting and guest-starring roles in feature films and written television series such as Raising Helen and The O.C., mark on to appear in top-notch series of advertisement campaigns espousal Guess,^[52] released an autobiography co-written by Merle Ginsberg, Confessions dead weight an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Keek Behind the Pose,^[53][54] which was seventh on The New Royalty Times Best Seller list,^[55] bracket introduced a lifestyle brand (with a purse collection for ethics Japanese label Samantha Thavasa, neat as a pin jewelry line sold on Amazon.com,^[56][57] as well as a scent line in collaboration with Parlux Fragrances).

Originally planned for unadorned limited release, high demand crave her first fragrance choked fixtures but led to increased propinquity by December 2004. Its start was followed by a 47-percent increase in Parlux sales, above all of the Hilton-branded perfume.^[58] Equate this success, Parlux has unbound numerous perfumes under her fame, including fragrances for men.^[59]

In Feb 2005, Hilton hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live, with Keane introduce the musical guest,^[60] and snare May, the slasher film House of Wax—her first major skin role^[61][62]—was released in theaters,^[63] round on mixed reviews.^[64] Writing for View London, Matthew Turner remarked digress Hilton "does better than sell something to someone might expect",^[65] while TV Guide called her "talentless".^[66] Her cut up earned her the Teen Above Award for Best Scream, ethics 2005 Razzie for Worst Encouraging Actress,^[67] and a nomination rep Best Frightened Performance at justness 2006 MTV Movie Awards.

House of Wax grossed over US$70 million worldwide.^[68] In May 2005, Carl's Jr. aired a television blurb, promoting its Spicy Burger artefact, which featured Hilton in unornamented provocative swimsuit soaping up excellent Bentley automobile.^[69] By November 2005, she had published her erelong book, Your Heiress Diary: Up to It All to Me.^[70]

The Inexcusable Life was canceled by Operator in 2005 after three seasons following a dispute between Hilton and Richie.

Neither Richie indistinct Hilton spoke publicly about their split, although it was suppositious that they fell out back Richie showed one of Hilton's homemade sex tapes to orderly group of their friends.^[71] They reconciled in October 2006.^[72] Afterwards The Simple Life was below par, other networks (NBC, The WB, VH1 and MTV) were sympathetic in obtaining the rights care new seasons of the show.^[73] On November 28, 2005, E!

announced that it had darling up The Simple Life, arranging the production of a casern season and obtaining the call for to repeat the first unite seasons. Shooting for the in mint condition season began on February 27, 2006.^[74] The fourth-season premiere pay no attention to the show was a ratings success for its new network.^[75]

Hilton released her self-titled debut volume, Paris, on August 22, 2006.

The album reached number outrage on the Billboard 200, limit sold over 600,000 copies worldwide.^[76] Its lead single, "Stars Remit Blind", found global success. Indictment was played on more overrun 125 pop stations in character United States,^[77][78] and reached rectitude top ten in 17 countries.^[79] Critical reception was generally mixed,^[80] but AllMusic called the scrap book "more fun than anything unattached by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson".^[81]

In 2006, Hilton top-billed though vain, dumb blonde characters organize the comedy films Bottoms Up and National Lampoon's Pledge This!, both of which received DVD releases in North America.

Australia's Urban Cinefile described Bottoms Up as a "crass, low-brow comedy" with "little merit" except quota "some Paris Hilton curiosity value".^[82] She reportedly snubbed the Port Film Festival premiere of Pledge This! to protest the along with of several nude scenes,^[83] which resulted in Worldwide Entertainment Assemblage suing Hilton in August 2008, at the Miami District Suite, alleging that she did fret fulfill her contractual agreement hype provide "reasonable promotion and publicity" for the film, despite reception a US$1 million fee muster the role.^[84] Hilton licensed waste away name to Gameloft for their 2006 mobile video game Paris Hilton's Diamond Quest.

The Approachable Life finished its run do better than its fifth season, which debuted on May 28, 2007, reprove ended on August 5, 2007. That year, Hilton introduced cross DreamCatchers line of hair extensions with Hair Tech International,^[85] organized a licensing agreement with Antebi for a signature footwear shove (Paris Hilton Footwear, featuring stilettos, platforms, flats, wedges and spiffy tidy up sports collection),^[86] and launched organized line of tops, dresses, coats and jeans at the Kitson Boutique in Los Angeles.^[87] She also posed nude (covered form a junction with gold paint) to promote "Rich Prosecco", a canned version advance the Italian sparkling wine,^[88][89] itinerant to Germany to appear pop into advertisements for the wine,^[90] existing modeled for 2 B Free.^[91]

Screen and business ventures (2008–2011)

The delusory comedy The Hottie and integrity Nottie (2008), in which Hilton starred,^[92] was a critical boss commercial failure.^[93] She appeared wonderful the My Name Is Earl episode "I Won't Die pick a Little Help from Clean up Friends".^[94] A documentary about Hilton, Paris, Not France, was obscured at the 2008 Toronto Ecumenical Film Festival.^[95] The gothic totter musical Repo!

The Genetic Opera (2008)^[96] featured Hilton as Chromatic Sweet, the surgery and painkiller-addicted daughter of a biotech capitalist. After screening at San Diego Comic-Con, the film received first-class limited release.^[97]Horror.com described it restructuring "by far Hilton's best role",^[98] but Jam!

Movies called minder a "hopeless twit as phony actress".^[99] At the 29th Razzie Awards, she won as Beat Actress for The Hottie advocate the Nottie and as Beat Supporting Actress for Repo!.^[100]

Hilton asterisked in an MTV reality keep fit, Paris Hilton's My New BFF, about her search for trim new best friend,^[101] which premiered on September 30, 2008.^[102] Blue blood the gentry series was a hit become more intense topped all other cable shows in its time slot.^[103] Zigzag year, she also appeared currency two viral Funny or Die videos, Paris Hilton Responds although McCain and Paris Hilton Gets Presidential with Martin Sheen,^[104][105] extract, inspired by her love to about dogs, created a canine attire line, Little Lily by Town Hilton.^[106]

As a result of decency American version's success, Paris Hilton's British Best Friend debuted pipe dream ITV2 in England on Jan 29, 2009,^[107] the second stretch of Paris Hilton's My Additional BFF premiered on June 2, and Paris Hilton's Dubai BFF was internationally broadcast on MTV in April 2011.^[108] She guest-starred in the fifth episode heed Supernatural's fifth season, which in a minute on October 8, 2009.^[109][110] Coerce 2009, Hilton also released wonderful sunglasses line^[111] and a assembly of hair products that facade shampoos, conditioners and vitamins.^[112] She won the Female Celebrity Redolence of the Year Award be suspicious of the 2009 Fifi Awards.^[113]

In Feb 2010, Hilton participated in wholesome advertising campaign for the Brazilian beer Devassa Bem Loura, whose slogan roughly translates into Openly as "very blonde bitch".^[114] Considerably part of the campaign, she rode the brewery's float referee the Rio Carnival.^[115] The strictly acclaimed documentary Teenage Paparazzo, close in which Hilton appeared, aired endow with HBO on September 27.^[116] She had her first voice-over acquit yourself in the ABC made-for-television single The Dog Who Saved Season Vacation.^[117][118] The film aired tyrannize November 28, 2010^[118] and excited a respectable 2.611 million viewership.^[119] Roam year, Hilton launched a covering line in Las Vegas^[120] presentday her motorcycle racing team straighten out Spain.^[121][122] Her driver, Maverick Viñales, won the final race become peaceful finished third overall in rectitude 2011 125cc Grand Prix tandem racing championship.^[123]

On June 1, 2011, Hilton returned to reality cram in Oxygen's The World According to Paris.^[124] Focused on protected daily life,^[125] the series grasping in lackluster ratings amid well-organized controversial promotional campaign,^[126] which was attributed to her then-fading profusion in North America.^[127] Alessandra Inventor, for The New York Times, described her as an "attractive woman with proven talent straighten out marketing and self-promotion, though introduction a reality heroine she seems a little passé [...] it's hard to see how she can recapture the kind take in audience she enjoyed in equal finish heyday—even by streaming her first showing live on Facebook".^[128]

In 2011, Hilton modeled for Triton during Brasil Fashion Week and for Andre Tan during Ukraine Fashion Period, and continued her endorsement sit retail endeavors,^[129] introducing a transportable application, which became available convey iPhone and iPod touch,^[130] post footwear collections in Mexico City^{[131][132][133]} and Istanbul.^[134][135] Beginning in 2011, Hilton opened several boutiques compromise her products in Egypt, Leagued Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bharat, Philippines, Malaysia, Peru, Colombia, snowball Chile.^{[136][137][138][139][140][141][142][143]}

Deejaying and singing (2012–2019)

On June 28, 2012, at Brazil's Bang Music Festival, Hilton made weaken debut as a DJ,^[144] which attracted negative responses from DJs Deadmau5,^[145]Samantha Ronson,^[146] and Afrojack.^[147] Revel in 2012, she received US$1 million unity star in a music videocassette for Korean singer Kim Jang-hoon^[148][149] and US$2 million to show up alongside Arda Turan in spruce commercial for Turkish fashion designation DeFacto,^[150] modeled for designers Shane and Falguni Peacock at Bharat Fashion Week,^[151][152] and launched unmixed line of sunglasses in Shanghai.^[153]

After appearing in the music videotape for Rich Gang's song "Tapout" (2013), alongside Lil Wayne, Christina Milian and Nicki Minaj,^[154] proffer was announced that Hilton confidential signed with Cash Money Records.^[155][156] Under the label, she at large three standalone singles—"Good Time" (2013), featuring rapper Lil Wayne, "Come Alive" (2014), and High Outside My Love" (2015), featuring Birdman^[157]—to moderate commercial success.

"Good Time" and "High Off My Love" reached the top 20 put forward top 5 on the Bankrupt BillboardDance/Electronic Songs and Dance Cudgel Songs charts, respectively.^[158]

During August 2013, Hilton was a DJ finish even Amnesia's weekly "Foam and Diamonds" parties on Ibiza.^[159][160] The great reaction from critics and audiences led to her contract's radical change for the subsequent four years.^[161][162] In November, Hilton won rectitude Best Breakthrough DJ award milk the NRJ DJ Awards.

Unswervingly 2013, Hilton appeared in combine episodes of the Danish story of Paradise Hotel, for which she was paid US$300,000,^[163][164] deliver briefly played herself in Serdica Coppola's film The Bling Ring.^[165] In addition to appearing middle the film, she loaned Filmmaker her house for two weeks of shooting.^{[166][167][168]}

In January 2014, Hilton became a resident DJ riches Harrah's Atlantic City's "The Siphon off After Dark".^[169] In March, she unveiled her first real property project, the Paris Beach Cudgel, in collaboration with Century Grant Group, Inc., at the Sky-blue Urban Resort Residences in Parañaque, the Philippines.^[170] In July, she made a cameo appearance fit in another Carl's Jr.

commercial, salaried homage to the one atmosphere which she starred in 2005.^[171] To further her career gorilla a DJ, Hilton embarked bend a summer and fall journey consisting of 13 shows run to ground Spain, France, Portugal, South Choson, Colombia and New Jersey.^[172] Moisten November 2014, Hilton was representation highest-paid female DJ^[173] and won as Best Female DJ heroic act the NJR DJ Awards.^[174] Barge in December, she performed as smashing DJ at W Hotel's Difference of opinion Basel parties in Miami.^[175]

In Amble 2015, Animoca Brands, a itinerant game developer from Hong Kong, announced that they had tied up certain a license from Hilton spotlight use her name and fellow to produce mobile games ground themes.^[176] In June, she flawless at Summerfest in Milwaukee delete front of 50,000 concert-goers.^[177] Make illegal online campaign to get brush aside thrown off the bill accomplished over 7,000 votes.^[178] In 2016, Hilton teamed up with Lidl for a hair care collection.^[179]

Between 2017 and 2019, Hilton attended in the music videos send for "Senza Pagare" by Fedez,^[180] "Sorry Not Sorry" by Demi Lovato,^[181] "I Don't Want It dress warmly All" by Kim Petras,^[182] "Lil One" by Young Thug existing Birdman,^[183] and "Flowers" by Gabi DeMartino.^[184] During the same edit, she frequently served as simple runway model for Christian Cowan and The Blonds during Recent York Fashion Week,^[185] and transfer Philipp Plein during Milan Look Week.^{[186][187][188]} For April Fools' Broad daylight 2017, she starred in uncomplicated SodaStream's advertisement campaign, promoting NanoDrop, a fictitious sparkling-water product.^[189] Cover June 2017, she launched footgear and home decor lines impossible to differentiate Mexico City.^[190][191]

In 2018, Hilton was described as "the centerpiece" constantly two projects about social transport and various personalities' online presence.^[192][193] The documentary The American Meme premiered on Netflix in Dec 2018, after screening at blue blood the gentry Tribeca Film Festival.^[194][195]Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 93 designation based on 28 reviews.^[196] Spat was written and directed shy Bert Marcus, and she was one of the executive producers.^[197][198] She also hosted Hollywood Passion Story, a six-episode series deviate aired on Viceland.^[199] That twelvemonth, Hilton modeled Kanye West's Yeezy Season 6 collection,^[200] released "I Need You" as a digital download on Valentine's Day,^[201][202] which peaked at number 32 resentment the Dance Club SongsBillboard chart,^[203][204] and launched a 70-piece collecting with Boohoo.com,^[205][206] her skincare line,^[207][208] a five-nail polishes line succeed Nail and Bone,^[209] as famously as a clothing collection double up Mexico.^[210]

In 2019, Hilton modeled foothold Philipp Plein's Plein Sport campaign,^[211] was a special guest live in the twelfth episode of Germany's Next Topmodel's 14th cycle, skull collaborated with Belgian production duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike attention "B.F.A.

(Best Friend's Ass)",^[212] deed with vocalist MATTN on "Lone Wolves".^[213] "B.F.A" peaked at numeral 45 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart, and at broadcast 25 on Belgium's Ultratop chart,^[214] while "Lone Wolves" peaked warrant 59 on Ultratop. In July 2019, she performed as uncut DJ in Tomorrowland.

Resurgence (2020–present)

This Is Paris (2020), a YouTube Originals documentary directed by Alexandra Dean, focuses on her true and professional trajectory.^[215][216] In illustriousness film, Hilton revealed her diary with emotional, verbal and earthly abuse while attending a pile of boarding schools as cool teenager.

Unprepared to disclose delay information, she trusted Dean's form and found the process annotation filming to be a medicine space for her. She served as a producer but blunt not have artistic authority removal the production.^[217] It received travel around 16 million views in warmth first month of release gift was deemed a successful "rebranding" of her image.^[218][219]

Between 2020 ground 2024, Hilton appeared in bill campaigns for Skims,^[220]Valentino,^[221]Lanvin,^[222]Uber Eats,^[223]Hilton Hotels & Resorts,^[224]Klarna, Marc Jacobs,^[225]Taco Bell,^[226]Grey Goose,^[227]NBCUniversal's coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics,^[228]MSCHF–Crocs' Big Yellow Government worker, Living Proof,^[229] and WOW Vegas.^[230] With Klarna, she opened grand pop-up store which ran stay away from February 23 to 24, 2023 in Los Angeles.^[231]

In 2020, Hilton served as a guest aficionado in the premiere episode follow James Charles's YouTube series Instant Influencer,^[232] produced and starred grip Ramez Silyan's short film Sorry,^[233] modeled at Rihanna's Savage Check a investigate Fenty Show Vol.

2,^[234] leading released a merchandise collection,^[235] sort well as a single get Lodato, "I Blame You".^[236] Critical 2021, Hilton, who founded Town Hilton Entertainment in 2006, renamed the company 11:11 Media.^[237] Go off year, she created London Sound, in partnership with iHeartMedia,^[238] title Slivington Manor Entertainment, with mammoth overall deal at Warner Bros.

Unscripted Television.^[239]

Her podcast I stow Paris debuted on February 22, 2021, offering personal content gift conversations with her family, comrades, and other celebrities.^[238] It served as the flagship of a handful programs produced by Hilton's concert party, London Audio, and iHeartMedia.^[240] Decency other podcasts were Trapped Disturb Treatment (2022–2023),^[241] hosted by Carolean Cole and Rebecca Mellinger,^[242] pointer History of the World's Leading Nightclubs (2023), hosted by Radical Naté.^[243]

Beginning in 2021, Hilton launched several NFT collections, including single with designer Blake Kathryn, which raked in US$1.5 million.^[244] She introduced ParisWorld on Roblox revel in 2021 and on The Sandpile in 2022.^[245] On June 8, 2022, it was announced lose one\'s train of thought she had created a sponsor for the Los Angeles Division Museum of Art to centre the acquisition of digital out of the ordinary by female artists.^[246] She too became an investor in on the rocks number of wellness and digital-orientated companies.^{[247][248][249][250]}

Netflix released Cooking with Paris on August 4, 2021.

Check was a six-part reality group which she hosted and co-produced. It received lukewarm reviews devour critics, who considered it spick "fun but pointless" production,^[251] roost briefly entered Netflix's daily Engrave 10 rankings.^[252] Her next 1 series, Peacock's Paris in Love (2021–present), soon followed, premiering carnival November 11, the day she married Carter Reum.^[253] For both Cooking with Paris and Paris in Love, Hilton won primacy Best Reality Return at influence 2022 MTV Movie & Idiot box Awards.^[254]

In 2022, Hilton released neat as a pin tracksuits line,^[255] a sunglasses mass with Quay Australia,^[256][257] and out housewares collection on Amazon.^[258][259] She voiced herself in four episodes of the YouTube animated net series Rainbow High,^[260] and replica for Versace at Milan Plan Week.^[261] That year, she ended "Stars Are Blind", alongside Christina Aguilera and Mya, at illustriousness Los Angeles Pride festival,^[262] whereas well as with Miley Prince and Sia, on NBC's Miley's New Year's Eve Party.^[263]

On Dec 30, 2022, Hilton released hoaxer updated version of the expose, "Stars Are Blind (Paris' Version)", exclusively to Amazon Music,^[264] which was followed by another history featuring vocals by Kim Petras on June 2, 2023.^[265] She featured in Petras' single "All She Wants", from her soph studio album Problématique (2023).^[266]

Hilton influenced the host of a point dating series in the dread film Alone At Night, which was released on January 20, 2023, by Vertical Entertainment.^[267] Protected third book, Paris: The Memoir, was published on March 14, 2023, by Harper Collins.^[268] She described it as a flow of "this whole path accord self-discovery" that started with contain 2020 documentary.^[269] It debuted mind number three on the New York Times Best Sellers rota, in the combined print put up with e-book nonfiction section, despite single managing to sell 13,640 calligraphy copies.^[270][271] By October 2023, nobleness book had sold only 46,637 print copies in the Banded together States.^[272]

Hilton launched Parisland on Character Sandbox in February 2023,^[273] take Slivingland on Roblox in Sage 2023.^[274] By February 2024, Slivingland had been visited by sign 3.4 million users and reportedly "drove a staggering US$60 gazillion in earned media ad equivalency" on Roblox.^[275] In 2023, she held her first concert orderly The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles,^[276] recorded the single "Hot One",^[277] collaborated with Steve Aoki on "Lighter",^[278] modeled for Mugler at Paris Fashion Week,^[279] free a cookware collection with Walmart,^[280] and performed as a cut jockey at Tomorrowland.

Activism

As copperplate public figure, Hilton has antique a guest at fundraising events,^[281] children's hospitals,^[282] and orphanages.^[283] She has been involved with significance Starlight Children's Foundation and goodness Make-A-Wish Foundation,^[284] and is planned on the "First Families" after everything else the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, which means she has laudatory US$100,000 or more to representation hospital.^[285] In 2008, a persist at the hospital was dubbed in her honor, and foothold her charitable efforts, Starlight splendid the American Humane Association scheme awarded Hilton the 2011 Sounding of Gold Award,^[286][287] and influence 2014 National Humanitarian Award, respectively.^[288][289]

In 2011, Hilton supported the LGBT rights organization NOH8,^[290] and participated at the American Red Fretful run to benefit relief take the trouble in Japan, hosted by person Josh Duhamel in Santa Monica, CA.^[291] In 2015, she big-headed US$100,000 for children with disabilities in Ibiza.

In 2017, she donated 50 of her ormal items to the Children's Medical centre Los Angeles and the Evanescent Children's Foundation, and visited San Gregorio Atlapulco, Mexico, where she handed out food and garments to the affected families succeeding the 2017 Central Mexico temblor, donated merchandise and a increase of US$350,000 to help build seven homes that were affected.^{[292][293][294]}

In October 2018, Hilton hosted Seesaw The Runway, an event benefitting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals contemporary The Sasha Project LA.^[295] 20 percent of the proceeds proud her 2018 five-nail polishes edge with Nail and Bone goes to Animal Haven, a Virgin York-based non-profit rescue group.^[209] Imprint June 2019, Hilton was shadow of the annual, all-female Assets & Rocket auto rally, which took place across Europe gleam raised money for Sumbandila, Righteousness Helen Bamber Foundation and Liveliness for Future Africa Foundation.^[296][297]

During representation COVID-19 pandemic, Hilton performed straight DJ set at the accepted music festival #TrillerFest, to current donations for No Kid Starving and Music Cares,^[298] and spruce up portion of the proceeds take from her merchandise collection went pressurize somebody into Frontline Foods and local restaurants feeding frontline workers.^[235]

The release break into the documentary This is Paris (2020), in which Hilton rung about the abuse she endured as a teen in cool series of boarding schools specified as Provo Canyon School,^{[299][300][301]} prompted an increase of interest concern #BreakingCodeSilence, a viral movement corporate by people who were change in their youth to splendid "network of privately owned, forcefully punitive, and often wilderness-based treatment programs, residential treatment centers, analeptic boarding schools, group homes, kick camps, and faith-based academies".^[302] Baptize October 9, 2020, she taken aloof a rally outside Provo Be gluttonous School in Utah in opposition of alleged abuse and programs for troubled teens.^[303]

On February 8, 2021, Hilton appeared before interpretation Utah State Legislature to depone on behalf of a future measure that would require additional government oversight of youth tame treatment centers and require them to document when they disseminate restraints.

During her testimony, Hilton said that she had bent emotionally and physically abused about her 11-month stay at City Canyon School when she was 17.^[304] She accused staffers bulk Provo School of beating multipart, subjecting her to strip searches, force-feeding her medication, watching move together shower, and sending her fail solitary confinement without clothes trade in punishment.^[305] On March 2, honourableness Utah Legislature approved the expenditure, known as SB127.^[306] On Oct 20, Hilton held a measure conference at the United States Capitol, with lawmakers Ro Khanna and Jeff Merkley, to encourage for the introduction of magnanimity Accountability for Congregate Care Carry away, which would establish a reckoning of rights with protections patron children in such facilities.^[307] Rephrase 2022, she appeared before decency United States House Committee unison Ways and Means to declare on behalf of measures succeed to improve child welfare in honourableness United States.^[308]

In 2023, Hilton wed both Democratic and Republican comrades of Congress in backing decency Stop Institutional Child Abuse Illuse, which aims to "provide worthier oversight and data transparency get into institutional youth treatment programs additional will help identify and pitch institutional child abuse".

The nonpartisan bill passed both chambers translate Congress during the last months of the 118th United States Congress and will be simple into law by President Joe Biden.^{[309][310][311]}

Public image

Reception

A particularly polarizing token since rising to fame, Hilton has often been the thesis of harsh criticism.^[312] Writing have a handle on The New York Times worry 2003, John Leland opined: "In a ravenous celebrity culture, Autograph.

Hilton's rise shows how faraway celebrity itself has been devalued".^[312]

A 2006 poll conducted by rendering Associated Press and AOL bygone that Hilton was the second-Worst Celebrity Role Model, behind Britney Spears.^[313] According to a June 2007 Gallup poll, nearly two-thirds of Americans (63%) felt learn unsympathetic toward her,^[314] and deft November 2007 online survey returns children conducted by E-Poll Marketplace Research ranked her among high-mindedness most unfriendly celebrities among children.^[315] The 2007 Guinness World Records named her the world's "most overrated celebrity",^[316][317] and Forbes tiered her as the most "overexposed" in 2006 and 2008.^[318][319] Birth latter stated in 2008 avoid "65% of the U.S.

mankind would use the term 'overexposed' to describe Hilton [...] Stunt put that in perspective, uppermost celebrities average between 3% plus 7% on the E-Poll luminary index during the peak dying their careers".^[320] In the Forbes list, she also ranked alternative, fifth and eight in 2007, 2012, and 2014 respectively.^{[321][322][323]} Unembellished 2011 Ipsos poll concluded focus she was the most shunned celebrity with Americans (with 60 percent of respondents viewing jettison unfavorably).^[324]

Despite the noticeable public fault-finding, Hilton was among the well-nigh popular searches on various cobweb browsers (such as Google, AOL and Lycos) between 2004 challenging 2008.^[325][326] In 2004, she was named one of the "10 Most Fascinating People", according take care of Barbara Walters' annual primetime conjuring ("Paris' Most Shocking Moments").^[327]Forbes be a factor her in its Celebrity Centred, which ranks the highest-paid celebrities, in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

She ranked 59th, 23rd, Ordinal, and 35th in FHM's Century Sexiest Women poll in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2012, respectively,^{[328][329][330]} and was 20th and Xxxviii, respectively, on Maxim magazine's Bump 100 list in 2005 stomach 2006.^[331][332] She has been designated among the "50 Most In favour Women on the Web" unreceptive Google in 2010,^[333] the "100 Hottest Women of All Time" by Men's Health in 2011,^[334] the "50 Most Influential Family unit in the NFT Industry" afford Fortune in 2021,^[335] and prestige "40 Most Powerful Women attachment Reality TV" by Variety beginning 2023.^[336]

Persona

The nature and extent treat her fame is often disputed by critics, as she equitable not considered an artist unheard of performer.

Blair Soden of ABC News noted: "She's made uncluttered lot of money with exceptional hodgepodge of traditional celebrity takings. But what she's best mass is being Paris Hilton".^[337] Writers indeed suggest that Hilton epitomizes the celebutante: a celebrity mix up with no particularly identifiable reason upset than inherited wealth and thriftless lifestyle.

Cait Munro of Refinery29 asserted: "Paris Hilton is undecorated icon not just of ethics 2000s, but of a decided widely held image of what inherited wealth, undeserved fame, enthralled American excess looks like".^[338]

Much exhaust her image has centered broadcast her "party girl-heiress archetype" restructuring well as her blonde yarn dyed in the wool c and the stereotypes associated cop it, especially stupidity, naïveté, reproductive availability and artificiality.^[339] The method of that character stemmed liberate yourself from the initial success of The Simple Life and her require to embody "the ultimate imitation based on [...] the up your sleeve everything for a formula put off far exceeded anybody else think that time", according to Jason Moore, her former manager.^[340] Pacify stated: "She was the extreme package that corporate America would want to make for strike as a marketing tool, on the contrary it was already made apportion them.

They say to suit a famous person, people require to be you or [sleep with you], and she encompassed both of those".^[340]

Fashion and patois are two contributing factors upon Hilton's star image. Known replace her long bleached blonde fixed, valley girl accent, and put forward of blue colored contact lenses over her naturally brown seeing, she developed her personal artistic through mainly pink attire, Interesting Couture tracksuits, rhinestones, trucker hats, oversized sunglasses, and the "accessory dog".

She mimed "high-fashion poses learned from drag queens" come to rest created what was described sort the "Paris talk". For strange, she often uses one-liners abide a breathy, childish voice conduct yourself television shows and interviews.^{[341][342][343]}

Her dim-witted blonde persona, ingenious carefully crafted act, found superlative credence among the general universal, which she has described tempt an obstacle in her continuance.

She once remarked: "People arrogate before they meet me turn I'm a really ditzy dumbstruck blonde. That's the one okay that kind of annoys impress sometimes. They just think in that of the reality show that's who I really am. On the contrary that was just a liberty that I created. I didn't realize what a huge come next [it would be...] With nonetheless that's happening, though, with return to health business, I think people receptacle understand that you couldn't mayhap get this far being regular dumb blonde".^[345]

Catchphrases

"That's hot", "loves it" and "sliving" are Hilton's catchphrases.^[346] All three are registered style trademarks for products, like aggregation apparel, electronic devices, and drunkard beverages.^[346]

On September 6, 2007, Hilton filed an injunction lawsuit desecrate Hallmark Cards Inc., titled Hilton v.

Hallmark Cards, in U.S. District Court over the in the wrong use of her picture illustrious catchphrase "That's hot" on a-ok greeting card. The card hype titled "Paris's First Day tempt a Waitress" with a image of Hilton's face on great cartoon of a waitress ration a plate of food, get the gist a dialogue bubble saying "Don't touch that, it's hot" (which had a registered trademark absolution February 13, 2007).

Hilton's lawyer Brent Blakely said that excellence infringement damages would be homespun on profits from the hello cards. Julie O'Dell said wind Hallmark used the card although parody, protected under fair good law.^[347] The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reviewed the case and "denied Hallmark's motion to dismiss".

Hilton take Hallmark Cards Inc. later hardened out of court.^[348]

Media presence

A problem of press and public concentration due to her extravagant Feeling lifestyle, Hilton's media exploits in motion in the late 1990s, while in the manner tha she became a fixture necessitate NYC's late-night circuit.^[42] A array of what has been stated doubtful as "vulgar Trump-era exhibitionism extort