This post is written as part of AOL Money & Finance's Best & Worst 2006. If you believe Paris Hilton makes too much money, cast your vote.
Socialite, singer, actress, and model, Paris Hilton is an heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune. Already a celebrity in Manhattan and Los Angeles nightlife circles, she came to wide attention for starring in the reality television program The Simple Life, and for the infamous sex video that was leaked onto the Internet. She is also the niece of former child stars Kim and Kyle Richards, who appeared in the film Escape to Witch Mountain, and also distantly related to actresses Zsa Zsa Gabor and Elizabeth Taylor.
Hilton grew up in homes in Beverly Hills and the Hamptons, as well as a suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. She dropped out of high school, but earned a GED, and did not go on to college. Besides starring in The Simple Life, she has also had cameo appearances in television programs such as The OC and Veronica Mars, in music videos by Eminem and John Oates, starred in a TV commercial for the Carl's Jr. burger restaurant chain, and made numerous appearances at red carpet events. Her role in the film House of Wax earned her a Worst Supporting Actress Razzie Award in 2005.
She is the founder of Heiress Records, a record label whose only release is a Paris Hilton album. Her other projects include a line of jewelry, a chain of nightclubs, and a New York Times bestselling book of advice for would-be heiresses. In 2004 she participated in a campaign to encourage young people to vote, though it was later revealed that she hadn't bothered to register to vote herself.
While she has been quoted comparing herself to blonde icons Princess Diana and Marilyn Monroe, she will reportedly appear in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most overrated celebrity.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
12-22-2006 @ 12:43PM
kevin knapp said...
paris hilton is a symptom of this brain dead country.
in the past 45 years we have gone from john kennedy
to the current rodeo clown we have now.in the past 45
years we have gone from the likes of the beatles and
jimi hendrix to this no talent bimbo.a society gets
the entertainment it deserves,but this stupid slut is
beyond belief.....happy holidays america....
p.s.dont get me going on the fox network.....too much
to say on that issue.......
12-28-2006 @ 10:46PM
V. Garcia said...
By even talking about this give PH and other alike the exposure needed for them to laugh all the way to the bank... - But after all THIS IS AMERICA ** THE LAND OF THE FREE. Democracy, like every thing in life, has its goods and bads. For some this might be bad, but for them is fantastic! Ignorant they are not - they are taking full advantage ($$$$$) of their so called "TALENT". Think about it.
12-28-2006 @ 9:15AM
Jimbo said...
come on she is a total retard.......and way to skinny,,,no bod at all,,,
12-28-2006 @ 10:16AM
William Graham said...
I believe those who saying bads things about Paris are the real jercks.They wish they could be her.Get a live!
12-28-2006 @ 11:28AM
Elgin said...
I have reviewed positives issues about Paris and not one comes close of contributing anything but disgrace. Everything she has done proves had stupid and discussing as a rich bitch. How can a no talented singer actor and business owner make it todays world if it wasn,t for her inherted money. Anyone of you who think you can make it as she has without her money Good Luck. Only people who are in the right position to scarff off some of her unearned money is even making her look more stupid and laughing on the way to the bank.
If she wasn't such a slut why would she not make her family proud by working for the needed vs the greedy. Give something back be proud of who you are and give the Hilton name something but a untalanted stupid porno slut.
12-28-2006 @ 12:50PM
JT said...
As for the word Scion in #5,...Scion means decendant, not Patriarch of the family.
And as far as Paris goes,...maybe she has great andlers, or maybe she is brilliant, but if she were a stock, I'd probably invest in her. Movie and TV appearances, CD, reality show,...whether you like her or not, she's successful.
She's done more than most celebrity debutantes. You and I don't really know anything about her except what has been edited and served up by Paperazzi and the media.
JT
12-28-2006 @ 2:18PM
Paris said...
Thanks to everyone who has posted on this. I get a little more wealthy every time you pay attention to me. haha That's Hot
12-30-2006 @ 8:08AM
YMMIT NILBOD LEGOV said...
All,
The girl is a handful, but heck, she's cute as a button and has a great racket that we all wish we had. She is paid just to show up at places so they can be mentioned in the National Color-Sections (What the rich and famous are doing), Heck, I'd love to party with Paris and her friends at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.
I look forward to her new crazy shenanigans in 2007. Paris, more free sex videos would be very nice; you are extremely sexy.
Paris, if you want to meet a 51 year old guy, who been happily married to the same girl for 30 years and has raised 2 daughters for some heavy partying; please email me at tdvogel@aol/com
Happy New Year to you and all your loved ones!
12-30-2006 @ 10:18PM
Dark Angel said...
Hayley is right. Shes definatly having her father handle all the work while she posing-pretty at some party. Not only that, but shes being a HORRIBLE inspriation to Britney Spears! (I mean, I hate her but I feel SORRY that Britney has to go through this.) Britney Spears is Partying like theres no tommorow while the baby is like "WTF man? Where are you?" Shes also a horrible inspriation to girls all around the world. Her "Skinny, Hot look" is killing a little girl every 10 seconds! WHY SHOULD SHE GET PAID BY HER OWN FATHER IF SHE IS KILLING INNOCENT CHILDREN. Bad Paris, go play with your barbie dolls.
XP
12-30-2006 @ 1:55PM
K.Haughey said...
I am so sick of shallow,rich bitches like Paris Hilton who get by on their status alone and not their integrity. All I ever see her do is strut around like she is some kind of princess.
Why can't she do something positive to help unfortunate situations and people with her millions instead of buying diamond necklaces for that pathetic looking dog of hers????
12-30-2006 @ 7:20PM
Gwyn said...
Paris Hilton is nothing but a plain and simple pathetic SLUT. I agree that she'd be working behnd the fast food counter if she hadn't inherited money that insulates her from the competitiveness of the market place. I doubt if she could even GET a job at Walmart, because she's so spoiled and narcisistic. She is "idolized" by other stupid and totally worthless people who produce nothing of value for anyone else and who create an increasingly coarsened society with no values but physical and mental pleasure, pure and simple. No WONDER the Muslims detest us and our society. She simply repulses meand the brainless morons to watch and read about her are likewise despicable. I mean, who cares????
12-30-2006 @ 7:47PM
Robin said...
Paris Hilton is overrated. The most overrated celeb of the year. I don't know where she came from and don't care anything about her. I wish the press would cover actors more deserving than her. But they talk about her all the time because she is easy access. She lives to be in the public's eyes. I am tired of hearing about her.
12-30-2006 @ 9:22PM
Charles Butler said...
I think that we have the dumbnest generation of all-time. Thanks to the moral cancer of liberalism this country is speeding to the grave in which all will go when there lives come to an end. The liberals who have captured the media and our learning institutions such as college and schools all throughout the country have sold us down the river. Thanks to the braindead women(especially the idiotic blondes in the media) this woman is held up as a standard for young women who are impressionable to what they hear and see and vulnerable to just about anything that is thrown their way. No wonder why there is a cult of thin and now coming, A CULT OF FAT. Because of the worship of looks, we have the highest rates of Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa, dieting, feederism and now we have fornication,adultery, and a rise in Homosexuality and Bisexuality. The junkies are set up as rolemodels for kids and the lazy parents are just sitting back and allowing them to lead their kids down the path of ruin.
Knowing all of this, arrogant Barbara Walters said on the O"Reilly Factor hosted by Independent Bill O"Reillythat Paris Hilton was "fasinating." Now this is the response of a cultural elite that thinks this starving to be skinny for her masters slut who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. This woman is one of the most overpaid bozoes in the media and thanks to the America-hating Left she is held up as the idol for a generation that has been dumbned down by the liberals that have control of our media and learning institutions. When people become disintrested in skinny women this slut that is worshipped for her looks will lose her influence among the ignorant and vulnerable youth. The Barbie Culture is dissappearing stupid. Take a hint!
1-13-2007 @ 8:11AM
JAMM JR AINT BULLSHITTIN' said...
I too have had my time in the spotlight. I'm still in the lab laying down those tracks like Dr. Dre' and Rodney Jerkins.
Growing up as a child, nearly every church that my parents were invited to, someone was aking me to sing a solo or two. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I AM IN NO WAYS COMPLAINING, but it did get kind of irritating.
Many times all I wanted to do was enjoy the service and God's messenger for that particular evening. I thank God for my talents.
I am a 41-year-old Black Male who knows what it is like to be (somewhat) poor and I know what it is like to have an abundance of something. It took me seven years to graduate college. I experienced many spine-tingling experiences at Tennessee State University, Nashville. Throughout those seven years, I sat back and "peeped out the games people play to get ahead in life".
I still did singing engagements but at one point in time it became a big hassle. Sometimes when your talents are in demand by the world you will discover that many people (NOT ALL PEOPLE) will use you (IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO). They say they love you but in actuality they love the fame that you have acquired and worked hard for. As long as you are an outcast or have failed at a particular task, many people will be satisfied with knowing that fact. Still, others will pray for your good fortune; wish you good luck and actually mean it from the heart.
I have discovered that many people could care less what all you had to go through to accomplish something.
Regardless what the occupation is, when you decide to put your blood sweat labor and tears into something positive; you will find many people backing out of your cheer corner. Later on when you finally reach the climax of your success everyone wants to jump on your bandwagon, pat you on the back and lie to you saying that they knew you would someday make it to the big time. You'll find that some of these same people were the main ones plotting your downfall.
All of you bloggers have a right to state your opinion about these celebrities but some of you need to learn how to LIVE AND LET LIVE. My Bible tells me in Matthew 7:1 "JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED".
REMEMBER, LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE.
Many of you are looking at what Paris Hilton does for a living. Instead of talking bad about this extremely sexy woman,it would be nice to pray that God would change her heart and occupation choices.
In my youth I enjoyed the club life to the max. Even then (drunk and all that) I was introduced to some good-hearted people because I knew how to present myself as a gentleman.
OPRAH IS MY HOMEGIRL. I WAS BORN IN NASHVILLE, TN. WE COME FROM THE SAME ALMA MATER -- TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TN. GRADUATING FROM THE SAME COLLEGE MAJOR AS OPRAH AND EXPERIENCING THE SAME INSTRUCTORS AND CLASS SETTINGS AS OPRAH, SHE DESERVES EVERY PENNY OF WHAT SHE HAS EARNED.
MANY OF YOU HATERS COULD PROBABLY BECOME MORE PROSPEROUS IF YOU WOULD CONCENTRATE MORE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING IN YOUR LIFE INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON WHAT THE NEXT MAN OR WOMAN HAS. GROW-UP PEOPLE!!!! LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE TRIPPIN' OVER PETTY SHIT.
LET'S GET OUT OF THIS JR. HIGH SCHOOL/SLAVE MENTALITY!!!! PEACE. I'M OUT. HOLLAR BACK.
1-13-2007 @ 8:26PM
Mary-Joe said...
little girls try to be like the blonde socialite by flaunting their bodies in skimpy clothes and high heels.
I went to an awards show recently. There was a little girl there and i said, 'How old are you?' and she said, 'I'm 11'. And she had on a miniskirt, a tank top that barely covered her boobs, or lack thereof, 4in heels and long, bleached-blonde hair.
Paris Hilton is who she is. Paris doesn't hold up a sign saying, 'Everybody dress like me', but she is a bad influence. When asked whether it's Paris's fault, the i said: "No! It's up to the parents to stop their child dressing like a 5-cent hooker."
Yet paris hilton, it a walk and talking bill board...
people want to be just like her and her SLUTTY ways.
1-24-2007 @ 12:54PM
Shirle said...
Paaris Hilton is nothing but the last invention of the american government to push their little fellow citizens to consume over and over again. Not sure if that really works. The phenomenon is absolutely not surprising with people as retarded as americans. She's def. an american princess: idiot, ugly and retouched.