Paris Hilton

Many people have the impression that heiress Paris Hilton is actually spoiled and does not work for a living, but actually, that is very wrong. They tend to assume that fact because that’s the image she often portrays in public, but in real life, she has been making her own money since she was 18 years old.

Back then, Paris used to earn her money by doing photo shoots for magazines. She even made money by simply appearing at night clubs and partying. But after the success of the TV show “Simple Life” and the release of a sex tape by her ex-boyfriend, Rick Solomon, she became very famous in the United States and worldwide. Read more...

In  Esquire  magazine’s regular “What I’ve Learned” section, heiress, celebutante and overall media princess Paris Hilton hands out a few nuggets of wisdom. It’s not surprising that someone as saturated in the limelight can have some pretty out-there ideas about herself. Nonetheless, anything that comes out of Paris’s pink, puckered mouth is very amusing to us regular folk, at the very least.

Here are just a few excerpts from the section:

“ There are definitely a lot of misconceptions about me out there. ‘Oh, she doesn't work. She doesn't do anything. She just gets money from her family.’ That's not true at all. I was up making phone calls at seven in the morning, and I'll be working until 1:00 A.M.”

“ I was the oldest granddaughter. Everyone was so excited that I was born; they would always take pictures of me. My grandma would call me Marilyn Monroe or Grace Kelly. Ever since I was little, it's what I knew I wanted to do--be a blond icon.”

“Once I've worn a dress, I can never wear it again. I give them to charities and they auction them off to help people with breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS. Some that are really, really special, I keep in storage for my daughters. They'll be vintage by then. I think my daughters will love them.” Read more...