Paris Hilton, born on 17th February 1981, heiress to the Hilton empire, model and co-star of hit TV show "The Simple life":

Sex Video? Check. Blonde hair? Check. Lots of money? Check. Welcome to route one to launching a celebrity career. Paris Hilton's famous "one night in Paris" video seems to have done little to harm her career. Is this perhaps due to the artistic night vision camera work that seems to take its influence from "Silence of the Lambs"? Or perhaps its down to the fine acting?

It is easy to stereotype Paris Hilton as a rich blonde airhead with all the personality and charm of a Skoda. Whilst Paris certainly isn't the next Mother Teresa nor is she the next Jenna Jameson. Apart from her video Paris is famous for appearing in tv series "The Simple Life". The premise of this show is that two rich girls learn what it is like to live with "ordinary" people whilst having their credit cards and other luxuries taken away. To be fair to Paris she doesn't show the obnoxious arrogance that you would expect from a rich girl. She does demonstrate a certain charm and humility. In doing so she gets her audience believing she is just an ordinary girl after all. The social faux pas she makes are generally more down to naivety than malice. Although she seems harmless you get the impression that the show is just a game to her and she is playing all the time. Would Paris go back and work on a farm if she weren't being paid to be there? Probably not. Perhaps then this is social awareness born out of financial greed.

The problem is that Paris knows that no matter what happens her fortune won't go away she can always fall back on it. Its like swimming in the sea when you're little and you know your dad is just a few metres away ready to save you if you falter. That safety net is ever present and removes the risk out of a lot of what Paris does. She will let herself be subjected to working on a farm but knows ultimately that show will end and she will go back to her mansion. The worst thing that could happen would be that the show gets panned. An ordinary person who makes a mistake at work risks getting fired and that affects their livelihood and their existence.

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