Paris Hilton
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Paris Hilton

American media personality (born 1981)

Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American socialite, media personality, entertainer, and businesswoman. Born in New York City, she is a great-granddaughter of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Paris Hilton (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Feb 17, 1981.1

About

She first attracted tabloid attention in the late 1990s for her presence in New York City's social scene, ventured into fashion modeling in 2000, and was proclaimed "New York's leading It Girl" in 2001. The reality television series The Simple Life (2003–2007), in which she co-starred with her friend Nicole Richie, and a leaked 2003 sex tape with her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, later released as 1 Night in Paris (2004), catapulted her to global fame.

Hilton's career in entertainment has encompassed acting, modeling, singing, writing, producing, deejaying, and podcasting. Her documentary and reality television credits include Paris, Not France (2008), Paris Hilton's My New BFF (2008–2009), The World According to Paris (2011), Hollywood Love Story (2018), The American Meme (2018), This Is Paris (2020), Cooking with Paris (2021), Paris in Love (2021–2023), and Infinite Icon: A Visual Memoir (2026). Under her company, 11:11 Media, she has launched a variety of content, products, and services. Her perfume line alone has brought in over US$2.5 billion in revenue, as of 2020.

A polarizing and ubiquitous public figure, Hilton is said to have influenced the revival of the "famous for being famous" phenomenon throughout the 2000s. Critics indeed suggest that she exemplifies the celebutante—a household name through inherited wealth and lavish lifestyle. Forbes included her in its Celebrity 100 in 2004, 2005, and 2006, and ranked her as the most "overexposed" celebrity in 2006 and 2008.

From Wikipedia’s article on Paris Hilton, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedCEDU3
  • Date not recordedDwight School3
  • Date not recordedThe Buckley School3
  • Date not recordedCascade School3
  • Date not recordedMarywood-Palm Valley school3
  • Date not recordedProfessional Children's School3
  • Date not recordedProvo Canyon School3 4

Hilton was born on February 17, 1981, in New York City to Richard Hilton, a businessman, and Kathy Hilton, a socialite and former child actress. She is the oldest of four children, with one younger sister named Nicholai "Nicky" Hilton, and two younger brothers, Barron and Conrad Hilton. On their father's side, the four are great-grandchildren of Conrad Hilton, who founded Hilton Hotels, and grandchildren of Barron Hilton. Their maternal aunts are television personalities Kim and Kyle Richards. The siblings have Norwegian, German, Italian, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. The family followed the Catholic faith.

Hilton moved frequently in her youth, living in Beverly Hills, the Hamptons, and a suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. Her relatives have described her as "very much a tomboy" who dreamed about becoming a veterinarian. Her mother recalled her saving money to buy monkeys, snakes, and goats, and once leaving "the snake out the cage [...] at the Waldorf". Hilton was raised in a very "sheltered, conservative" atmosphere; her parents were particularly strict, and she was not allowed to date, wear make-up, or certain types of clothes, or go to school dances. Her mother enrolled her in etiquette classes with the idea of introducing her as a debutante, which Hilton was at first reluctant to do, as she did not find it to be "real" or "natural". She described part of her upbringing as "very proper, very prim, almost like a "Stepford wife". The family's social circle included figures such as Lionel Richie, Donald Trump, and Michael Jackson.

Growing up in Los Angeles, Hilton attended the Buckley School and St. Paul the Apostle School, finishing eighth grade in 1995. Her first year of high school (1995–96) was spent at the Marywood-Palm Valley school in Rancho Mirage, California. In 1996, Hilton and her family left California for New York City, and she joined the Dwight School. At 15, she attended classes at Professional Children's School. She skated and played ice hockey at Canterbury, a Connecticut preparatory school. In Paris: The Memoir, she disclosed that she was groomed by an eighth-grade teacher at 14, and drugged and sexually abused by an older man she met at a mall in Los Angeles at 15.

In New York City, Hilton had a rebellious youth, regularly skipping classes and sneaking out to parties. On this period, Kathy remarked: "Let's put it this way—it got very out of control and I was scared for her. And my husband was very scared for her. And, you know, those nightclubs go on all night." Her parents eventually sent her, then 16, to a series of boarding schools for emotionally troubled teens, including Provo Canyon School, where Hilton says that she was mentally, physically, and sexually abused by the staff. In her documentary This Is Paris, Hilton and other former students from Provo Canyon School recall the abuses they faced, including solitary confinement, forced medication, restraint, battery, and strangulation. She attended Provo for 11 months and was released in early 1999, around the time she turned 18. She then attended the Dwight School before dropping out a few months later. "She knew no one at [Dwight]", said her mother in an interview, while a classmate described her as "sort of more sophisticated. She was different from everybody else". She later earned a GED certification.

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Youth treatment reform

The release of the documentary This is Paris (2020), in which Hilton spoke about the abuse she endured as a teen in a series of boarding schools such as Provo Canyon School, prompted an increase of interest on #BreakingCodeSilence, a viral movement organized by people who were sent in their youth to a "network of privately owned, powerfully punitive, and often wilderness-based therapy programs, residential treatment centers, therapeutic boarding schools, group homes, boot camps, and faith-based academies". On October 9, 2020, she held a rally outside Provo Canyon School in Utah in protest of alleged abuse and programs for troubled teens.

On February 8, 2021, Hilton appeared before the Utah State Legislature to testify on behalf of a proposed measure that would require more government oversight of youth residential treatment centers and require them to document when they use restraints. During her testimony, Hilton said that she had been emotionally and physically abused during her 11-month stay at Provo Canyon School when she was 17. She accused staffers at Provo School of beating her, subjecting her to strip searches, force-feeding her medication, watching her shower, and sending her to solitary confinement without clothes as punishment. On March 2, the Utah Legislature approved the bill, known as SB127. She has supported similar state legislation in California, Missouri, Oregon, West Virginia, and Michigan. In 2026, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services revoked the license of Provo Canyon School following investigations into the treatment and safety of residents.

On October 20, 2021, Hilton held a press conference at the United States Capitol, with lawmakers Ro Khanna and Jeff Merkley, to advocate for the introduction of a bill of rights with protections for children in such facilities. It was eventually named the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, which aims to "provide greater oversight and data transparency for institutional youth treatment programs and will help identify and prevent institutional child abuse". The bipartisan bill passed both chambers of Congress during the last months of the 118th United States Congress and was signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 23, 2024. In 2022, she appeared before the United States House Committee on Ways and Means to testify on behalf of measures to improve child welfare in the United States.

From Wikipedia’s article on Paris Hilton (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: musician, fashion designer, socialite, businessperson, television actor, disc jockey, film actor, fashion model.6

Known for: 1 Night in Paris.7

Social scene and modeling (1996–2002)

With mother Kathy and sister Nicky, Hilton modeled as a child at charity events, graced the May 4, 1988, cover of the weekly magazine Beverly Hills 213, and made an uncredited appearance in the fantasy film Wishman (1992).

After relocating to NYC in 1996, Hilton developed a reputation as a socialite through appearances at nightclubs and high-profile events. She has recalled getting offers to show up in nightclubs as young as 16, when she obtained a counterfeited identity document to gain access to events. Her antics and late-night persona soon started attracting the spotlight from local tabloids. After becoming familiar with Paris and Nicky's social circle, Jason Binn, publisher of Hamptons magazine, stated: "They're little stars. They've become names. To them, it's like a job. I believe they wake up every morning and say, 'O.K., where am I supposed to be tonight?'."

That lifestyle conflicted with her family's conservative background and proved too "rebellious" for the young Paris, whose parents sent her to a series of boarding schools until she turned 18. Hilton resumed public appearances shortly afterwards and attended the NYC premiere of Cruel Intentions in March 1999 with Nicky. A New Yorker profile by Bob Morris, published in October that year, described her and her sister as "the littlest socialites in town [...] Without even a smile, they can breeze past the velvet ropes at Moomba or get a seat at Le Bilboquet". Businessman George J. Maloof Jr., for instance, flew Hilton in his private jet and paid her to attend the Palms Casino Resort opening in Las Vegas in November 2001.

Inspired by designers Patricia Field and Betsey Johnson, Hilton decided to pursue modeling, signing with Donald Trump's agency, T Management, at age 19. She modeled for Catherine Malandrino and Marc Bouwer, and posed alongside Nicky for David LaChapelle in a shoot that was featured in the September 2000 issue of Vanity Fair. On her persona, LaChapelle stated: "Paris had a charisma back then that you couldn't take your eyes off. She would giggle and laugh and be effervescent and take up a room". By 2001, Hilton had become "one of the biggest stars, off and on the catwalk", at New York Fashion Week, graced an advertising campaign for Italian label Iceberg, and appeared on magazines such as Vogue and FHM.

In addition to modeling, Hilton ventured into screen acting, playing an ill-fated character in the independent teen thriller Sweetie Pie (2000), and filming a cameo appearance as herself in the comedy Zoolander (2001), with Ben Stiller. In 2002, she appeared in Vincent Gallo's "Honey Bunny" video, played a "strung-out supermodel" in the five-minute short QIK2JDG, and starred as a socialite in the straight-to-DVD horror film Nine Lives.

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International stardom (2003–2007)

In February 2003, Paris and Nicky Hilton signed on to be special correspondents for Entertainment Tonight during New York Fashion Week. Together, they briefly played themselves in the mockumentary film Pauly Shore Is Dead and served as penalists in several episodes of the game show Hollywood Squares. That year, she also made cameo appearances in the films Wonderland and The Cat in the Hat, in an episode of Da Ali G Show, and in the Weekend Update segment during the December 6 episode of Saturday Night Live.

Hilton's breakout came in the Fox reality series The Simple Life, in which she starred with her childhood friend and socialite counterpart Nicole Richie. The show was initially pitched to both Paris and Nicky. Paris was convinced to come on board; however, Nicky, being somewhat shy to the limelight at the time, opted out. The series premiered on December 2, 2003, shortly after the leak of Hilton's sex tape, and was a ratings success. Its first episode attracted 13 million viewers, increasing Fox's adult 18–49 rating by 79 percent. The high viewership was attributed to the exposure Hilton received for the homemade tape, while she became known for her onscreen dumb blonde persona.

By 2004, Hilton had taken on a number of supporting and guest-starring roles in feature films and scripted television series such as Raising Helen and The O.C., signed on to appear in a series of advertisement campaigns for Guess, released an autobiography co-written by Merle Ginsberg, Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose, which was seventh on The New York Times Best Seller list, and introduced a lifestyle brand through a purse collection for the Japanese label Samantha Thavasa, a jewelry line sold on Amazon.com, as well as a perfume line in collaboration with Parlux Fragrances. Originally planned for a limited release, high demand for her first fragrance choked supplies but led to increased availability by December 2004. Its introduction was followed by a 47-percent increase in Parlux sales, primarily of the Hilton-branded perfume. After this success, Parlux has released numerous perfumes under her name, including fragrances for men.

In February 2005, Hilton hosted Saturday Night Live, with Keane as the musical guest, and in May, the slasher film House of Wax—her first major film role—was released in theaters, to mixed reviews. Writing for View London, Matthew Turner remarked that Hilton "does better than you might expect", while TV Guide called her "talentless". Her role earned her the Teen Choice Award for Best Scream, the 2005 Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress, and a nomination for Best Frightened Performance at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. House of Wax grossed over US$70 million worldwide. In May 2005, Carl's Jr. aired a television advertisement, promoting its Spicy Burger product, which featured Hilton in a provocative swimsuit soaping up a Bentley automobile. By November 2005, she had published her second book, Your Heiress Diary: Confess It All to Me.

The Simple Life was canceled by Fox in 2005 after three seasons following a dispute between Hilton and Richie. Neither Richie nor Hilton spoke publicly about their split, although it was speculated that they fell out after Richie showed one of Hilton's homemade sex tapes to a group of their friends. They reconciled in October 2006. After The Simple Life was cancelled, other networks (NBC, The WB, VH1 and MTV) were interested in obtaining the rights for new seasons of the show. On November 28, 2005, E! announced that it had picked up The Simple Life, ordering the production of a fourth season and obtaining the rights to repeat the first three seasons. Shooting for the new season began on February 27, 2006. The fourth-season premiere of the show was a ratings success for its new network.

Hilton released her self-titled debut album, Paris, on August 22, 2006. The album reached number six on the Billboard 200, and sold over 600,000 copies worldwide. Its lead single, "Stars Are Blind", found global success. It was played on more than 125 pop stations in the United States, and reached the top ten in 17 countries. Critical reception was generally mixed, but AllMusic called the album "more fun than anything released by Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson".

In 2006, Hilton top-billed as vain, dumb blonde characters in 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 for "some Paris Hilton curiosity value". She reportedly snubbed the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Pledge This! to protest the addition of several nude scenes, which resulted in a production company suing Hilton, alleging that she did not fulfill her contractual agreement to provide "reasonable promotion and publicity" for the film, despite receiving a US$1 million fee for the role. Hilton licensed her name to Gameloft for their 2006 mobile video game Paris Hilton's Diamond Quest.

The Simple Life finished its run with its fifth season, which debuted on May 28, 2007, and ended on August 5, 2007. That year, Hilton introduced her DreamCatchers line of hair extensions with Hair Tech International, signed a licensing agreement with Antebi for a signature footwear line (Paris Hilton Footwear, featuring stilettos, platforms, flats, wedges and a sports collection), and launched a line of tops, dresses, coats and jeans at the Kitson Boutique in Los Angeles. She also graced the cover of the single Tarantula by The Smashing Pumpkins, posed nude (covered with gold paint) to promote "Rich Prosecco", a canned version of the Italian sparkling wine, traveling to Germany to appear in advertisements for the wine, and modeled for 2 B Free.

Screen and business ventures (2008–2011)

The romantic comedy film The Hottie and the Nottie (2008), in which Hilton starred, was a critical and commercial failure. Her next film role, as the surgery-addicted daughter of a biotech magnate (played by Paul Sorvino), in the gothic rock horror musical Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), had a better reception. Despite limited box office returns and mixed reviews, the film achieved cult status and a devoted following. Horror.com described it as "by far Hilton's best role". At the 29th Razzie Awards, she won as Worst Actress for The Hottie and the Nottie and as Worst Supporting Actress for Repo!. She guest-starred in the My Name Is Earl episode "I Won't Die with a Little Help from My Friends" and in the Family Guy episode "I Dream of Jesus". A documentary about Hilton, Paris, Not France, was screened at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and aired on MTV on July 28, 2009.

Hilton co-created, served as an executive producer and hosted Paris Hilton's My New BFF, a competitive reality series about her search for a new best friend, which debuted on MTV on September 30, 2008. The series was a hit and topped all other cable shows in its time slot. That year, she also appeared in two viral Funny or Die videos, Paris Hilton Responds to McCain and Paris Hilton Gets Presidential with Martin Sheen, and, inspired by her love for dogs, created a canine apparel line, Little Lily by Paris Hilton.

As a result of the American version's success, Paris Hilton's British Best Friend debuted on ITV2 in England on January 29, 2009, the second season of Paris Hilton's My New BFF premiered on June 2, and Paris Hilton's Dubai BFF was internationally broadcast on MTV in April 2011. She guest-starred in the fifth episode of Supernatural's fifth season, which aired on October 8, 2009. In 2009, Hilton also released a sunglasses line and a range of hair products that included shampoos, conditioners and vitamins. She won the Female Celebrity Fragrance of the Year Award at the 2009 Fifi Awards.

In February 2010, Hilton participated in an advertising campaign for the Brazilian beer Devassa Bem Loura, whose slogan roughly translates into English as "very blonde bitch". As part of the campaign, she rode the brewery's float in the Rio Carnival. The critically acclaimed documentary Teenage Paparazzo, in which Hilton appeared, aired on HBO on September 27. She had her first voice-over role in the ABC made-for-television film The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation. The film aired on November 28, 2010 and attracted a respectable 2.611 million viewership. That year, Hilton launched a footwear line in Las Vegas and her motorcycle racing team in Spain. Her driver, Maverick Viñales, won the final race and finished third overall in the 2011 125cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

On June 1, 2011, Hilton returned to reality television in Oxygen's The World According to Paris. Focused on her daily life, the series bought in lackluster ratings amid a controversial promotional campaign, which was attributed to her then-fading popularity in North America. Alessandra Stanley, for The New York Times, described her as an "attractive woman with proven talent for marketing and self-promotion, though as a reality heroine she seems a little passé [...] it's hard to see how she can recapture the kind of audience she enjoyed in her heyday—even by streaming her premiere live on Facebook".

In 2011, Hilton modeled for Triton during Brazil Fashion Week and for Andre Tan during Ukraine Fashion Week, and continued her endorsement and retail endeavors, introducing a mobile application, which became available for iPhone and iPod touch, and footwear collections in Mexico City and Istanbul. Beginning in 2011, Hilton opened several boutiques selling her products in Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, India, Philippines, Malaysia, Peru, Colombia, and Chile.

Deejaying (2012–2019)

Hilton made her debut as a disc jockey at Brazil's Pop Music Festival on June 28, 2012. It was heavily panned by the public, attracting negative responses from Deadmau5 and Samantha Ronson. In 2012, she received US$1 million to star in a music video for Korean singer Kim Jang-hoon and US$2 million to appear alongside Arda Turan in a commercial for Turkish fashion label DeFacto, modeled for designers Shane and Falguni Peacock at India Fashion Week, and launched a line of sunglasses in Shanghai.

After appearing in the music video for Rich Gang's song "Tapout" (2013), alongside Lil Wayne, Christina Milian and Nicki Minaj, it was announced that Hilton had signed with Cash Money Records. Under the label, she released three standalone singles—"Good Time" (2013), featuring rapper Lil Wayne, "Come Alive" (2014), and High Off My Love" (2015), featuring Birdman—to moderate commercial success. "Good Time" and "High Off My Love" reached the top 20 and top 5 on the US Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs and Dance Club Songs charts, respectively.

During August 2013, Hilton was a DJ at Amnesia's weekly "Foam and Diamonds" parties on Ibiza. The positive reaction from critics and audiences led to her contract's renewal for the subsequent four years. In November, Hilton won the Best Breakthrough DJ award at the NRJ DJ Awards. In 2013, Hilton appeared in four episodes of the Danish version of Paradise Hotel, for which she was paid US$300,000, and briefly played herself in Sofia Coppola's film The Bling Ring. In addition to appearing in the film, she loaned Coppola her house for two weeks of shooting.

In January 2014, Hilton became a resident DJ at Harrah's Atlantic City's "The Pool After Dark". In March, she unveiled her first real estate project, the Paris Beach Club, in collaboration with Century Properties Group, Inc., at the Azure Urban Resort Residences in Parañaque, the Philippines. In July, she made a cameo appearance in another Carl's Jr. commercial, paying homage to the one in which she starred in 2005. To further her career as a DJ, Hilton embarked on a summer and fall tour consisting of 13 shows in Spain, France, Portugal, South Korea, Colombia and New Jersey. By November 2014, Hilton was the highest-paid female DJ and won as Best Female DJ at the NJR DJ Awards. In December, she performed as a DJ at W Hotel's Art Basel parties in Miami.

In March 2015, Animoca Brands, a mobile game developer from Hong Kong, announced that they had secured a license from Hilton to use her name and likeness to produce mobile games and themes. In June, she performed at Summerfest in Milwaukee in front of 50,000 concert-goers. An online campaign to get her thrown off the bill achieved over 7,000 votes. In 2016, Hilton teamed up with Lidl for a hair care collection.

Between 2017 and 2019, Hilton appeared in the music videos for "Senza Pagare" by Fedez, "Sorry Not Sorry" by Demi Lovato, "I Don't Want It at All" by Kim Petras, "Lil One" by Young Thug and Birdman, and "Flowers" by Gabi DeMartino. During the same period, she frequently served as a runway model for Christian Cowan and The Blonds during New York Fashion Week, and for Philipp Plein during Milan Fashion Week. For April Fools' Day 2017, she starred in a SodaStream's advertisement campaign, promoting NanoDrop, a fictitious sparkling-water product. In June 2017, she launched footwear and home decor lines in Mexico City.

In 2018, Hilton was described as "the centerpiece" of two projects about social media and various personalities' online presence. The documentary The American Meme premiered on Netflix in December 2018, after screening at the Tribeca Film Festival. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 93 rating based on 28 reviews. It was written and directed by Bert Marcus, and she was one of the executive producers. She also hosted Hollywood Love Story, a six-episode series that aired on Viceland. That year, Hilton modeled Kanye West's Yeezy Season 6 collection, released "I Need You" as a digital download on Valentine's Day, which peaked at number 32 on the Dance Club Songs Billboard chart, and launched a 70-piece collection with Boohoo.com, her skincare line, a five-nail polishes line with Nail and Bone, as well as a clothing collection in Mexico.

In 2019, Hilton modeled for Philipp Plein's Plein Sport campaign, was a special guest in the twelfth episode of Germany's Next Topmodel's 14th cycle, and collaborated with Belgian production duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike on "B.F.A. (Best Friend's Ass)", and with vocalist MATTN on "Lone Wolves". "B.F.A" peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart, and at number 25 on Belgium's Ultratop chart, while "Lone Wolves" peaked at 59 on Ultratop. In July 2019, she performed as a DJ in Tomorrowland. She returned to the festival as a performer in 2022, 2023, and 2026.

Resurgence and expansion (2020–2024)

This Is Paris (2020), a YouTube Originals documentary directed by Alexandra Dean, focuses on her personal and professional trajectory. In the film, Hilton revealed her experiences with emotional, verbal and physical abuse while attending a series of boarding schools as a teenager. Unprepared to disclose that information, she trusted Dean's approach and found the process of filming to be a healing space for her. She served as a producer but did not have artistic authority over the production. It received over 16 million views in its first month of release and was deemed a successful "rebranding" of her image.

Between 2020 and 2024, Hilton appeared in advertisement campaigns for Skims, Valentino, Lanvin, Uber Eats, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Klarna, Marc Jacobs, Taco Bell, Grey Goose, NBCUniversal's coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics, MSCHF–Crocs' Big Yellow Boots, Living Proof, and WOW Vegas. With Klarna, she opened a pop-up store which ran from February 23 to 24, 2023 in Los Angeles.

In 2020, Hilton served as a guest judge in the premiere episode of James Charles's YouTube series Instant Influencer, produced and starred in Ramez Silyan's short film Sorry, modeled at Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2, and released a merchandise collection, as well as a single with Lodato, "I Blame You". In 2021, Hilton, who founded Paris Hilton Entertainment in 2006, renamed the company 11:11 Media. The company's divisions include London Audio, in partnership with iHeartMedia, Slivington Manor Entertainment, with an overall deal at Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, and 11:11 Beauty, with Guthy-Renker.

Her podcast I am Paris debuted on February 22, 2021, offering personal content and conversations with her family, friends, and other celebrities. It served as the flagship of several programs produced by Hilton's company, London Audio, and iHeartMedia. The other podcasts were Trapped in Treatment (2022–2023), hosted by Caroline Cole and Rebecca Mellinger, History of the World's Greatest Nightclubs (2023), hosted by Ultra Naté, and My Friend Daisy (2025), hosted by Jenn Swann.

Beginning in 2021, Hilton launched several NFT collections, including one with designer Blake Kathryn, which raked in US$1.5 million. She introduced ParisWorld on Roblox in 2021 and on The Sandbox in 2022. On June 8, 2022, it was announced that she had created a fund for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to support the acquisition of digital art by female artists. She also became an investor in a number of wellness and digital-orientated companies.

Netflix released Cooking with Paris on August 4, 2021. It was a six-part reality series which she hosted and co-produced. It received lukewarm reviews from critics, who considered it a "fun but pointless" production, and briefly entered Netflix's daily Top 10 rankings. Her next reality series, Peacock's Paris in Love (2021–2023), soon followed, premiering on November 11, the day she married Carter Reum. For both Cooking with Paris and Paris in Love, Hilton won the Best Reality Return at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards.

In 2022, Hilton released a tracksuits line, a sunglasses collection with Quay Australia, and a housewares collection on Amazon. She voiced herself in four episodes of the YouTube animated web series Rainbow High, and modeled for Versace at Milan Fashion Week. That year, she performed "Stars Are Blind", alongside Christina Aguilera and Mya, at the Los Angeles Pride festival, as well as with Miley Cyrus and Sia, on NBC's Miley's New Year's Eve Party. On December 30, 2022, Hilton released an updated version of the song, "Stars Are Blind (Paris' Version)", exclusively to Amazon Music, which was followed by another version featuring vocals by Kim Petras on June 2, 2023. She featured in Petras' single "All She Wants", from the album Problématique (2023).

In Alone At Night, a horror film released on January 20, 2023, Hilton played a television host. Her third book, Paris: The Memoir, was published on March 14, 2023, by HarperCollins. She described it as a continuation of "this whole path of self-discovery" that started with her 2020 documentary. It debuted at number three on the New York Times Best Sellers list, in the combined print and e-book nonfiction section, selling 13,640 print copies. By October 2023, the book had sold 46,637 print copies in the United States.

Hilton launched Parisland on The Sandbox in February 2023, and Slivingland on Roblox in August 2023. By February 2024, Slivingland had been visited by over 3.4 million users and reportedly "drove a staggering US$60 million in earned media ad equivalency" on Roblox. In 2023, she held her first concert at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, recorded the single "Hot One", collaborated with Steve Aoki on "Lighter", modeled for Mugler at Paris Fashion Week, and released a cookware collection with Walmart.

Hilton's sophomore album, Infinite Icon, was released under 11:11 Media on September 6, 2024, 18 years after Paris (2006). An electro-infused dance-pop record, it was co-produced by Sia. The album peaked within the top 40 on the US Billboard 200 and the UK Independent Albums Chart. To promote Infinite Icon, she released three singles—"I'm Free" (featuring Rina Sawayama), "Chasin'" (featuring Meghan Trainor), and "BBA" (featuring Megan Thee Stallion)—made an appearance during Trainor's The Timeless Tour at Madison Square Garden, and headlined a concert at the Hollywood Palladium. Sia and Hilton's collaborative single, "Fame Won't Love You", was featured on both Reasonable Woman and Infinite Icon.

Hilton reunited with Nicole Richie for Paris & Nicole: The Encore, a three-episode miniseries released on Peacock on December 12, 2024, in which they attempt to produce an opera performance. That month, she performed renditions of "Turn It Up" and "BBA" at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2024, and made an appearance in Demi Lovato's A Very Demi Holiday Special.

Recent works (2025–present)

In 2025, Hilton launched Parivie, a skin care line, hosted and produced Inclusive by Design, a YouTube series following renovations at her house, and served as an executive producer on Paris & Pups, an animated children's program also released on YouTube. That year, she was a spokesperson for the launch of T-Mobile and Baby Three's limited‑edition No Filter Series collection, appearing at T‑Mobile's Times Square store to greet and meet attendees.

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Personal life

  • BornFeb 17, 1981, New York City8
  • CitizenshipUnited States9
  • ResidenceMulholland Estates10
  • SpousesEdward Furlong11; Carter Reum married 202111 12
  • Children213 14

Throughout Hilton's adulthood, numerous aspects of her personal life—particularly, her uninhibited and extravagant jet set lifestyle, her extensive list of friendships, relationships and romantic associations with other high-profile figures, heavy partying, and reported instances of inappropriate behavior—have drawn widespread media attention and public disapproval. She has disclosed having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Hilton is known for her love of small dogs, and has had a female Chihuahua named Tinkerbell among many other pets. Hilton was frequently seen carrying Tinkerbell (dubbed an "accessory dog") at social events and functions, and in all five seasons of television reality show The Simple Life. In April 2015, it was reported that Tinkerbell had died at age 14. In one of her properties, Hilton had a 300-square-foot house with air conditioning, heating, and designer furniture built for her pets at an estimated cost of US$325,000.

Hilton resides in Beverly Park, and owns a house in Mulholland Estates, and a penthouse in Manhattan. Her oceanfront property in Malibu was destroyed by the Palisades Fire in January 2025.

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Relationships and family

In 2000, a then-19-year-old Hilton drew attention from tabloids when she and Leonardo DiCaprio were seen together on the New York City late-night circuit. That led to one of her first magazine profiles, with Vanity Fair, in which she denied that they were involved. She dated actor Edward Furlong in 2000, and poker player Rick Salomon, with whom she filmed her sex tape, in 2001. From 2002 to 2003, Hilton was romantically involved with fashion model Jason Shaw; she revealed in 2023 that she became pregnant during that relationship, but decided to have an abortion. She had a seven-month partnership with singer Nick Carter in 2004. In his 2013 autobiography, Carter wrote: "Paris was the worst person in the world for me to hook up with. [She] fed my worst impulses as far as partying."

Hilton started dating Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis in December 2004, and they became engaged seven months later. In November 2005, they called the wedding off. She next had a relationship with another Greek heir, Stavros Niarchos, whom she dated on and off between December 2005 and March 2007. Hilton dated Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden from February until November 2008. An on-and-off relationship with The Hills star Doug Reinhardt followed, but they broke up definitively in April 2010. She next had a one-year relationship with Las Vegas nightclub owner Cy Waits. She dated Spanish model River Viiperi between 2012 and 2014, and businessman Thomas Gross between 2015 and 2016. Actor Chris Zylka proposed to her in January 2018, during a vacation in Aspen, after one year of dating. They called off their engagement in November 2018.

In December 2019, Hilton started a courtship with businessman Carter Reum. After becoming engaged on February 13, 2021, Hilton and Reum were married in Los Angeles on November 11. They have a son and a daughter born via surrogacy in January and November 2023, respectively.

Privacy and safety

Sex tape

In 2003, a sex tape featuring Hilton and then-boyfriend Rick Salomon was leaked onto the Internet shortly before the premiere of The Simple Life. Salomon filed a lawsuit against the company that distributed the tape, and against the Hilton family, whom he accused of tarnishing his reputation by suggesting that he had exploited Hilton. Hilton later sued the company that released the tape, Kahatani Ltd., for US$30 million for violation of privacy and emotional distress.

Under the title 1 Night in Paris, Salomon began distributing the tape himself in April 2004 through the adult film company Red Light District Video. In July 2004, Salomon dropped his lawsuit against the Hilton family after Paris Hilton's privacy lawsuit was thrown out of court. Salomon and Red Light District Video agreed to pay Hilton US$400,000 plus a percentage of the tape's sale profit. In 2013, Hilton claimed she never made money off her sex tape: "[I] never made a dollar. I make enough money in nice ways. My fragrance [line] makes enough, I don't need to worry about that."

Bling Ring

Between 2008 and 2009, Hilton's house was burgled several times by the Bling Ring, a group of fashion-motivated thieves. She was the group's first and main celebrity target, with a majority of the stolen property belonging to her. They reportedly burgled Hilton's residence seven times. It was not until nearly US$2 million were stolen in jewellery, clothing, cash, and other items from Hilton that she made a report. She allowed Sofia Coppola to shoot some scenes for The Bling Ring (2013) at her house.

Leaks and hacks

On February 20, 2005, private data from Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick—including photos, phone numbers, e‑mails, and voicemail access—was posted online. A 17-year old juvenile in Massachusetts pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 11 months of detention.

On January 22, 2007, Hilton's private life became public on ParisExposed.com, a website with images of personal documents, video and other material allegedly obtained when the contents of a storage locker rented by Hilton were auctioned in lieu of a US$208 payment. The website, which charged for online access to the material, had 1.2 million visitors in just over 40 hours. Among its contents were medications, diaries, photographs, contracts, love letters and a video shot by Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild, in which Hilton repeats racist and homophobic slurs. Hilton obtained a temporary injunction against ParisExposed.com which shut down the website.

On September 20, 2012, an audio of what was perceived as homophobic comments made by Hilton leaked online. Following the public backlash, she issued an apology through GLAAD.

Stalking

In August 2010, Nathan Lee Parada was arrested after security guards spotted him wielding two knives outside Hilton's house. He was found guilty on one felony count of attempted first-degree residential burglary and was sentenced to two years in state prison. In October 2010, James Rainford bicycled past guards at the entrance to her gated community, went to her house, and began pounding on her door. He was arrested and received three years' probation, along with a restraining order from Hilton. In April 2011, Rainford was arrested a second time for attacking her boyfriend Cy Waits outside Van Nuys Superior Court, where Hilton was headed to testify against Nathan Lee Parada, and he was arrested again in July outside a Malibu, California beach house she was renting. He was charged with two felony stalking counts and three misdemeanor counts of disobeying a court order, but a judge found him to be "mentally incompetent to stand trial" and he was sent to a state mental hospital.

Between 2013 and 2015, an "obsessed fan" repeatedly attempted to contact Hilton, by flying a plane over Malibu displaying proposal banners, and posing as a flower deliveryman to gain access to her gated community, where he left her a classic Cadillac. In February 2014, a German citizen, who was completely covered with tattoos of Hilton and appeared to be "extremely drunk", was arrested after he reportedly went to her house "to see her". In December 2014, Hilton filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department after receiving anti-Semitic messages and death threats on social media from a man who believed she was Jewish.

Between 2015 and 2017, Hilton was the target of an identity theft scheme by Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan, who used Hilton's credit cards to book a party at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel worth around US$53,000, pretended to be her in emails to her employees, convincing them to transfer US$106,000 to her account, and hacked her sister Nicky and father Rick Hilton in an attempt to gain passwords to various other accounts. She also stole nude photos of Hilton from her iCloud account. Bkhchadzhyan was arrested in 2017 for bank fraud conspiracy, and was later sentenced to 57 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution.

Wealth

According to Forbes, Hilton earned about US$2 million between 2003 and 2004, US$6.5 million between 2004 and 2005, US$7 million between 2005 and 2006, and US$8 million between 2008 and 2009. By 2011, CNN.com reported Hilton's annual earnings to be over US$10 million.

In December 2007, Hilton's grandfather Barron Hilton pledged 97 percent of his estate (the Hilton family fortune) to a charitable organization founded by her great-grandfather Conrad Hilton: the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. As a result, his grandchildren's inheritance was reduced. An immediate pledge of US$1.2 billion (proceeds from the sale of Hilton Hotels Corporation) was made, with a further US$1.1 billion due after his death. Barron cited the actions of his father, Conrad Hilton, as the motivation for his pledge. Conrad had also left the majority of his estate to the foundation, and Barron contested his father's will to regain a sizable amount of Hilton company stock in a settlement.

Hilton's real estate holdings are valued at over US$70 million. Her primary residence in Beverly Park was purchased for US$63 million in 2025. Much of her wealth comes from her business endeavours and endorsements, with estimated product sales of over US$4 billion. Her company, 11:11 Media, is valued at over US$1 billion, as of 2025. Her regular fees for both DJing and personal appearances in parties and events have been reported to be between US$250,000 and US$1 million. In 2009, for instance, Hilton, 50 Cent and Lenny Kravitz received US$4 million for the 51st-birthday party of Ed Hardy founder Christian Audigier, and in 2014, she earned US$2.7 million for four nights' work—US$347,000 an hour—as part of her two-month residence in Ibiza.

From Wikipedia’s article on Paris Hilton (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Philanthropy

As a public figure, Hilton has been a guest at fundraising events, children's hospitals, and orphanages. She has been involved with the Starlight Children's Foundation and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and is listed on the "First Families" of the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, which means she has donated US$100,000 or more to the hospital. In 2008, a room at the hospital was named in her honor, and for her charitable efforts, Starlight and the American Humane Association have awarded Hilton the 2011 Heart of Gold Award, and the 2014 National Humanitarian Award, respectively.

Hilton supported the LGBT rights organization NOH8 in 2011, raised US$100,000 for children with disabilities in Ibiza in 2015, and donated 50 of her personal items to the Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the Starlight Children's Foundation in 2017.

In October 2018, Hilton hosted Rock The Runway, an event benefitting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and The Sasha Project LA. 20 percent of the proceeds from her 2018 five-nail polishes line with Nail and Bone goes to Animal Haven, a New York-based non-profit rescue group. In June 2019, Hilton was part of the annual, all-female Cash & Rocket auto rally, which took place across Europe and raised money for Sumbandila, The Helen Bamber Foundation and Dream for Future Africa Foundation.

With Understood.org, Hilton partnered for ADHD Awareness Month in October 2024, and co-produced the web series Inclusive By Design (2025), which focused on creating an ADHD-friendly environment at her residence. She co-wrote the song "ADHD", included on her second album Infinite Icon (2024), and published op-eds about the condition on Teen Vogue and Fortune. In March 2026, she collaborated with Collegium Pharmaceutical for the "Embrace Your Sparkle" campaign.

In January 2026, Hilton volunteered at the Pasadena Humane Society, and held a press conference at the Capitol, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Laurel Lee, to advocate for the DEFIANCE Act, which would allow victims of AI-generated explicit images to sue creators. She worked with journalist Laurie Segall on Searching for Mr. Deepfakes, a digital investigative documentary series that identifies the alleged operator of a deepfake pornography website, based on a multi‑year journalistic investigation. This project, released on Hilton's TikTok account on May 27, 2026, was accompanied by a dedicated resource hub, BeyondMrDeepfakes.com, created as a pathway for people "who had experienced non-consensual intimate imagery or wanted to learn how to protect themselves". The documentary 4000 Days (2026), which Hilton executive produced, focused on three families' fight for legislative change following the death of their sons from fraternity hazing.

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Humanitarian relief

In March 2011, Hilton participated at the American Red Cross run to benefit relief effort in Japan following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, hosted by actor Josh Duhamel in Santa Monica, California. In November 2017, she visited San Gregorio Atlapulco, Mexico, where she handed out food and clothes to the affected families following the Central Mexico earthquake, donated merchandise and a sum of US$350,000 to help rebuild seven homes that were affected. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hilton performed a DJ set at the virtual music festival #TrillerFest, to drive donations for No Kid Hungry and Music Cares, and a portion of the proceeds from her merchandise collection went to Frontline Foods and local restaurants feeding frontline workers.

Following the 2025 Palisades Fire, Hilton launched an emergency fund through Community Organized Relief Effort and made an initial contribution of US$100,000. It raised over US$800,000 in 72 hours, with US$150,000 being granted to GoFundMe's Wildfire Relief Fund. She created an effort called the Back in Business Recovery Fund, in collaboration with GoFundMe, aimed at helping women-owned small businesses rebuild following the fires. She contributed US$350,000, with a goal to raise over US$1 million. She produced and hosted a six-part YouTube series about the initiative. She also volunteered at Baby2Baby.

From Wikipedia’s article on Paris Hilton (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Awards

  • 2010Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress of the Decade15
  • 2008Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress15
  • 2008Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble15
  • 2008Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress15
  • 2005Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress15

Planes and yachts

A position is the aircraft’s or vessel’s, not the person’s. Being on board isn’t confirmed.

Flight data: adsb.lol (ODbL) & ADSB.fi. Flights, photos and icons: CelebPlanes. Maps: Esri.

Flight and yacht reports

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