Nicholai Olivia Hilton (born October 5, 1983) is an American fashion model, socialite, fashion designer, and heiress to a part of the Hilton Hotel chain, as well as to about 5%-15% of her father's real estate fortune and investments.
She was the second of four children born to Richard Hilton and Kathy Richards. Her sister and brothers are Paris Hilton, Barron Hilton and Conrad Hilton. On the maternal side of her family, Nicky Hilton is a niece of two popular child stars of the 1970s, Kim Richards and Kyle Richards, who appeared in the motion picture Escape to Witch Mountain and TV shows like Nanny and the Professor, Little House on the Prairie, and later, ER. Her paternal grandparents are Barron Hilton and Marilyn Hawley. She shares her nickname with her grandfather's brother Conrad "Nicky" Hilton, who died 14 years before she was born.
Nicky Hilton moved between several homes in her youth, including a suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and The Hamptons on Long Island, New York.
Hilton and sister Paris are known for their jet-set lifestyles, though Nicky has kept a lower profile. Her primary activities involve modelling, personal appearances, and designing handbags, and these activities earn Nicky nearly $1,000,000 USD per year. Nicky is a fashion model signed with Nous Models in L.A.
On August 15, 2004, Nicky Hilton married Todd Andrew Meister, a Manhattan money manager, at a Las Vegas wedding chapel with Bijou Phillips and Tara Reid as bridesmaids, although the marriage was dissolved shortly afterwards.
She briefly attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and The Parsons School of Design.
She dated Ian Somerhalder (Lost) in 2003 and as of January 2006 was dating Entourage star Kevin Connolly.
In 2005, Hilton, along with Kimberly Stewart, was the face of Australian underwear line, Antz Pantz. Stewart remains contracted, however Hilton has since been replaced by Australian up-and-coming model Megan Maitland.
In 2006, she is in a partnership for Nicky O hotel.
She has also begun her own clothes line for girls, juniors, and women under the name Chick By Nicky Hilton.
In 2003, Nicky was offered a role in a reality show with her sister, Paris Hilton, The Simple Life. She rejected the offer, but Paris went through with it, and her ex-best friend Nicole Richie was given the role. The show went to have three successful seasons with a fourth season premiering Summer 2006 on the E! Network. The show also sent both Paris and Nicole's careers sky-rocketing. A fifth season is in the planning stages.
Nicky will star in a cartoon about her life along with sister Paris and dog Tinkerbell.
