The party is about to stop for Paris Hilton - the hotel heiress' year-long bid to stay single and celibate is over next month.

The party is about to stop for Paris Hilton - the hotel heiress' year-long bid to stay single and celibate is over next month.

According to the singing socialite's best pal Kim Kardashian, Hilton and her party pals entered into a pact a year ago to give up serious commitments for 12 months - to enjoy the single life for a full year before getting serious about the future.

Kardashian, the daughter of former O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian, explains, "Me and Paris and the girls are trying to stay single for one year. In March that'll be up.

"I'm a relationship kind of girl, but I think everyone needs a year in their life to be single."

Pal Paris, who quipped she'd be married and pregnant by 2010 in an interview two years ago (2005), is making sure her men are lined up when her single stint comes to an end - she celebrated her 26th birthday in Las Vegas over the weekend with two ex-boyfriends; Stavros Niarchos and Brandon Davis.

According to the singing socialite's best pal Kim Kardashian, Hilton and her party pals entered into a pact a year ago to give up serious commitments for 12 months - to enjoy the single life for a full year before getting serious about the future.

Kardashian, the daughter of former O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian, explains, "Me and Paris and the girls are trying to stay single for one year. In March that'll be up.

"I'm a relationship kind of girl, but I think everyone needs a year in their life to be single."

Pal Paris, who quipped she'd be married and pregnant by 2010 in an interview two years ago (2005), is making sure her men are lined up when her single stint comes to an end - she celebrated her 26th birthday in Las Vegas over the weekend with two ex-boyfriends; Stavros Niarchos and Brandon Davis.

Austrian businessman Richard Lugner has dismissed reports Paris Hilton's management have threatened to sue him and his wife Christina over "self-promotional" birthday presents.

Christina Lugner gave Hilton, who was the couple's guest of honour at this year's Vienna Opera Ball, a watch, a Blackberry and a pair of skis for her 26th birthday. However, according to media reports in Austria, Hilton's management suspected promotional misuse and threatened legal action after the press conference presentation.

But Richard Lugner insists he knows nothing about a lawsuit and hasn't been contacted by Hilton's management yet.

He tells the online edition of Austrian newspaper Oesterreich, "I only heard of it through the media."

However, he concedes he can imagine why management could have taken offence, adding, "At the press conference, there was also the general manager of the ski firm who wanted to give Paris the present personally and take a photo with her. That was refused by Paris' management."

He claims his wife then presented Hilton with the gift herself and that no pictures were taken. Lugner adds, "Why should I promote Skis or mobile phones. I don't get anything out of it."

The singer was stunned by the 25-year-old's diva behaviour and turned her down flat.

Church says, "Before the first series, Paris Hilton tried to demand $500,000 to come on the show. I certainly don't agree with what Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan do. There's no need to go out without your knickers on."

Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American celebrity and socialite. She is an heiress to a share of the Hilton Hotel fortune, as well as to the real estate fortune of her father Richard Hilton.

Hilton is notable for her leading role on the reality series The Simple Life. In addition to her work as an actress, she has achieved some recognition as a model, celebrity spokesperson, singer, and writer. She is also known for her participation in a private home sex video made with former boyfriend Rick Salomon. The film, titled 1 Night in Paris, was leaked onto the Internet in late 2003, attracting publicity in the United States and worldwide.

Hilton is the oldest of four children of Richard Hilton and Kathy Richards. Her younger sister is Nicky Hilton (after paternal great-uncle, Conrad Nicholson Hilton II, 'Nicky'), and her younger brothers are Barron Hilton II (after paternal grandfather Barron Hilton), and Conrad Hilton III (after paternal great-grandfather Conrad Nicholson Hilton I).

Her paternal grandparents are hotel chairman Barron Hilton, and his wife, the former Marilyn Hawley; and Hilton's paternal great-grandparents were Hilton Hotel founder Conrad Hilton and his first wife, Mary Barron. When Conrad Hilton died in 1979, he left nothing in his will to his children or other descendants. Barron Hilton contested this decision and prevailed in court in 1988. The value of Paris's inheritance has been variously estimated at between (US) $30 and $50 million.

Hilton moved between several exclusive homes in her youth, including a suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and the Hamptons. Currently, her parents own a $30.5 million mansion in Bel Air, a $12.3 million estate in the Hamptons, and a $10 million house in the Hollywood Hills in which she and her sister stay to give them privacy. She attended her freshman year of high school in Rancho Mirage, California at the Marywood-Palm Valley School and her sophomore and junior years of high school at the Dwight School in New York, but dropped out and eventually earned a GED.

Hilton began modeling as a child, appearing first in charity events. In 2000, the then nineteen year old signed with Donald Trump's modeling agency, T Management.Hilton has since worked with the top modeling agencies Ford Models Management in New York, Models 1 Agency in London, Nous Model Management in Los Angeles, and Premier Model Management in London. She has appeared in numerous advertisements, including Iceberg, GUESS, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, and Marciano. In early 2001, Hilton began to develop a reputation as a 19-year-old socialite, being identified as "New York's leading It Girl" whose fame was beginning to "extend beyond [...] the New York tabloids".

Hilton and Nicole Richie (adopted daughter of Lionel Richie) starred in the 2003 FOX hit reality series The Simple Life, in which they lived with a family on their farm in rural Altus, Arkansas. Capitalizing on the "fish out of water" theme, the show featured Hilton and Richie working at a variety of blue collar jobs, making out with the local boys, and performing menial tasks associated with farm life. The elite duo's resistence to appreciate and engage in the "simple life" was a central theme on the series. It was followed by two more seasons on FOX: The Simple Life 2: Road Trip and The Simple Life 3: Interns, and another on E!: The Simple Life 4: ' Til Death Do Us Part. A fifth season, The Simple Life Goes to Camp, to be aired on E!, is set to premiere in May, 2007.

The leak of her then three-year-old sex video in 2003 fueled an "Internet frenzy" a week prior to the premiere of The Simple Life, leading to speculation that it was a deliberate publicity stunt. Hilton has strongly denied such claims and stated she was "embarrassed" and "humiliated" by the publicity brought by the tape.

Hilton has appeared in minor and supporting roles in the feature films House of Wax (2005), The Hillz (2004), Raising Helen (2004), and Nine Lives (2002). Her role in House of Wax won the Teen Choice Award for "Best Scream", and earned a "Choice Breakout Performance – Female" nomination, and a "Best Frightened Performance" nomination at the MTV Movie Awards 2006. Hilton landed her first lead roles in 2006 with the straight-to-DVD releases National Lampoon's Pledge This! and Bottom's Up with Jason Mewes. She also appeared in cameo roles in Zoolander (2001), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Wonderland (2003), and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004). She has also acted in the short subjects QIK2JDG (2002) and L.A. Knights (2003). Hilton has several upcoming theatrical releases in which she is the lead role, including The Hottie and the Nottie (2008), and an untitled superhero movie involving Stan Lee.

Hilton also starred in 1 Night in Paris (2004), an unauthorized sex video with her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, for which she received directorial credit. The film earned three AVN Awards in 2005, including "Best Selling Title of the Year". Hilton originally sued Salomon over the release of the tape, but settled out of court in July 2005. According to reports, Hilton was awarded up to $400,000 and planned to donate a percentage to charity. However, in a 2006 interview with GQ magazine, she stated: "I never received a dime from (the video). It's just dirty money and (Salomon) should give it all to some charity for the sexually abused or something."

Plans for Hilton to lend her name, and also star in a cartoon series which follows the animated life of herself, her sister Nicky, and her dog Tinkerbell are in production. Hilton has also guest starred in episodes of The O.C., The George Lopez Show, Las Vegas, American Dreams and Veronica Mars. Hilton's voice was used in See Paris Die! a viral animation promoting House of Wax and appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, when she claimed to have trade marked the term "that's hot".

Hilton has also appeared in several music videos, including It Girl by John Oates (of Hall & Oates fame), Just Lose It by Eminem, and Caught Up In The Rapture by Won-G featuring Gizelle.

Hilton has been widely discussed by the tabloid media. Hilton was engaged to male fashion model Jason Shaw from mid-2002 to early 2003. On May 29, 2005, she announced her engagement to Paris Latsis, a Greek shipping heir. However, on October 1, 2005, Hilton announced that the five-month engagement had been called off. Soon thereafter, she began dating another Greek shipping heir, Stavros Niarchos III, but as of May 2, 2006, Hilton publicist Elliot Mintz told the press of the reported breakup.

On July 11, 2006 in an attempt to "rediscover herself", Hilton imposed a ban on sexual activity for one year. She told Regis and Kelly: "I'm doing it just because I want to. I feel I'm becoming stronger as a person. Every time I have a boyfriend, I'm just so romantic, and I'll put all my energy into the guy, and I don't really pay attention to myself. One-night stands are not for me. I think it's gross when you just give it up. Guys want you more if you don't just hand it to them on a platter. If they want you, then they will wait. You have to make them work for it. I think that's the only way you know if they really want you or just want to be able to brag that they've been with you." Despite her comments of a single life, Hilton was photographed kissing Brandon Davis on July 16, 2006 in West Hollywood. On July 31, 2006, she told People that she and Stavros are together again.

On September 7, 2006, Hilton was arrested for driving under the influence, even though she claimed that she had just one margarita, and that the high alcohol content in her blood was a result of having no time to eat during a long day while making a music video; Hilton's blood alcohol content was 0.08, the limit in California. Hilton was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI and released almost immediately due to the flood of photographers outside. She stated she was speeding to get food at the In-N-Out Burger restaurant. On January 22, 2007, Hilton pled no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving, a lesser charge than driving under the influence. She was placed on 36 months probation and ordered to pay fines of about US$1,500.

On January 22, 2007, Hilton's private life was again thrust into the media spotlight with the launch of ParisExposed.com, a website that features images of personal documents, video, and other material allegedly obtained when the contents of a storage locker rented by Hilton was auctioned off due to lack of a $208 payment. The website began charging online access to this material and received 1.2 million visitors in just over 40 hours. Among the contents were medications, diaries, photographs, contracts and love letters, as well as a video of her shot by Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild, whom she once dated. On February 3, 2007 Hilton obtained a temporary injunction against ParisExposed.com, closing down the website.

On February 5, 2007, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 discussed footage obtained from the ParisExposed.com website which features Hilton using the ethnic slurs "niggers", "chink", and "Jappy" - in addition to the term "Faggot". Rosie O'Donnell attacked Hilton publicly on ABC's The View over the issue.

On March 29, 2007, The Los Angeles City's Attorney's Office announced that Hilton violated the terms of her DUI probation, and they want her to serve at least 90 days in jail. She violated her probation when she was pulled over on February 27 and cited for driving on a suspended license. The hotel heiress was spotted driving along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles without her headlights on, according to police reports. Officers pulled Hilton over in her Bentley convertible and found she was driving with a suspended license - the result of her drunk driving arrest the previous September.

Hilton was named "Sex Star of the Year" in the March 2005 issue of Playboy. A Hilton look-a-like appeared on the magazine's cover

On March 8, 2006, Brian Quintana, an event producer, was granted a three-year restraining order against Hilton after he testified that she harassed and threatened him.

Hilton had an 18 month long falling out with The Simple Life friend and co-star Nicole Richie. In 2006, Hilton told HX Magazine the reasons for the split was that she and Nicole "grew apart because of fame". As of October 9, 2006, Hilton said she was delighted to resume their old friendship, and it is believed that their mutual disagreements regarding the new season of The Simple Life helped bring the two friends back together.