Rich girls: Louis Vuitton bags, mega-bucks Sweet 16's and major bling aren't just for the Hilton sisters these days. Why girls everywhere suddenly want to live large

Girls' Life, June-July, 2005 by Lisa Mulcahy, Karen Bokram

Make money, honey. Want moolah to blow? Work for it. This might get you thinking twice about what's really worth spending money on--and what's not.

Know that cash isn't king. "Let curiosity, not possessions, lead you," Borman says. Try fresh hobbies with new buds--doing this could even help you figure out what career to pursue.

Our Top 5 TV Rich Girls

We'd like to tell you these girls are fictional characters but--yikes!--they're the ones we love to love (and love to hate) on reality TV.

PARIS HILTON The Simple Life, Fox This rich girl was born into her family's Hilton Hotel wealth. Best known for being a party animal, Paris is trading in TV's The Simple Life for a film role in House of Wax. That's hot.

BRITTNY GASTINEAU Gastineau Girls, E! Daughter of New York Jets superstar Mark Gastineau, Brittny (and her morn Lisa) are rich, beautiful and looking for love in New York city high society. Watch the two trash each other senseless over who took whose Christian Dior purse!

LAUREN ("LC") Laguna Beach, MTV This beach-y blonde daughter of an architect lives in an enormous mansion, where she has two closets in her bedroom--one for clothes, one for shoes and purses. She says she's always been the "nice girl" but recently figured out to "go after what you want."

NATALIE My Super Sweet 16, MTV Former "regular girl" Natalie invites her friends from her hometown of Roswell, N.M., to California for her Sweet 16. She rarely stops talking about how she wants her friends Sara and Will to go back to New Mexico and let everyone know how she's livin' it up.

JAIME LEE GLEICHER Rich Girls, MTV BFF to Ally Hilfiger (yes, Tommy's kid), this Manhattanite enjoys the perks of privilege: "I love to shop." She has the trendy accessory--a teacup Maltese pup named Star.