Paris Whitney Hilton, simply known as Paris Hilton, is a famous American singer, actress, fashion designer, television producer, as well as an entrepreneur. Paris Hilton grabbed the attention of the public in 2003, when her sex tape featuring Rick Salomon, who was her boyfriend at the time, was leaked to the media. That same year, Hilton appeared alongside Nicole Richie in a reality television series called “The Simple Life”, which focused on Richie’s and Hilton’s attempts to take up low-paying jobs. Over the years, the show proved to be a huge success, as a result of which numerous international versions were produced, in Germany, the United Kingdom, Estonia and Italy among many countries. For her appearance on the show, Paris Hilton was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in 2004. In addition to that, “The Simple Life” inspired the release of such spin-off series as “Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive” with Kourtney Kardashian and George Foreman III, “Princess Nikki”, “I Want to Be a Hilton” and “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF”. The latter reality show aired on screens in 2008, with the premise of Hilton trying to find her new “best friend forever” or BFF. The show managed to generate a decent amount of public attention, which resulted in such spin-off series’ as “Paris Hilton’s British Best Friend” and “Paris Hilton’s Dubai BFF”. More recently, in 2011 Hilton appeared in another reality series entitled “The World According to Paris”, in which she co-starred with Jennifer Rovero, Kathy Hilton, Brooke Mueller and Lexie Dreyfus.
Paris Hilton Net Worth $110 Million
A well-known reality television star, how rich is Paris Hilton? According to sources, in 2012, she earned as much as $1 million for appearing in a Korean pop video, while in 2013, she added a sum of $10 million from various product sales, such as handbags, perfumes and watches. That same year, Hilton made $300,000 for appearing in the “Paradise Hotel” series, and $350,000 for a DJ performance. In regards to her overall wealth, Paris Hilton’s net worth is estimated to be $110 million.
Paris Hilton was born in 1981 in New York, United States, but moved a lot as a teenager, hence she briefly lived in the Hamptons, and Beverly Hills. When her family settled down in Los Angeles, she went to study at Buckley School, yet her family moved out once again, this time to New York. In New York she enrolled in the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Hilton started her career as a model when she joined the “T Management” modeling agency, which was founded by Donald Trump. This helped her get roles in such films as “Zoolander” with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, and Andrew Green’s “Nine Lives”, where she played the main character Jo. Hilton rose to prominence with “The Simple Life”, which earned her a lot of public exposure. Since then, she has been featured in such television and film projects as “Saturday Night Live”, “House of Wax”, where she co-starred alongside Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray and Jared Padalecki, “Bottoms Up” and Darren Lynn Bousman’s “Repo! The Genetic Opera”.
A famous celebrity, Paris Hilton has an estimated net worth of $110 million.
