Early-2000s Style Is Back! What Paris Hilton, Lil’ Kim, and Beyoncé Can Teach Us Now

A few weeks before the New Year, I’m scrolling through my Instagram feed when I land on an image of Lil’ Kim dressed in little else than a fringed bikini top and bottom, a Western gun belt fastened around her pint-sized waistline. The MC’s flaxen, waist-length tresses have been braided into two ponytails and she’s daintily flexing her cutout ankle boot toe daintily. I immediately message a colleague in the comments below: “Stepping into the new year like . . .” Within minutes he’s messaged me back.

It’s been a daily exchange since he advised me to follow the New York City stylist, curator, and vintage dealer Gabriel Held, who has culled a visually arresting compendium of throwback images that celebrate the braggadocios, ostentatious, and—dare I say—so-bad-it’s-good fashions of the early 2000s. Thousands of millennials flock to his page to reminisce and wince over the low-slung boot-cut jeans of Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton’s ruched minidresses, and Beyoncé’s customized stage outfits. Is their appeal now about camp, a sense of nostalgia, or a challenge to the normcore minimalist stylings of late? When I talk to Held, he suggests it may just be all three, a reminder that maybe we shouldn’t be so eager to throw out our ruches and ruffles after all. Here, Held talks about the fashion faux positives that defined the times and the early-aughts stars we can learn the most from now.

Bad Taste as Good Taste
What has spurned this return of bad taste as good taste? Some of it may be nostalgia. At the turn of the millennium, I’m sure people felt like the future is now, and we might be nostalgic for that. But what do I personally find inspiring about the early aughts? It’s when I really came into my own style. I was fascinated by labels at that point because I was a less-fortunate student at an affluent New York private school. But what I was able to do was thrift things on my meager weekly allowance that I would then sell back to the girls at school for a profit.

There’s also something about the highly manufactured imagery of the early ’00s—think David LaChapelle—that I think is almost more upfront and paradoxically a little bit more honest than some of the artists we have today. People were so conspicuous! Everybody was like, “Look at me! That’s right, I said look at me!” As opposed to today when people are like, “Maybe look at me in my beige coat . . . but don’t . . . but do, please.”

I consider myself to have invented a primitive version of Instagram. I had an empty vintage backgammon case with my favorite clippings from magazines and from catalogs—definitely Delia’s catalogs, but also Vogue. I carried that around all year, and I’ve been collecting images and making images for a long time. The Internet is a wealth of information in general, and on the basis of my “work” on Instagram, I am doing photo research gigs. I have a line coming out in collaboration with Print All Over Me in August, and I can tell you a couple of things are definitely informed by this era: the classic J.Lo jumpsuit silhouette, monograms, quilting, and a slew of other things. It’s a small capsule and will contain five looks available in five different textiles of my design, but here’s the kicker: You can upload any image to Print All Over Me and they can print you a fabric and ultimately make it a garment. Keep an eye out for that!

When Camp Becomes Collectible
Logomania never really went anywhere, and I could see low-slung denim and boot-cut denim even coming back in, but what I think really we’re going to see is stuff like ruffles and ruching like in a Tom-Ford-for-Yves-Saint-Laurent way, but also in a Roberto-Cavalli-ruffly-tiered-miniskirt way. Basically any style Beacon’s Closet deems “too difficult” to sell is what we should be looking for. I am really coveting all of John Galliano’s Dior—I feel like it will become as collectible as Tom Ford Gucci is at this point. Also, some lines that have taken a somewhat different direction, any of the pieces from their original glory days are appealing to me, in part because they’re in limited quantity now.

Fashion Faux Positives and the Movement That Truly Defined the Era
I think the “ghetto fabulous” movement was the most significant. There’s something poetic about it: the appropriation from high fashion to the streets, and then back into high fashion, all prevalent at that time. Designers started really paying attention to and being inspired by some of the hip-hop and R&B artists who were featuring their looks.

Two specific moments that symbolize this are Manolo Blahnik’s Timberlands and the fact that, other than her Manolo’s, Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw is most associated with her name-plate necklace. It’s the mixing of references, from high and low and really everywhere, that comes full circle here. My friend and sometimes collaborator Misa Hylton masterminded many of Lil’ Kim, Mary J. Blige, and Missy Elliott’s iconic looks—most notably, Lil’ Kim’s exposed breast at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. That’s what I referred to as a “fashion faux positive.” Whether people loved or hated that look, we’re still discussing it 15 years later, and the value of that kind of cultural contribution is something I can’t underestimate. It also gave us the moment of Diana Ross bopping her on the boob!

8 Early-Aughts Style Stars We Can Learn From Now
One thing about Misa Hylton’s work that really speaks to me is that she’s never afraid to try something differently from the way it was intended. Why not wear that necklace as a tiara? Why not cut up a fur and make it a bikini? That’s one thing that we could learn from the styles of the early 2000s: not to be afraid to appropriate things away from their original context or purpose.

Paris Hilton: I’m more a fan of Paris’s former aesthetic, but from her we can take some cues on accentuating your best features. She has that gorgeous giraffe neck and wasn’t afraid to wear a superwide Dolce Swarovski choker.

Lil’ Kim: Kim has been an endless source of inspiration to me. The best lesson from her is to be fearless and to really commit to your look.

Beyoncé: For the record, I put my money on Beyoncé from “No, No, No” onwards. The Tina Knowles technique was very influential to me, because at the time I was choreographing hip-hop numbers and I would always put the girls in some variation of a customized wifebeater and pair of customized jeans.

Mariah Carey: Mariah and her stylist Tonjua Twist’s work? There’s something so low fashion about it that it is kind of rebellious, which was really Mariah’s vibe at the time. If she wanted to wear an oversize T-shirt on MTV’s TRL or take a bath fully clothed on Cribs, she sure did it.

Mary J. Blige: I really feel that her essence is that she’s earned the right to do whatever she wants. Be fearless, don’t be afraid of labels, don’t be afraid of colors. I really loved that kind of 1960s direction that Misa Hylton took her in with the hooded chiffon outfits and cat eyeglasses around 1995.

Nicole Richie: Nicole Richie was also giving a real Eric Cartman “I do what I want” vibe. And honestly, to me that’s what everybody should do. I don’t really follow trends and I certainly don’t like being told what to buy, what to sell, and what to store. I’ll be the judge of that.

Britney Spears: From Britney we learn that it’s okay to have a signature body part. If you love your midriff, go ahead and show it off.

Naomi Campbell: What can we learn from Naomi Campbell? Be flawless. Next!

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Herself As A Serious Entrepreneur -- And Crushes It

The first thing you need to know about Paris Hilton is that you don’t really know Paris Hilton.

Hers may not be the first name that comes to mind when you think ‘entrepreneur,’ but there are now more than 45 Paris Hilton stores in more than 40 countries, Variety named her its ‘Billion Dollar Entrepreneur’ in 2011 and her fragrance collection is fast approaching a $2 billion industry — so it’s more than time to take her seriously in the category. And, yes, it’s a lot easier to make money when you start with money, but, as she pointed out when we sat down in her Beverly Hills home, she didn’t have to work at all. She has dozens of peers who, as the scions of other great industrialists, have made a career out of simply spending their family’s hard-earned wealth instead of creating some of it for themselves.

“My grandfather and great grandfather created such a huge empire” says Hilton “As a little girl I really looked up to them and wanted to do something of my own. I could never have become a trust-fund kid and lived off a monthly allowance. As a teenager, I always said I wanted to make my own money so I never had to ask for anything.”

For many, particularly those under 30, her personal brand has largely eclipsed that of her successful forebears. As she says with a wry smile: “My grandfather jokes that he used to be known as Barron Hilton. Now people just refer to him as Paris Hilton’s grandfather.” But, while she may have joined Adele and Oprah in the first-name celebrity club, it’s her last name that will tell you the most about her. Paris Hilton is asHilton to the core, and a defining feature of the Hiltons is hard graft. “My grandfather had my father work as a bell boy in the hotels when he was younger.” notes Hilton, “My dad worked for everything he got; he worked his way up from the bottom to own the largest real estate business in Beverley Hills. Hard work and entrepreneurial drive is in the Hilton blood. We’re determined to do big things.”

And it’s not just the need for personal success that drives Hilton. As she says: “Even if I’m tired after a month of travel, I‘m going to get up and go because it’s not just about me. There are other people whose jobs depend on my getting to work. I think about the team in our Beverly Hills office, I think about the people we employ around the world. I love that I get to create employment opportunities for people all over the globe – that really motivates me.”

Far from laziness, if anything, Hilton suffers from the familiar entrepreneurial characteristic/trait of keeping a intensely packed schedule and persistently working a bit too hard.” In addition to working with her team at their Beverly Hills offices and visiting her worldwide stores, Hilton signed with record label Young Money Cash MoneyRecords last year, released a hit single with Lil Wayne, opened a Paris Hilton branded beach club in the Philippines earlier this year, worked on new projects for her 17 product lines, and plans to return to Ibiza this summer for her second year as a Resident DJ at mega-club Amnesia.

Breadth, as it turns out, also happens to be a Hilton trait. Great grandpa, Conrad Hilton worked in a general store, served in the army, spent two years in the New Mexico State Legislature and considered banking before he bought his first hotel. Paris’ grandfather, William Barron Hilton also served in the military, became a citrus product distributor, co-founded an oil company and founded one of the nation’s first aircraft leasing businesses before joining the family firm in the mid-1950s.

Precocity also runs in the family. Barron Hilton was flying aircraft at 17 and by 19 had earned his license to fly twin-engine jets. This probably explains why Paris disobeyed her parents at 15 to become a model. “I was 15 and in New York City. Donald Trump was opening his model agency and he asked me to be his first model. My parents said absolutely not, you’re just a teenager and you’re going to school, you’re not modeling! I called Donald and told him ‘don’t tell my folks but I am signing with your agency’ and I began runway lessons straight away.” A year later, at 16, Hilton reached out to perfume creators to design her own fragrance and took it to fragrance manufactures to get it launched.

Her work as a model – and her life as a well-known socialite – is what led TV producers at Fox to approach her to star in reality TV show, The Simple Life. It was in this crucible that the current brand of Paris Hilton was formed. As Hilton puts it, somewhat wistfully: “My character, the character that most people associate me with, was really a fiction created for the Simple Life. I had never seen a reality show before that point and, to be honest, I really did not know what I was getting myself into. The producers said: ‘Paris, you be the ditzy blonde, rich airhead, and, Nicole, you be the troublemaker who is always swearing and creating mischief.’ Honestly we didn’t anticipate the show’s success, how big it would get and that we’d have to do it for another five years! I had to continue playing this character and, naturally, people assumed that that is who I really was.”

Hilton may not have entirely created or been in control of her brand at the time but, once created, she has been savvy enough to see its potential and leverage it to the utmost. Hilton’s stores and her collections of handbags, watches, sunglasses, fragrances and clothing present what Hilton defines as ‘fun, affordable luxury.” Hilton has translated both her fame and, in part, the bubbly brand that The Simple Life caricatured, into the Paris Hilton line of products. Speaking about the product line, Hilton shows just how aware she is of the crossover between her personal brand and her merchandise: “My products speak to the fun side of my brand. It’s girly. It’s playful. It’s absolutely part of capturing that fantasy Barbie-world existence.”

Far from just lending her image to products, Hilton keeps close tabs on what she wants her brand to be and how she wants bring it to life. Consequently, as she puts it: “I say no a lot more than I say yes. I am offered things every single day that I have to turn down.” What is the least brand-appropriate product offer she has received? “I was in Mexico a while ago and they pitched me on Paris Hilton branded beans” Hilton recalls, laughing: “They actually brought a can of beans, with my face on it and holding a can of beans. I don’t know how they made it but it was this legitimate pink can of beans. They genuinely thought I would love it and naturally I just I thought I was being punk’d.”

But of course tangible brands built around personal brands can’t live on in the same format forever and here again Hilton shows she is no-one’s fool. Far from the permanent adolescent stereotype of the tabloid press, Hilton comes across as a woman fully in control of herself and her image and already planning the next development of her personal brand and how this will translate in to products. “I know I’m not going to DJ in Ibiza for the rest of my life and I expect my brand to mature with me. When I have children in the next couple of years, I would like to develop a line of children’s clothing and children’s books. So expanding and developing the brand along with the fan base. On the jewelry and fragrance side, I’d look at the example of someone like Elizabeth Taylor who was able to market elegance as she grew older.”

“By that point though” she adds with a laugh “I will probably be a grandmother and have 100 fragrances!”

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PARIS HILTON interesting childhood pictures and facts

Full Name: Paris Whitney Hilton
Born: February 17, 1981
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New York City
Education: Marywood-Palm Valley School; Dwight School in New York; Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California; Professional Children’s School in New York
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Socialite, model, actress, author, recording artist, fashion designer

I am sure that Paris Hilton doesn`t need any kind of introduction. I mean, if you didn`t hear about this hotel empire wild heiress, you probably lived in cave or something for last few years. Here you can read a lot of cool facts that I collected about her life that you didn`t know before. I started from her younger age when she wasn`t so famous (I can`t write down when she wasn`t so rich, because she was born rich:), like with schools which she attended, where did she live back then, and when she started modeling, all the way to these days fresh stuff. Also read most interesting love stories about her, and many more…

6th annual Mother/Daughter Fashion show(1987) Paris was 6 years old on this one. With her parents and sister Nicky (can you guess which one is Paris:)

Same show, but one year later.(1988)

FACTS THAT YOU DIDN`T KNOW ABOUT PARIS HILTON:
Born in New York City, Paris Hilton is the oldest of four children of Richard and KathyHilton. She has a sister Nicky and brothers Barron and Conrad.
Her paternal grandparents are hotel chairman Barron Hilton, and his wife, the former Marilyn Hawley; Barron Hilton’s parents were Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton and his first wife, Mary Barron.
Paris is the niece of Kim Richards and Kyle Richards, two popular Disney child stars of the 1970s and 1980s.
Paris’ nicknames are “Star” and “Princess.”
Hilton moved between several exclusive homes when she was young, including a suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and the Hamptons.
Paris attended Marywood-Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage, California her freshman year of high school; Dwight School in New York for her sophomore and junior years; then a few months at Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut before dropping out. Hilton eventually earned a GED( General Educational Development ). She also briefly attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.

Paris attended the prestigious Professional Children’s School in New York City with fellow actors Christina Ricci and Macaulay Culkin.
Paris is a Roman Catholic.
In high school, Paris scored the title roles in school plays “The Diary of Anne Frank” and “Annie.”
Hilton began modeling as a child, initially at charity events.
When she was 19, she signed with Donald Trump’s modeling agency, T Management. Hilton has also worked with Ford Models in New York, Models 1 Agency in London, Nous Model Management in Los Angeles, and Premier Model Management in London.
She has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns, including Iceberg Vodka, GUESS, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, and Marciano.
Paris loves dogs, especially small ones! She has three Pomeranians named Dolce, Sebastian and Prince. She also has a Chihuahua named Tinkerbell.
Hilton loves small dogs, and owns a Yorkshire Terrier and a female Chihuahua named Tinkerbell.
Has signed a deal with toymakers Gund to manufacture Tinkerbell (her pet chihuahua) soft toys.
In August 2004, Tinkerbell (Paris’ chihuahua) was reported lost and a $5,000 reward was offered for her safe return. Tinkerbell was found a week later, having been left by Paris at her grandparent’s house.
Beside Tinkerbell, Paris has three more chihuahuas named Harajuku, Tokyo and Bambi.
In February 2007, questions were asked if Paris’ dog, Tinkerbell, was in fact the same dog as the one reported missing in 2004. While Paris claims it is the same dog, experts claim this is untrue after comparing photos and noticing the dog’s nail colour has changed.

Paris has moved on from chihuahuas, to a new kind of animal–ferrets–which are banned in California as pets! Besides ferrets and Chihuahuas, Paris is now sporting a Kinkajou named Baby Love. Kinkajous are nocturnal rainforest mammals related to raccoons. The adults typically weight around five or six pounds.
Was taken to a hospital after being bitten by her pet kinkajou named Baby Love.
Paris once said that Randy Spelling was her first lover.
Paris was insecure about being flat-chested back when she was younger.
Denied Tom Sizemore’s claims he slept with her when she was 19.
Paris has been romantically linked to Randy Spelling, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Furlong, Jamie Kennedy, Rob Mills, Deryck Whibley, Robert Evans, Oscar De La Hoya, and Ingrid Casares.
Paris dated Backstreet boy Nick Carter from Jan 2004-July 2004; details are still hazy on why they broke up, but it is strongly believed that Nick abused Paris, after she showed up to an event with a black eye. She also dated singer Avril Lavigne’s husband Deryck Whibley, star of punk band Sum 41.
Paris showed up at a Hollywood police station in the early hours of the morning in late October 2006, to file an assault report. She claimed she was hit in
the face by Shanna Moakler, the ex-wife of Blink 182 rocker, whom she’d recently been caught kissing!
Hilton was engaged to fashion model Jason Shaw from mid-2002 to early 2003, and Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis, from May 29, 2005 to November 2005.
Paris’ engagement ring from Paris Latsis was 24-carats, approximately worth $5 million. He proposed to her in the living room of their Beverly Hills love nest. No word on whether or not she returned it to him when they broke up.
In June 2005, she got the Esquire house in Beverly Hills, California, worth a $12 million, from fiance Paris Latsis as a lavish gift.
Wanted to marry her fiance Paris Latsis in St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey or Windsor Castle.
Called off her five-month engagement to Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis, saying she’s not yet ready for marriage.
Since her break-up with Paris Latsis, Paris has been spotted with a new Greek shipping heir, Stavros Niarchos, who used to date actress Mary-Kate Olsen.

A Hawaiian taxi-driver claims the socialite urinated in his cab. Harden Jamison says the star was too drunk to notice she’d wet herself when he picked her and boyfriend Stavros Niarchos up after a party on Maui.
Has reportedly split from on-off boyfriend Stavros Niarchos again because he gets too jealous of the attention she gets from other male admirers.
Narrowly escaped electrocuting herself by drunkenly jumping into a swimming pool at her boyfriend Stavros Niarchos’ birthday party – a garden light had fallen into the pool.
Paris’ trademarks are wearing blue colored contact lenses, wearing shirts that read “That’s Hot” and her long blonde hair.
Paris’ favorite sport is golf.
Paris has three perfumes: Paris Hilton, Just Me, and Heiress.
Paris has taken Britney Spears out partying several times since she filed for divorce from Kevin Federline.
Has offered tips to Britney Spears how to deal with paparazzi, insisting she should try and cooperate with the paparazzi and not antagonize them.
Paris attended Hugh Hefner’s 80th birthday party at the Playboy Mansion. She sang happy birthday to him.
For her 21st birthday, Paris threw five parties for herself in New York, Las Vegas, London, Hollywood, and Tokyo.
One of Paris’ favorite vacation spots is Greece. “I love Mykonos in Greece.” Her favorite club there is Mykonos Club Paradise.
Paris’ best friends are actress Tara Reid and reality TV star Nicole Richie. Yet, she said no one knows her more than her sister, Nicky.
Paris’ favorite movie is There’s Something About Mary.
Paris’ popularity skyrocketed after a homemade sex video between her and ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon scattered all over the internet in October of 2003. The video was made when she was 19.
Paris announced at the end of 2003 that she is recording an album. She enlisted the help of *NSYNC star J.C. Chasez and his producer Rob Boldt to help in the creation of a dance-pop album.
Paris’ single Stars Are Blind has been marred by claims she doesn’t sing the lead vocals on the hit track. A music insider claims the vocals belong to Carah Faye Charnow, lead singer with LA band Shiny Toy Guns. Paris brought Carah in to sing backup vocals however Carah’s vocal talent became the lead.

Paris founded the record label, Heiress Records.
Paris is considering plastic surgery to correct her drooping left eyelid. While she has had the problem since a toddler, she has ignored doctors’ orders not to wear her tinted contacts. Paris has naturally brown eyes but has always worn blue tinted contact lenses to keep up her Barbie-style image
In January 2007, Paris was sentenced to three years probation after pleading no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving. She pleaded no contest under a plea agreement with prosecutors and can reduce her probation by a year if she completes 40 hours of community service.
On May 5th, 2007, Paris was sentenced to 45 days in prison for a parole violation, after she was caught driving on a suspended license in February following her no contest plea to drunk-driving.
Authorities said that because of a number of factors, including turning up for her court appearance, she would spend about 23 days in prison instead of the 45-day term she was sentenced to for breaching her probation for a driving offence.
Appealed to fans to sign an online petition urging California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to commute her 45-day sentence for driving while disqualified.
Filled her time in jail by responding to fans’ letters.
Told television journalist Barbara Walters from the medical wing of a Los Angeles jail that she believes God has given her a new chance and said she plans to stop acting dumb and to instead put her influence to good use.
Her wax work dummy at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in New York has been outfitted in a black and white prison jumpsuit while she serves a prison sentence.
Paris has starred in an anti-drink driving campaign. Paris, who was arrested for drunk driving, is featured in a full page public service announcement in a US teen magazine.
Paris has claimed that she read the Bible frequently while she was in jail, yet when Larry King asked her what her favorite Bible verse was, she couldn’t think of anything on the spot.
While on the set of the movie, House of Wax, she received an invitation in the mail that said a girl named Remi was having a birthday party, and she wanted to have Paris there. The party’s theme was to dress like Paris Hilton, and Paris accepted the invitation.
Paris owns a chain of night clubs called Club Paris.
Paris was the subject of a South Park episode entitled “Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset” in which she opens a store called “Stupid Spoiled Whore” selling girls everything they need to emulate her.

Paris wears size 11 shoes, so she has all her shoes custom-designed to fit her large feet!
Paris stands tall at 5’8.”
Paris tries to fit in an hour of yoga every day.
Paris admits she has a weakness for McDonald’s French Fries
On July 19, 2007, Paris attempted to demonstrate her environmental consciousness by telling Us Weekly magazine that she had ordered a “Hummer Hybrid.” However, a Hummer spokesperson told the magazine that, “Such a car doesn’t exist.”
Paris and social networking website Bebo were the hottest topics on Google in 2006.
Partying at ‘Tao’, in December 2006, Paris jumped on stage to mime to a couple of her own songs. By this time she had had much too much to drink and vomited all over the stage.
In October 2006, Paris and Nicole Richie agreed to make a fifth series of their reality TV show The Simple Life.
Paris is hiring herself out for New Years’ parties. Paris will host a bash in either Miami, New York or LA for $US100,000 plus expenses and a private jet.
Paris posed semi-nude for the March 2006 issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
Paris was banned from Vanity Fair’s annual post-Oscar party.
Dr. Dre and Scott Storch are listed among the producers on Paris’ upcoming album, which is a big shocker for hip-hop fans.
Paris likes Hello Kitty jewelry and other accessories bearing th
e Sanrio character’s image.
Paris’ stairwell is lined with her magazine covers, including Vanity Fair and Playboy.
Paris was named “Sex Star of the Year,” in the March 2005 issue of Playboy. The picture on the cover of the issue appeared to be her but she did not pose for it, claiming she does not know where Playboy got that picture.
Paris once stood in line at a club, waiting to use the restroom, but she had to go so bad, she peed right there on the floor!
Paris was a spokesperson for Guess (clothing line) in 2004.
Stephen Shapiro is the real estate agent handling the sale of Paris’ and ex-fiance Paris Latsis’ $13.8 million mansion in Beverly Hills. He is also the agent selling Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s former love nest (November 2005).

Paris had her T-Mobile Sidekick hacked in 2005. It had many celebrity’s phone numbers, personal notes to herself, and such. One of her notes was a reminder to get herself a birth control pill.
After her mobile phone has been hacked, the address book were posted on the internet, angering her celebrity friends – including Eminem, Lindsay Lohan, Christina Aguilera, Andy Roddick, Vin Diesel, Anna Kournikova – who are being deluged with calls.
Mayor of Las Vegas has proclaimed August 29, 2006 as Paris Hilton Day.
Two nightclubs known as Club Paris will no longer be associated with Hilton, because she couldn’t arrive on time for appearances.
Showed her generous side on a recent trip to London by tipping her hairstylists thousands of dollars.
Was furious with Cher’s son, Elijah Blue Allman, for claiming the two had sex and worrying he caught a sexually transmitted disease from her.
Rushed to the aid of an Oompa-Loompa performer left injured when the crowd rushed the stage at a Miami, Fla., nightclub.
Animal rights activist Heather Mills once made Paris cry by showing her films of animal cruelty, and managed to persuade her not to wear fur ever again.
Has replaced former pal Lindsay Lohan as Las Vegas nightclub LAX’s New Year’s Eve good time girl — for a whopping $1 million.
Narrowly escaped injury when a photographer’s car sideswiped her Cadillac Escalade as she was in the back seat of the vehicle.
A Los Angeles college student who accidentally inherited Hilton’s former cell phone number said she constantly gets calls and messages meant for the socialite.
Has been a victim to an elaborate practical joke set up by Richard Branson at his son’s spectacular 21st birthday party. She had asked if she could come dressed as Alice in Wonderland. But when the Virgin tycoon found out, he secretly ordered that all 60 waitresses at the event should also wear Alice costumes.
It has been revealed that Paris, who recently announced she was giving up sex for a year to concentrate on her career and to make herself a stronger person, made the vow to win a bet – she has formed a single girls club with her friends and they have a bet to see who can last the longest without sex.
Has bought the plot next to Marilyn Monroe’s grave to bury her pet goat.
Has increased her security after a stalker pretending to be her fiance arrived at her father’s office armed with a knife.
Doesn’t like one night stands, saying it’s gross when you just give it up.

Has been banned by her parents from Paris Hotel and Casino and ordered into gambling rehab after she gambled away her $178,000 Bentley car.
Paris teamed up with French game publisher Gameloft to develop, publish and distribute mobile games based on heiress and pop culture icon.
Was offered the chance to earn over L27 million-a-year as a high-class prostitute by a psychiatric patient via a letter to the New York Daily News. (2005)
Was eager to purchase one of kangaroos while filming in Queensland, Australia, recently. But she changed her mind after she was told they punch their owners in the stomach.
Photographs of Hilton embracing and kissing another woman when she was 20 are set to be published by Hustler magazine.
Her television show The Simple Life got higher ratings than President Bush’s exclusive ABC interview Tuesday night.
She had a cameo appearance in “Zoolander” (2000).
Made it into the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records, chosen the Most Overrated Person.

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American Humane Association event honors Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton, Lois Pope and Dr. Robin Ganzert

Humane Association honored Paris Hilton at its annual Humanitarian Luncheon.

The last of the season’s Be Humane events took place March 25 and honored the designer, reality show star and animal rights advocate for her charity work.

Lois Pope was chairwoman for the afternoon, which included a reception and silent auction, luncheon, the recognition of the honoree and entertainment by Clint Holmes with Jeffrey Neiman.

Hilton received the National Humanitarian Medal, the American Humane Association’s highest honor, for her support of charitable causes such as the Starlight Children’s Foundation, the LA Children’s Hospital, MusiCares, The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Education Africa, Feeding America, Precious Paws, Soles4Souls and the Union Rescue Mission.

“Paris Hilton has given selflessly of her talent and her time to so many good causes, ranging from animal rescue to pediatric cancer,” said Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of American Humane Association. “As an organization that works to help children and animals in their times of greatest need, we appreciate her efforts to gain global support for the major issues so that together we may make a difference.”

More than 350 people attended.

Proceeds from the event support the Palm Beach County-based Lois Pope Red Star Rescue team. The team’s new emergency response vehicle was onsite at the Mar-a-Lago Club and available for viewing. The 50-foot truck, which carries a contingent of trained Red Star volunteers and enough equipment to shelter 100 animals, already has deployed to assist in major disasters, including the Oklahoma tornadoes.

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Paris Hilton Does It All

You have to hand it to Paris Hilton, she seems to be everywhere these days and for different reasons than her initial rise to super stardom. Today, Paris is billed as an entrepreneur, a film star and a recording artist. She’s also hit British TV screens in a pretty big way over recent months courtesy of a TV advertisement for bgo – one of the country’s biggest online casino, bingo and gaming brands.

Paris stars opposite diminutive star of TV and movies, Verne Troyer, who is probably best known for his work as “Mini Me” in Mike Myers’ Austin Powers films.

Information about both Paris Hilton and Verne Troyer features on the bgo blogpost area of the bgo site – and is well worth a read for those with an interest.

The ads are genuinely entertaining. They’re tongue in cheek, of course, and see Verne as the boss who is unhappy at all the trendy innovations and general level of glitziness introduced by Paris. He’s concerned that Paris might soon be the bgo boss instead of him. This is a general theme reflected in all the ads that are getting a lot of airplay just at the moment as the brand is clearly aiming to become the major player in the UK market along with competitors such as Titanbet, William Hill, Ladbrokes and several other online gaming brands.

In the latest ad, the boss sees Paris offering free spins to all the players then wakes to find it was all a bad dream and that he’s actually in an interview with Paris, who is applying for the assistant’s position. Needless to say, he turns her down.

And whilst the bgo ads are all about cheeky humour, they do come pretty near to the real mark of the reinvented Paris Hilton of today. In recent years, the now 34-year-old Hilton has appeared in the Danish version of TV series Paradise Hotel and in two episodes of the TV show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Her business interests are also said to be progressing well. Paris now has 45 of her own stores – in which the products sold include bags, fragrances, sunglasses and shoes inspired or created in conjunction with the actress. She’s also appeared in music videos including Birdman’s “Tapout”.

And as if all this activity isn’t enough, she also announced a deal with Cash Money Records in May 2013 to release a second album including collaborations with Snoop Dogg, RedOne, and Flo Rida.

Paris has released many songs over the years which have met with mixed reviews and box office success. But there’s absolutely no denying her talent and vocal range as exemplified by her “Come Alive” song.

So tell us, please, just how does the omnipresent Ms. Hilton find the time to do all this stuff? Perhaps there’s a secret twin sister!?

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