Paris Hilton was born February 17, 1981 in the family of Rick and Kathy Hilton.Paris Hilton is the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, founder of the hotel chain Hilton. Paris - the eldest child in the family, she has a younger sister - Nicky Hilton, and two brothers - Barron Hilton and Conrad Hilton. Hilton's childhood took place in different places - at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, New York family's home in Beverly Hills, in the Hamptons. Hilton admitted to the Dwight School in New York, from which it was expelled. Later, Hilton still has a high school diplom.
In 2000 Paris Hilton has signed a contract with modeling agency T Management, Donald Trump and became a professional model. She later worked for other 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 began to appear in advertisements, including: Iceberg, GUESS, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, and Marciano, and shoot for glossy magazines.
Hilton first television project, which brought her popularity, was the reality show "The Simple Life," which co-starred as her friend Nicole Richie, daughter of singer Lionel Richie. The show went on Fox December 2, 2003, and was a great success. Hilton and Richie quarrel was the cause of the fact that after three seasons of Fox closed the show. The subsequent fourth and fifth seasons left on channel E!. Hilton played several supporting roles in such films as "Nine Lives" (2002), "Hip Mama" (2004), "House of Wax" (2005). For his role as Paige Edwards in the "House of Wax," Hilton won the Teen Choice Awards for best scream and was nominated in the category "Breakthrough of the Year." In 2006 Hilton starred in the films "Bottoms up" and "Blonde in chocolate." In 2008 came the movie "Beauty and the ugly", for which Paris has received three awards "Golden Raspberry" and the film "The Genetic Opera."
In 2000, Hilton met with Rick Salomon, ex-husband of Pamela Anderson. Three years after the couple parted, appeared on the Internet "home movies" with Hilton and Salomon. In June 2004 the video was released on DVD under the title "One Night in Paris". Hilton sued Salomon, trying to prevent the output of the film, but in 2005 the suit was settled out of court. It is reported that Salomon had to pay Hilton's 400 thousand dollars, which she in turn was going to send to charity. In the same year the film won three awards at the prestigious porn akademy AVN Awards. In 2006, in an interview with GQ magazine Hilton stated that has not received a penny from Salomon, and that he should all the money from the film to give aid to victims of sexual violence, or some where else.