Paris Hilton has recently set in motion a TV show aimed at finding a new best friend who was hot, loyal and ”paparazzi-ready.” With the filming now coming to an end, she claims she has come across the person she was looking for.

The reality series called ”Paris Hilton’s My New BFF”(Best Friend Forever) will begin to be broadcast on September 30 on MTV, featuring 16 women and two men who have been carefully chosen from more than 300,000 Americans.

The candidates had to overcome a number of challenges, including managing to look hot on a rollercoaster and making a commercial for one of Hilton’s fashion products. Paris has now selected a winner, who will be revealed to the public later on in the show, the hotel heiress saying that the new friendship is more than a TV flick.

”The person who won is now my best friend. We hang out. Yeah, we're really friends,” said Hilton.

"We've been having barbecues and hanging out at the house. The winner and I have been pretty low-key so far, because it is top secret right now," she added.

Paris also stated that she puts a greater price on trust than on looking hot and that she found her recent experience to have been very fun. The change of scenery-from being surrounded by Hollywood stars to spending quality time with ordinary folks-gave her a taste of the real world, leaving her quite satisfied with the outcome.

The filmings for a second series of the show are scheduled to begin next month, the location being England this time, where Paris Hilton expects her new ”friends” to be very different.

Paris Hilton, 27, is known to the public due to her appearance on the television series „The Simple Life,” her minor role in the horror movie „House of Wax,” her self-titled fragrance, her 2006 music album entitled „Paris” and also her 2003 sex tape. The latter features footage shot in night-vision from a hotel room where Paris and then-boyfriend Rick Salomon were engaged in sexual activities.