The moment the multimillionaire heiress, DJ, entrepreneur and fashion influencer Paris Hilton knew she’d truly made a name for herself was during a conversation with one of her family members.

"I’ll never forget when my grandfather [Barron, the hotelier son of the Hilton magnate Conrad Hilton] told me he’s now known as Paris Hilton’s grandfather," she tells HELLO! in this exclusive interview. "That’s when I realised I had truly made it."

She was once known as a prolific partygoer who hit the clubs in LA alongside Lindsay Lohan , Britney Spears and Nicole Richie – her friend and co-star in the reality show The Simple Life , which propelled them both to global stardom when it aired in 2003.

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But Paris has worked tirelessly over the past 20 years to

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