24-karat Gold Nuggets of Wisdom From Paris Hilton

In Esquire magazine’s regular “What I’vesclerosis, and AIDS. Some that are really, really
Learned” section, heiress, celebutante and overallspecial, I keep in storage for my daughters. They'll be
media princess Paris Hilton hands out a few nuggetsvintage by then. I think my daughters will love
of wisdom. It’s not surprising that someone asthem.”
saturated in the limelight can have some pretty“The best thing I've ever bought with money is
out-there ideas about herself. Nonetheless, anythingmy house. I call it my Paris Palace. It's beautiful. Every
that comes out of Paris’s pink, puckered mouthroom has beautiful crystal chandeliers and amazing
is very amusing to us regular folk, at the very least.moldings from Italy. When people come over they
Here are just a few excerpts from the section:say, ‘Hey, this looks just like you.’”
“There are definitely a lot of misconceptions“Because of my last name and the way I look,
about me out there. ‘Oh, she doesn't work. Shesome people think I'm a spoiled brat. But I'm not like
doesn't do anything. She just gets money from herthat at all. I'm one of the most down-to-earth people
family.’ That's not true at all. I was up makingI know out of anyone in Hollywood.”
phone calls at seven in the morning, and I'll be“Things may seem to naturally come my way.
working until 1:00 A.M.”But I work hard for them, too. I have good
“I was the oldest granddaughter. Everyone waskarma.”
so excited that I was born; they would always take“You may not be able to be hot when you're
pictures of me. My grandma would call me Marilynseventy-five in a conventional sense. Like, young
Monroe or Grace Kelly. Ever since I was little, it'speople won't think you're hot. But your husband will,
what I knew I wanted to do--be a blond icon.”and so will people your own age.”
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