Hilton published her debut book, Confessions of an Heiress (2004), which became a New York Times Best Seller, landed her first major film role in the horror remake House of Wax (2005) and released her self-titled debut studio album, Paris (2006), which reached number six on the Billboard 200, and respectively produced the successful single ' Stars Are Blind'. In 2003, a leaked 2001 sex tape with her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, later released as 1 Night in Paris, catapulted her into global fame, and the reality television series The Simple Life, in which she starred with her friend and socialite counterpart Nicole Richie, started its five-year run on Fox, reaching 13 million viewers.
After David LaChapelle photographed her and her sister Nicky for the September 2000 issue of Vanity Fair, Hilton was proclaimed 'New York's leading It Girl' in 2001. She ventured into modeling at age 19, signing with Donald Trump's agency Trump Model Management. She first attracted tabloid attention in the late 1990s, when she became a fixture in NYC's late-night scene. Born in New York City, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California, Hilton is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels. Paris Whitney Hilton Reum (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, socialite, businesswoman, model, singer, DJ, and actress.
