United Kingdom, Nov. 16 -- Paris Hilton has claimed she is "self-made".

The 44-year-old heiress - whose parents, Rick and Kathy Hilton, have a combined net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars - is proud of what she has achieved with her company 11:11 Media, which employs 25 people and she claims is valued at $1 billion.

She told The Times newspaper: "I'm self-made. Like, I've done this all on my own.

"No one's ever given me anything in my entire life."

Paris' late grandfather Barron Hilton - who reportedly left 97% of his wealth to the family's charity when he died in 2019 - was proud of her work ethic and they had an "extremely close" relationship.

She said: "We were extremely close and we would always have lunches and dinners,...