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Peak net worth : $300million
Current net worth : $300million
“Famous for being famous”
New York born, Paris Hilton, the spoiled heiress to the Hilton Hotel franchise had been the queen bee of an era, the 25-year- old in a Bentley, the Vanity Fair-covering, singing -"Stars Are Blind", sex-tape-starring, was the favourite of paparazzis in the mid-00s.
Before there were influencers, there was Paris Hilton. We know her by her flat baby voice, the tiny, shimmering outfits, the faux ditziness, calling everything cool with the catchphrase ‘that’s hot’. She is a DJ, singer, socialite, model, reality tv star, actress, businesswoman and whatnot, So yes she is “famous for being famous”.
The Paris Game
The Sex Tape
Hilton grabbed attention of media after the leak of her sex tape with her then-boyfreind Rick Salomon in 2003, shortly before the December premiere of her reality show ‘The Simple Life’. Though she denied the consent for the release of ‘sex tape’ and subsequently Salomon filed a suit against Hilton for defamation. Afterwards Paris sued him back for violation of privacy and distress. However, In the end, the matter was settled out of court after Salomon and Red Light District Video agreed to pay Hilton $400,000 plus a percentage of the tape's sale profit titled as “1 Night In Paris”.
Attention with millions of dollars well this is hot !
Trip to Jail
Hilton was arrested in September 2006 on a DUI charge and sentenced to 36 months probation and had her license revoked. Again in February 2007, she was pulled over for speeding and having no headlights on. Later was ordered to serve a 23 day stint at California’s Lynnwood Correctional Facility. Due to an undisclosed medical condition, she served 3 day prison in lieu of 23 days. But got highlighted and was forced to complete the sentence.
Did a lot to make this image - ‘A rich spoilt non caring brat’
But why ?
This was the Paris Hilton we knew until her documentary ‘This is Paris’ was released in the year 2020. She went through hell in her teenage life then after turning 18, she started raking in the dough and never looked back. She confesses in the documentary that she has been abused, traumatized, both physically and emotionally during the 11 months she attended Provo Canyon School, a Utah boarding school and subsequently she made this image of her in response to trauma.
Thereafter, due to this image, nobody believed her when she was devastated either by sex tape leak or while being imprisoned but was criticised mercilessly for every move she made.
Even in response to her confessions people said that she is doing this to gain sympathy. Might be the Paris game or might be not but who else does not love the attention, over and above who else can bear constant & boundless criticism.
Loss of 97% Inheritance
Paris’ net worth could be 97% more i.e $2.3 billion + $300 million = $2.6 billions, but her grandfather, Barron Hilton changed his mind of leaving his $4.5 billion fortune to his family in 2007 when Paris embarrassed him with her antics. Barron died in 2019, and his will instructed 97% of his fortune to be given in charity.
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