Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American heiress of the Hilton Hotel fortune, a socialite, model and actress. She is commonly described as a celebutante, a portmanteau of 'celebrity and debutante', in other words "famous for being famous."
She was born in New York City, the eldest of four children born to Richard Hilton and Kathy Richards. Her sister and brothers are Nicky Hilton, Barron Hilton and Conrad Hilton.
Her paternal grandparents are Barron Hilton and Marilyn Hawley. He was the second child of Hilton Hotel founder Conrad Hilton and Mary Barron. Her granduncles are Conrad "Nicky" Hilton and Eric Hilton, and her grandaunt is Francesca Hilton, whose mother is Zsa Zsa Gabor. The family worth of Barron Hilton and his descendants is estimated at over US$335,000,000, with Paris expected to inherit over US$50,000,000.
On the maternal side of her family, Hilton is a niece of two popular Disney child stars of the 1970s and 1980s, Kim Richards and Kyle Richards, who appeared in the motion picture Escape to Witch Mountain and TV shows like Nanny and the Professor, Little House on the Prairie and ER.
Hilton moved between several homes in her youth, including a suite in the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and the Hamptons. After secondary education, she decided not to go to college. Instead, she worked as a fashion model for Catherine Malandrino and Marc Bouwer, and on an ad campaign for Italian label Iceberg. Hilton's natural hair color is blonde, but became brown as she got older, and her natural eye color is brown.
