THE NOT SO SIMPLE LIFE of Paris Hilton

The hotel heiress opens up about her school trauma and abuse

While Paris Hilton has built an empire on her happy-go-lucky, ditzy blonde persona, the heiress made headlines last week when she opened up about her troubled youth, including her sinister experience at a boarding school.

“I buried my truth for so long. But I’m proud of the strong woman I’ve become. People might assume everything in my life came easy to me, but I want to show the world who I truly am,” says the 39-year-old ahead of the launch of her upcoming documentary, This Is Paris, which promises to pull back the facade on her very public life.

TOUGH TIME