"I interned at Hamptons magazine. I was 12. I walked around with a pad and was like, 'What do you guys want for lunch?' to all the people who worked there."

- Nicky Hilton, on the first and only job she's ever had.

^{Thanks to her successful forefathers, Nicky lives rather comfortably -- and that's an understatement. The worldwide Hilton hotel chain has brought success to the family and provided a cushion (and cushy life) for Nicky. Thanks to this luxury, she has been the center of attention in New York's social circles as a model and aspiring fashion designer.}

Nicholai "Nicky" Olivia Hilton (born October 5, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American fashion model, socialite, and fashion designer. She shares her nickname with her grandfather's brother, Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, who died 14 years before she was born.

Born into a life of luxury, Nicholai Olivia Hilton grew up in the rich Waldorf-Astoria with parents Kathy and Rick, and sister Paris, who is two years older.

Both girls stand to inherit the hundreds of millions of dollars made by great-grandfather Conrad Hilton, who founded the famous Hilton hotels chain. His son, Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, Jr., also handled the hotel business and was the first of Elizabeth Taylor's many husbands.

Exposed to a frenzy of social activity thanks to her class-conscious mother, she couldn't help but be sucked into what New York's elite circle had to offer. Despite moving around from homes in Manhattan, the Hamptons and Beverly Hills, Nicky remained attached to the Big Apple.

Like her sister, with whom she is very close, she recognized the need to establish a name for herself that would be separate from the "hotel heiress" label.

Success

Nicky Hilton needed little encouragement to go out and experience the world. As Nicky saw how older sister Paris was able to grab headlines by immersing herself in the New York nightclub scene, she followed suit, despite not yet being of legal age.

Between partying at Bungalow 8 and posing for glossy spreads in FHM, Vogue and Vanity Fair, Nicky has claimed a seat alongside Paris atop the ladder of the Big Apple's celebrity elite.

A dizzying lifestyle of glitz and glamour has typified Nicky's late teenage years: working with Donald Trump's "T" modeling agency, she got a gig as a model for designer Anand Jon and began designing handbags for Tokyo-based Samantha Thavasa.

In the March 2002 edition of FHM, Nicky and Paris not only appeared on the glossy cover but were also rated No. 1 in the magazine's "Young, Rich and Single" list.

Now studying design, Nicky continues to grab headlines thanks to past relationships with popular MTV VJ Brian McFayden and models Mark Vanderloo and Marcus Schenkenberg, as well as some high-profile public appearances, from trendy restaurant openings to the MTV Video Music Awards, Golden Globes and Oscars.

On August 15, 2004, she made headlines when she married New York businessman Todd Andrew Meister, at the Las Vegas Wedding Chapel. A mere two months later, the marriage was annulled.