Paris Whitney Hilton is an American celebutante, television personality, actress, singer, model, and businesswoman.

She is known for her appearance on the television series The Simple Life, her several minor film roles (most notably her role in the horror film House of Wax in 2005),

her 2004 tongue-in-cheek autobiography, her 2006 album Paris, her work in modeling, and her appearance in a sex tape in 2003. As a result of several legal incidents, Hilton also served a widely publicized sentence in a Los Angeles County jail facility in 2007

Hilton has worked as a model, actress, musician, and engaged in sometime business pursuits. Accor

ding to Forbes Magazine, she earned approximately $2 million in 2003–2004, $6.5 million in 2004–2005, and $7 million in 2005–2006

Hilton began modeling as a child, initially at charity events.] When she was 19, she signed with Donald Trump’s modeling agency, T Management. Hilton has also worked with Ford Models in New York, Models 1 Agency in London, Nous Model Management in Los Angeles, and Premier Model Management in London. She has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns, including Iceberg Vodka, GUESS, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, and Marciano. In 2001, Hilton began to develop a reputation as a socialite, being identified as “New York’s leading It Girl” whose fame was beginning to “extend beyond the New York tabloids”. She has appeared in several magazines, including the April 2004 issue of Maxim.

In 2007, after watching a graphic video about animals raised for their fur, Hilton announced her support of

vegetarianism and her opposition to wearing fur. Hilton said:
“ From that point [after witnessing the video shown by Heather Mills], I’ve never worn fur and I never will. I also haven’t eaten any meatsince….I was grossed out. It was disgusting”

On August 6, 2008, Paris appeared in a 1 minute 50 second long video, “Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad”, directed by Adam McKay and posted on the Funny or Die website.

The video featured Paris in a parody advertisement, and was made in response to a television campaign advert “Celeb”, broadcast in 11 US states by the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign. In Celeb, McCain briefly compared his rival Barack Obama to that of celebrities such as Paris and Britney Spears, and goes on to question his readiness to lead and criticise his energy policy

Paris Hilton has been quoted as saying that she is the “iconic blonde of the decade”‘ and compared herself to Princess

Diana and Marilyn Monroe (a claim she denied in the May 2007 issue of Harper’s Bazaar).She appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Records as the world’s “Most Overrated Celebrity”. In a poll conducted by the Associated Press and AOL, Hilton was voted the second “Worst Celebrity Role Model of 2006″, behind Britney Spears. Critics suggest that Hilton epitomizes the title of famous for being famous; echoing that sentiment, the Associated Press conducted what they called an experiment in February 2007, trying not to report on Hilton for a whole week.

Hilton recently posed nude, covered in gold paint, to promote “Rich Prosecco”, a canned version of an Italian sparkling wine