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Paris Hilton was born on February 17, 1981 to the rich and famous Hilton family, founders and owners of the Hilton hotels. Her parents Rick and Kathy Hilton also had another daughter, Nikki (born in 1983), who shares in the family fortune with Paris. The Hilton family's patriach was Conrad Hilton, Sr. His son, Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, Jr. was Elizabeth Taylor's first husband.
Paris Hilton and Nikki Hilton were raised in family properties such as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York and Hilton hotels in the Hamptons and Beverly Hills. After graduating from high school, Paris avoided going to college and by the year 2000 began a series of adventures and misadventures sure to make her world-famous.
Paris Hilton landed traditional modeling assignments for high profile designers including Catherine Malandrino and Marc Bouwer. However, she also posed for layouts in famous magazines such as GQ, FHM, and Vanity Fair.
Paris Hilton's love life has probably drawn more attention than any other aspect of her adult activities. She has been paired up with Leonardo diCaprio, Edward Furlong, Oscar de la Hoya, Jason Shaw, and the notorious Rick Solomon. Solomon betrayed Hilton's trust by selling a videotape he made of one of their intimate encounters.
Paris Hilton has appeared in small film roles for "Zoolander" and "The Hillz" and starred in the pseudo-reality series The Simple Life (inspired by the 1960s sit-com Green Acres). Other interests have included starting a cosmetics line, fashion line, jewelry line, and modeling agency. She has also been both plaintiff and defendent in several high profile civil lawsuits for defamation and copyright infringement.