Paris Whitney Hilton, born February 17th 1981, is an American businesswoman, heiress, socialite, and media personality. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels. Paris is known for her appearance on reality television, her 2004 tongue-in-cheek autobiography, several minor film roles, including 'House of Wax', her 2006 music album 'Paris', and her work in modelling. She co-starred with socialite counterpart Nicole Richie in the reality series The Simple Life, which premiered on December 2, 2003 for 5 seasons. In more recent years, Hilton is perhaps most known for starring in a number of her own produced reality shows such as 'Paris Hilton's My New BFF' which was filmed in Los Angeles and aired in 2008 and which also resulted in a second season. The show proved to be a success and was branched out to 'Paris Hilton's British Best Friend' filmed in London, UK and Paris Hilton’s 'Dubai BFF' filmed in Dubai in the UAE.