6 of the Oldest Selfies

In 2023, Paris Hilton made the bold claim of having conceived of the selfie. In posts on Instagram and X, she shared photos from 2006 of her posing alongside Britney Spears, claiming, “17 years ago, I invented the selfie.” While it’s unclear whether she was joking or not, what we do know for certain is that the selfie was not invented by Paris Hilton in 2006. In fact, there’s a strong case to be made that the first selfie was taken almost 150 years before Hilton was even born. And the word “selfie” itself was ...Read More