Paris Hilton is outraged at a billboard company in New Zealand that has been using her image withour her permission to promote vacant billboard space.
And maybe she has good reason: the ad depicts a photo of Hilton partying under the giant word “Vacant.”
Hilton’s management is readying their lawyers, but the billboard’s owner insists it’s all in fun and they would be happy to take the ad down: “We were thinking about using Winston Peters, but Paris is much prettier and she has a proven ability to laugh at herself. We assume that the agency has taken care of the rights to the image of Paris, but we will ask the question.”
What do you think about the ad? Do you side with Paris or the billboard company?

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LOL THAT’S HILARIOUS.
Hope the company doesnt get in too much trouble. It is just all fun and games after all ;]
sunflower / 382 posts
LOL.
HAHAHAHAHA
sunflower / 484 posts
HA! thats awesome.
sunflower / 348 posts
I wouldn’t be very happy if I was her! lol.
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Hahahahhaha!
magnolia / 1369 posts
The ad is pretty funny but I have to side with Paris. She didn’t give them her permission to use her image. Of course, a celebrity has to expect to have their pictures posted everywhere and be made fun of but being used for advertisement without permission is pretty shitty. It’s like someone finding your pics on myspace and then printing them in a magazines about “bitchy girls on the internet” and then not even paying you for it. You’d either want your face taken out or at least paid for them using it.
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lol hahahahaha!!
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lol.
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That is So funny xD
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Thats funny
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OMG HAHAHHA so hilarious, but I’d side with Paris because that’s just wrong to use it without her premission. I mean if you were her,wouldn’t you be pissed?
cherry blossom / 46 posts
ha thats so funny
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Mmm…even though was my laugh for the day, I also have to side with Paris. If they wanted to use her picture, they should have asked.
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! I love it. I see where Paris is coming from but she shouldn’t sue; she should just ask the company to take them down.
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That’s a massive win.
magnolia / 1017 posts
here i was thinking about her vagina, not her head.
orchid / 111 posts
bahahahahahahahaha!!!
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Hahahaha, that’s funny as hell.
I would be mad if I were Paris though..
But it’s still really funny.
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It’s not really all that funny. it’s pretty boring to me.
dahlia / 2942 posts
Nice.
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Well, Paris may actually have a brain in that head of hers, so I understand why she’d be insulted. Then again, she’s laughed at herself before, so why can’t she do it all of a sudden?
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dissssss
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lololol
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brilliant
rose / 886 posts
I think Paris is far from stupid, she is a crazy successful business woman, her party girl image helps her sell her products…so I think the joke is on the Billboard company!
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hail to the marketing team!
rose / 853 posts
They should have asked her permission, no matter what anyone’s opinion of her is.
dahlia / 2747 posts
LMAO so funny. hahaha.
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Maybe she’s mad because she’s not receiving any kind of royalty for the use of her image…? Because really, feelings don’t matter when you’re making a living selling half-ass products to department stores like every other celebrity, selling your image to practically anything that generates money, and keeping the likes of People magazine as your best friend.
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Yeah, it’s always funny until it’s you. Let’s put down a celebrity to sell our stuff! Immature.
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I love this, but I’d be offended if I were Paris too.
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gg
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you should see my face
hahah,
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i think it’s funny. but yeah i wouldnt want anyone to use my pic without my permission.
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Definately NOT false advertising! LOL
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I like it, it’s a great idea.
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Lol… It’s fitting.
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i’d laugh it off! it’s all in good spirit
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i live in nz n i’ve never seen that billboard before
hahah. but it’s funny! poor paris.
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Well, it’s never okay to publicly humiliate someone… so I think I’m going to have to side with Paris.
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I side with Paris. Regardless of her stupidity, what that billboard company did was wrong.
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its definitely a funny way to catch your attention
sunflower / 295 posts
lol, shame
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kudos on the sheer tongue-in-cheek rudeness of that company xD
i love itttt
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That’s great
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She should sue the hell out of them and show off her “I’m a Millionaire Bitch” skills. Lets see who’s laughing. I’m not a Paris fan but I think these businesses and paps take it too far.
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@BellaGlam - I think the billboard company wins because they used what the population thinks they know, and all they know, or care to believe, is that she’s stupid (even if you and I know better). If she were so obviously brilliant then yes, the company would look silly. For instance, putting Steve Jobs up there instead. The man is publicly a genius. It just wouldn’t make any sense to have the word “vacant” by his face.
Jessica Simpson is another one of those “dumb blondes”, but she’s smart too. They are paid to appear stupid and to be laid back, and yes, I believe it, sadly, sells whatever product they’re promoting.
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LOL
billboard burns are the worst kind. hahahaaaa
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@Lil_Dude433@xanga - agreed!
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If that word was a compliment see if she’ll complain
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I don’t find that funny at all and I have a good sense of humor!
I think Paris should sue whoever uses her image without permission and “insists it’s all in fun” and see how they feels when they lose a couple million dollars b/c that is just wrong and a lame attempt to promote their own product by putting someone else down!
sunflower / 329 posts
If it was me, then I’d be pissed too…BUT I’m not as stupid as Paris, lol. I’m definitely with the billboard company. But you know what they say about joking around, there is always some truth underlining it! Paris Hilton is stupid…everyone knows it.
sunflower / 266 posts
hahaha! yes!
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ahahahaha xD
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They use “Vacant” to describe her empty head and empty vagina.
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It is all just in good fun, so I’m siding with the Billboard company.
rose / 781 posts
Hahaha, the ad is pretty funny. But if I was Paris I would be so frickin’ annoyed right now!
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@BellaGlam - I agree.
Although the ad may be clever(ish), I am on Paris’ side on this one. Her image is her product and they don’t have the right to use it to make money without her permission. I think Paris is far from stupid. If she were as vapid as she acts, her 15 minutes of fame would have been a long time gone. The public is fickle with a short attention span. She has held it for a while now.
orchid / 195 posts
Hahaha the best part is the compliment response from the ad co “…oh we thought you were cool and wouldnt mind…no? You’re really a bi*ch? Oh, our bad…” Lol…clever clever
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LOLOL.
sunflower / 343 posts
I knew I loved them kiwis… and hobbits.
cherry blossom / 26 posts
Jessica Simpson would have been more appropriate.
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that is fucking hilarious.
but i’d be pissed.
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LOL I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
daisy / 556 posts
I think its hilarious and if it is a matter of being called stupid or whatever else you might garner from the word VACANT there, she has no one but herself to blame for people making fun of her that way.
However, I have to side with Paris Hilton, anyway. If its true that her image is being used without her permission, then the billboard company has to take it down or pay. They said they have no problem taking it down, so I don’t see what the big issue still is.
I personally think that she’s not so much angry that she’s been called stupid or anything else, but more that anyone who uses her image probably has to pay her money. If they are using her image without her knowledge, they are not paying her any money. So, for as long as they’ve been using that image without permission, they should have been paying her money and that’s money she’s been “cheated” out of. If this goes to court, despite the fact that the company already has said they are willing to remove the ad, then its probably all about money.
One could insist it might be the principle of the thing, but I highly doubt it. It is definitely true that she doesn’t need that extra money. But, that isn’t what I’m talking about at all. You don’t have to need something to want it. And she strikes me as a greedy person who would definitely want money she thinks should be coming to her. Naturally, she has so much money and she stands to come into even more money one day, that you would think she would not even want more money and that she wouldn’t know what the hell to do with it. I think, however, that that is severely underestimating the power of greed. Especially when it comes to people who are spoiled, used to getting what they want, used to having a lot of money, etc. etc. etc.
But, no matter her methods, unfortunately the billboard company should’ve gotten her permission first. Because, legally they are in the wrong for not getting it. Especially since she is a famous person, even if it is just because she’s rich.
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If they were to use some else’s picture that was ugly, she would be complaining why they didn’t think of her in the first place. It’s just fun and games.
orchid / 108 posts
dannng burn!
sunflower / 294 posts
burn.
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the billboard company is wrong in this case. and not very smart either. pulling a stunt like this against someone as powerful as a Hilton is like signing your own bankruptcy statement. even if a person is able to laugh at themselves, you don’t just go around slandering them without their knowledge or permission.
cherry blossom / 30 posts
not funny for her but hilarrr for us
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@snapeful@xanga - Same here! LOL
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it’s funny. poor paris. haha..
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Does every paparazzi pay her royalty for her photo?
I think they owe some royalty to the original photographer, not Paris herself.
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BURN!
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Thats prettty funny, But i do side with her though because that was kind of mean plus they didnt ask for her permission. she will be the last one laughing in the end.
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ROFL innovative
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i hope their company goes under and Paris buys it out from under them. Regardless how you feel about Paris, this is bullshit and an infringement on her rights.
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LOL. Vacant indeed.
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funny, but i side with paris.
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I see no problem with it. She brought it upon her self, after all. If you play dumb, expect people to think you are, which she is. End of comment.
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I think this billboard is hilarious