50 Fun Facts About Paris Hilton

Which artist secretly swapped 500 copies of Paris Hilton's debut album for doctored versions in UK shops?

Banksy's version carried remixes he made with producer Danger Mouse and joke song titles such as Why Am I Famous?

Which Paris Hilton product line had reportedly earned more than $2.5 billion in revenue by 2020?

Perfumes carrying her name began in 2004 with the maker Parlux, whose sales jumped 47 percent after the first scent launched.

After dropping out of high school in 1999, which credential did Paris Hilton later earn instead of a diploma?

The GED certificate capped a schooling spread across California, Connecticut, Utah and New York, including boarding programs for troubled teens.

Which hotel heiress in Disney's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody was written as a parody of Paris Hilton?

London Tipton, played by Brenda Song, is heiress to her father's hotel chain and keeps her own private suite in its Boston hotel.

Which director shot scenes for The Bling Ring inside Paris Hilton's own home, which the thieves had burgled?

Sofia Coppola borrowed the home for two weeks of filming. The actual Bling Ring had reportedly broken into it seven times.

As a child who saved up to buy monkeys, snakes and goats, Paris Hilton dreamed of which career?

Veterinarian was the plan for a girl her relatives called very much a tomboy; her mother recalled a pet snake getting loose in the family's hotel suite.

Which online role-playing game added a socialite character named Haris Pilton in 2007 as a nod to Paris Hilton?

World of Warcraft introduced her with The Burning Crusade expansion, where the character's label reads simply: socialite.

Which country refused Paris Hilton entry at the airport in 2010, days after her US drug conviction?

Japan questioned her for hours at Narita Airport, then sent her home under its strict drug laws. Stops in Indonesia and Malaysia were cancelled too.

Paris Hilton often wears colored contact lenses in public, but what is her natural eye color?

Brown is her natural shade. The blue lenses became part of a crafted look that also took in bleached blonde hair and a breathy, childlike voice.

In 2005 Paris Hilton got engaged to a Greek shipping heir who happened to share what with her?

Her first name was also his: Paris Latsis, grandson of a shipping billionaire. The pair called the wedding off within months.

Which childhood friend of Paris Hilton co-starred with her in all five seasons of The Simple Life?

Nicole Richie and Hilton fell out in 2005, prompting the show's first network to cancel it. They reconciled the following year.

What breed was Tinkerbell, the pet Paris Hilton famously carried to parties and premieres in the 2000s?

Chihuahua Tinkerbell lived to 14. Hilton also built her pets an air-conditioned home of their own with designer furniture, at a reported cost of $325,000.

Which burger chain's 2005 TV advert showed Paris Hilton in a swimsuit soaping up a Bentley?

Carl's Jr. was selling its Spicy Burger. Nine years later Hilton made a cameo in another of the chain's commercials that paid homage to the original.

Which singer's 2006 music video for Stupid Girls spoofed Paris Hilton and other young celebrities?

Pink sent up several young celebrities in the clip. Hilton wrote in her 2023 memoir that she felt judged and dismissed by a singer she called brilliant.

Which 2008 presidential candidate ran a TV ad comparing Barack Obama to celebrities such as Paris Hilton?

John McCain got a reply within days: Hilton's Funny or Die spoof video was viewed more than seven million times in two days.

Which brand's velour tracksuits became a signature of Paris Hilton's look in the 2000s?

Juicy Couture first custom-made its tracksuit for Madonna in 2001; Hilton and other celebrities turned it into a 2000s uniform a few years later.

In the first season of The Simple Life, Paris Hilton spent a month with a host family in which US state?

Arkansas hosted the pair in the small town of Altus, where they gave up their cellphones and credit cards to live with the Leding family.

Which 2005 slasher film gave Paris Hilton her first major movie role and a Teen Choice Award for Best Scream?

House of Wax cast her as Paige, the heroine's best friend. Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of Hilton to coincide with its release.

Which future reality TV celebrity began working as a stylist for her childhood friend Paris Hilton in 2006?

Kim Kardashian first drew media attention through the friendship, and has since credited Hilton with giving her a career.

By late 2014, Paris Hilton was reported to be the world's highest-paid woman in which line of work?

DJing paid her a reported $2.7 million for four nights' work that year, two years after a debut set in Brazil that was widely panned.

Which youth treatment center did Paris Hilton attend for 11 months and accuse of abuse in a 2020 documentary?

Provo Canyon School in Utah had the licenses of both its campuses revoked in 2026 after state investigations. Hilton had led a protest rally outside it in 2020.

Which Manhattan private school did Paris Hilton join after her family moved from California in 1996?

Dwight School, founded in 1872, sits on the Upper West Side. A classmate later recalled Hilton as more sophisticated and different from everybody else.

Which sport did Paris Hilton play as a student at Canterbury, a Connecticut preparatory school?

Ice hockey was her sport at Canterbury, a Catholic boarding school in New Milford that was founded in 1915 on the site of a former girls' school.

What did Paris Hilton's mother enroll her in with the idea of introducing her as a debutante?

Etiquette classes did not appeal at first: Hilton found the debutante world unnatural, and later likened her prim upbringing to being a Stepford wife.

Which platform released This Is Paris, the 2020 documentary about Paris Hilton's boarding-school years?

YouTube released it as an Original, and it drew over 16 million views in its first month. Hilton produced it but had no say over the final cut.

Which president signed the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, a law Paris Hilton had lobbied Congress to pass?

Joe Biden signed it in December 2024, three years after Hilton stood at the Capitol calling for a bill of rights for children in youth facilities.

In which famous Manhattan hotel did Paris Hilton's family live in a suite during part of her youth?

The Waldorf-Astoria came under her great-grandfather's control in 1949. Years earlier, nearly bankrupt, he had reportedly cut out its photo and written The Greatest of Them All across it.

Paris Hilton's great-grandfather, who founded the Hilton hotel chain, went by which given name?

Conrad went to Texas in 1919 meaning to buy a bank. When that deal fell through, he bought the 40-room Mobley Hotel in Cisco instead.

Which relative of Paris Hilton was offered The Simple Life alongside her but turned the show down?

Nicky, her younger sister, was shy of the limelight at the time, so the producers paired Paris with a childhood friend instead.

Paris Hilton's mother and two of her aunts have all appeared in which reality TV franchise?

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has starred both of her mother's half-sisters, and her mother Kathy joined in its eleventh season as a friend of the cast.

Which network launched The Simple Life with Paris Hilton in 2003, then cancelled it after three seasons?

Fox drew 13 million viewers to the first episode, lifting its rating among adults aged 18 to 49 by 79 percent.

Which reggae-tinged 2006 debut single by Paris Hilton peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100?

Stars Are Blind topped the charts in Hungary, Scotland and Slovakia, and one critic called it the surprise of the summer.

Paris Hilton filmed an early cameo as herself, among dozens of celebrity walk-ons, in which Ben Stiller comedy?

Zoolander also found room for David Bowie, Victoria Beckham and Karl Lagerfeld playing themselves in its send-up of the modeling world.

On which Mediterranean island did Paris Hilton host the weekly Foam and Diamonds parties at the club Amnesia?

Ibiza first booked her for August 2013, and the response was strong enough that the club renewed her contract for the next four years.

Which greeting-card company did Paris Hilton sue in 2007 for using her face and trademarked catchphrase?

Hallmark argued the card, which showed her as a waitress, was a parody. An appeals court refused to dismiss her case and the two sides settled.

Which talk-show host gave Paris Hilton her first TV interview after her release from jail in June 2007?

Larry King gave her the full hour on CNN the day after she walked free. She told him that jail had felt like a new beginning.

At which 2010 sporting event was Paris Hilton escorted from a stadium by police over a marijuana accusation?

The FIFA World Cup match was Brazil against the Netherlands in South Africa. The case was dismissed, and her publicist said another person in the group was responsible.

Which condition, the title of a track on her 2024 album, has Paris Hilton said she has had since childhood?

ADHD became a cause for her: she partnered with Understood.org for an awareness month and remodelled her home around it for a web series.

Paris Hilton's oceanfront home in which California city was destroyed by the Palisades Fire in January 2025?

Malibu was only the start of her involvement: she launched an emergency fund with an initial $100,000 that raised over $800,000 in 72 hours.

Which venture capitalist did Paris Hilton marry in Los Angeles on November 11, 2021?

Carter Reum co-founded the spirits brand VEEV with his brother before turning investor. Their wedding day was also the premiere date of her reality series Paris in Love.

Whose New York modeling agency, T Management, signed Paris Hilton when she was 19?

Donald Trump founded the agency as T Models in 1999 and closed it in 2017, shortly after becoming president. He was part of her family's social circle.

In which sport did Paris Hilton launch her own team in Spain in 2010, with Maverick Viñales riding?

Motorcycle racing gave her a winner: Viñales took the final race of 2011 and finished third overall in the 125cc world championship.

Which T-Mobile phone of Paris Hilton's was hacked in 2005, spilling her photos and phone numbers online?

The Sidekick hack also exposed her emails and voicemail access. A 17-year-old from Massachusetts pleaded guilty and was given 11 months of detention.

Paris Hilton spent most of 2008 dating Benji Madden, the guitarist of which pop-punk band?

Good Charlotte was started by Benji and his identical twin Joel in their Maryland hometown. The brothers later coached together on The Voice Australia.

In which long-running TV drama did Paris Hilton appear in 2009 as a god who takes her own form?

Supernatural cast her in the fifth-season episode Fallen Idols, as a god named Leshi that takes the form of various well-known faces.

In which 2008 horror musical did Paris Hilton play the surgery-addicted daughter of a biotech magnate?

Repo! The Genetic Opera earned little at the box office and won her a Razzie, yet it gained a cult following, and one horror site called it by far her best role.

Which rapper guested on Paris Hilton's 2013 dance single, released after she signed to the Cash Money label?

Lil Wayne also co-wrote the track, which Afrojack produced and which reached the top 20 of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

Which pop singer-songwriter urged Paris Hilton to make her 2024 album Infinite Icon and executive produced it?

Sia made the suggestion after the two sang together on a New Year's Eve TV special, and part of the album was recorded at her home studio.

Which Sherman Oaks private school did Paris Hilton attend as a child growing up in Los Angeles?

Buckley was founded in 1933 on a plan giving equal weight to academics, arts, athletics and ethics. Hilton finished eighth grade at another Los Angeles school, St. Paul the Apostle.

Which annual reference book declared Paris Hilton the most overrated celebrity in its 2007 edition?

Guinness World Records was not alone in its verdict: Forbes ranked her the most overexposed celebrity in both 2006 and 2008.