Born on February 17th, 1981, Paris Hilton began modelling as a child and at age 19 signed with modelling agency T Management and appeared in ad campaigns for Iceberg Vodka, GUESS, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, and Marciano. In 2003 Hilton co starred in the hit reality series The Simple Life which continued for five seasons. Hilton then turned to acting taking roles in the films Zoolander, Wonderland , The Cat In The Hat, Nine Lives, Raising Helen, The Hillz, House of Wax, National Lampoon's Pledge This! and Bottom's Up. Hilton has also released her own album in 2006 Paris, and has written two books Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose and Your Heiress Diary: Confess It All to Me.