Paris Hilton turns 25

Yes, our favourite Hilton Heiress celebrated her 25th Birthday on the 17th of February and I missed it! I can’t believe I did!

What do people say about her?

Andrew Buncombe writes

Paris Hilton is famous. You may have heard of her. She appears in a celebrated sex video, she appears on television, she is the heiress to a $50m (£29m) hotel fortune and this week she appeared on the catwalk at the London fashion show, showing off the frocks of designer Julien Macdonald. She turned 25 yesterday and she has the nearly there looks of the model she almost is.

And with one crucial exception, she also appears to be supremely talentless. Her acting has been laughed at, her performance on television has drawn scorn, her (successful) attempt to trademark the catchphrase “That’s hot” has been widely mocked. Even her raunchy video performance with a then boyfriend received decidedly mixed reviews.

And yet she and her silly pet chihuahua, Tinkerbell, are here and there and everywhere. She is on the cover of magazines, she is opening new nightclubs in Florida, she has her own brand of perfume, she designs purses and bags, she is in music videos and television commercials for mobile phones and hamburgers. She wrote a fast-selling autobiography that topped the best-seller lists. And she has just released her first album,1 Crazy Party, on her own record label. Among the songs is a sprightly sing-along number called “Screwed”.

It’s quite an interesting read. I don’t care that Paris is famous for the sake of being famous and that people thinks she’s just one talentless, dumb blonde. The truth of the matter is, I like her. Yes, she may seem ditzy at times but I think behind that facade is a smart and shrewd businesswoman who knows exactly what she wants.

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