He is one of the best-known faces in pop culture, and staying several decades as a social icon is not an easy task. However, Paris Hilton has succeeded. The businesswoman is also an actress, singer, model and DJ; and she recently revealed to the world how, despite having all the money and protection in the world, she had been a victim of sexual abuse, like many millions of other children around the world.

The businesswoman, who is currently 41 years old, revealed that when she was just a girl she experienced a real ordeal at the school where she studied, located in Springville, Utah. For this reason, she has moved to the Capitol, in Washington, to ask for the approval of a bill designed to prevent sexual and physical abuse in schools.

It’s something I’ve never talked about before,” she told the New York Times in an interview. “At Provo Canyon School, I was woken up in the middle of the night by male staff who took me to a private room and made me ‘ cervical exams’ in the middle of the night,” revealed the businesswoman.

“Sleep deprived and heavily medicated, I didn’t understand what was happening. I was forced to lie on a padded table, spread my legs and undergo ‘cervical exams.’ I cried as they held me down and said, ‘Shut up. Shut up. Stop struggling.’ ‘” the DJ said. “I don’t know what they were doing, but I’m sure they weren’t doctors,” she revealed.

“My childhood was stolen from me and it kills me that this continues to happen to other innocent children,” says the designer. “From the moment I woke up until I went to bed, all day there was screaming in my face, screaming and continuous torture,” explains Paris Hilton, who says they were forced to take medication, “It’s important to bring these moments to light painful to be able to heal myself and help put an end to these abuses”, highlights the 41-year-old businesswoman.

“I am doing everything I can to fight for those children who come from families who cannot help and support them, children in reform schools and foster homes who have no voice,” explained the businesswoman: “I am turning my pain into a purpose and using my image to help make a difference and save the lives of these children” added Paris.

This year is being very important for Paris Hilton, who in addition to participating in this important political and legal project; she was also debuting as the author of her first book. An autobiography, Paris: The Memoir, in which she rewrites her life.

The businesswoman is also very focused on her personal life. The heiress welcomed together with her husband her first child in common with her, Phoenix Barron, born by surrogate station on January 25. A child that will not be the last for the couple, who is already planning the arrival of their next offspring, that Paris trusts that she will be a girl.