Paris Hilton The beautiful blond hotel heiress came to national fame not as the new CEO of Hilton Hotels, but via a sex tape. When the fascination with Hilton died down after a few years, so did her career. She tried singing and acting and was found extremely lacking. Worse, an even more beautiful bubblehead with no skills, who also had a sex tape released to the public, eclipsed Hilton’s fame and she retreated to the Hollywood D-list.