[yosho]

I completely agree.

Paris Hilton was also given a lot of freebies early in life...looked how that one turned out.

Early advantages don't always produce exceptional results, often times it can lead to the exact opposite.

[dkarl]

Paris Hilton did a clever job turning what she was given (which didn't include talent or beauty), multiplying it manifold, and making a crapload of money out of it. From a purely economic point of view, she did much better than the vast majority of people born into her class.

[code_duck]

Seems to have turned out pretty well. She's famous for no other reason.

[statictype]

What good has she done for society? Isn't that the metric we're using here? Not whether she has done well for herself.

[loewenskind]

No one is calling her a hero.