"There are so many young people who need to read this story. I don't want them to learn from my mistakes; I want them to stop hating themselves for what they did. I want them to laugh about it and understand that they have a voice, that they have their own intelligence and that… fuck conformism."
This is said by Paris Hilton, the most famous heiress in the world, great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, founder of the luxury hotel chain.
Today she is almost 43 years old, but she has conquered the scene and has cultivated her fame as an It girl since the 1980s, at the dawn of the great gossip season.
Targeted by the dominant culture of the time, which dismissed her as "famous for being famous" or denigrated her for being an attractive, free young woman, she worked with tenacity and entrepreneurial acumen to become an icon for Millennials and Gen Z.
After years in the spotlight, with courage, honesty and the right dose of irony, Paris is ready to take stock, to contextualize the most well-known and discussed events - from the famous photo with Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan to the sex tape - and to reveal the most personal pasts.
Ultimately, ready to share her story with the world, among painful memories of the years spent in a "boarding school" for problem children, Paris Hilton, through the lens of a late diagnosed ADHD (attention disorder) retraces her privileged childhood and teenage rebellion and opens up for the first time about the harsh years of verbal, physical and sexual abuse in boarding schools.
And she relives the subsequent path, tortuous but successful, urging us not to give up and not to conform.
But there are also pop and funny moments in the story.
A story full of emotions, funny but also full of food for thought, which encompasses the life of a person until now known only for her character.
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, model, singer, actress.
Paris was also the forerunner of influencers.
For over two decades Paris Hilton has defined and dominated pop culture as one of the most recognizable celebrities on the planet.
Masterfully leveraging her personality and background, she has achieved success with a multifaceted business, building a global audience of tens of millions of followers and a thriving entertainment and consumer products empire.
In 2021 you launched 11:11 Media, a global media company that promotes creators, brands and intellectual property in the broadest sense.
Her proudest accomplishment is the lasting impact she has had on empowering women and promoting legislation against the troubled teen industry.
She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.
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