'If a beeper had a camera, I would have taken a selfie with it': Paris Hilton says she INVENTED the selfie - and started all of today's hottest trends - as she poses in her portrait-filled home for W

• Paris, 36, took W Magazine inside her home, which is filled with photos, paintings, and even cardboard cutouts of her
• She noted that a lot of the trends on the runways are things she used to wear in the early-to-mid-'00s
• Paris also pointed out, correctly, that she was one of the first reality stars, but had only nice things to say about current reality star Kim Kardashian
• The socialite also appears in a funny video in which she rehashes her favorite '00s-era trends and shows off her extensive bedazzled cell phone collection 

As Paris Hilton would tell it, she's always been way ahead of her time.

The 36-year-old socialite-turned-reality-star-turned-entrepreneur was a celebrity for being a celebrity before it was cool — and, as she says in a new interview with W Magazine, she's really the front-runner that inspired all the celebrity fashion trends of today.

Besides truly being one of the first reality stars — the Simple Life did, in fact, pave the way for shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians and the Real Housewives franchise — Paris also claims responsibility for the selfie, social media stars, and even many of 2017's biggest fashion trends.

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'If a beeper had a camera, I would have taken a selfie with it,' she said, agreeing with the W interviewer's observation that she invented the photo technique — or, at the very least, popularized it.

'I think I have a selfie from when I was a little kid, like on a disposable camera,' she added.

Certainly, there is plenty of evidence of Paris taking pictures of herself with early digital cameras and flip phones, though some might argue that many people were doing that at the time.

Touching on the subject of fashion, Paris also noted that she was wearing all of today's hot trends back in the early-to-mid 2000s.

'To now see things on the runway, and to see girls wearing things that I used to wear is really cool because nobody really dressed like me back in the day,' she said. ''Young people now see what people wore before and want to bring it back.'

Undoubtedly, some critics will say that Paris sounds like she is tooting her own horn.

However, her claim may not be so far-fetched — she did wear several of today's trends over a decade ago, though her insistence that she was the only one is dubious.  

As W points out, Gucci has been showing graphic tees — an old Paris favorite — on the runway. Saint Laurent has tiaras and rhinestones — another Hilton standby — and Paco Rabanne showed chainmail dresses.

Vetements also recently debuted a Juicy Couture collaboration, and Paris was certainly one of the most frequent wearers of the brand's tracksuits.

She also often carried tiny bags, wore chokers, and sported other accessories that are making a comeback. 

While Paris' contribution to the trends of today is not comfirmable, it is definitely not outlandish to say that she 'started a whole new genre of celebrity', as she, her sister Nikki, and her frenemy Nicole Richie were the first of their kind

She is, however, glad she got in at the ground floor with reality TV.

'Nowadays, everything is just so scripted and fake,' she said. 'Everything is planned out. There's nothing real, really. I'm glad that I did it in the beginning when it was organic and fun.'

This could be a slight dig at the Kardashians, who infamously reshoot scenes for their reality show — but Paris won't outright dis the famous family, despite only recently resolving a longtime feud with one-time employee Kim.

'I've known the family my whole life,' she said. 'They are all intelligent, beautiful business women and I'm proud of them and the brand they've built.'

Paris also showed off her famous sense of humor in a video for W, which takes viewers inside her very Paris-centric home. 

W's writer, who was given the grand tour, descirbes a 'Princess Paris' placard outside the front door, as well as several pictures and paintings of her throughtout the home. There is also a cardboard cut-out of Paris, and even framed mirror selfies. 

The two-minute clip offers viewers a peek, too, as Paris rehashes her favorite trends from the '00s — several of which are back.

She shouts out to track suits ('Always wear ones that are colorful, or else you'll like you're actually going to the gym. Ew.'), graphic tees, tiaras, rhinestones, and super-short skits ('Skirts should be the size of a belt. Life's short. Take risks.').  

She also stresses the importance of having multiple phones, saying, 'You should have at least three phones, and they should all be bedazzled.

According to W, Paris actually has five iPhones now — but her full collection of old phones is much more extensive.

She seems to have hung onto all of the cell phones she's ever used, and even shows them off in the video: Two T-Mobile phones, a Razr flip phone with rhinestones in a cheetah pattern, three bedazzled Blackberrys, and two more cells.