Tessa von Walderdorff Biography
Tessa Hilton is a socialite, model, and real estate broker from the United States. She previously worked as a short-film actress, a freelance disc jockey, and a writer for the German fashion and lifestyle magazine I Love You.
How old is Tessa von Walderdorff? – Age
She is 28 years old as of 20 February 2022. She was born in 1994 in New York, New York, United States. Her real name is Countess Tessa June von Walderdorff.
Tessa von Walderdorff Family – Education
Her father, Count Franz von Walderdorff, is a photographer and artist, and her mother, Anna-Sabrina Brühwiler, is an artist. Her father is of German descent, and her mother is of German, Swiss, French, and Danish descent. Walderdorff’s first language was French, and she later became fluent in German and English.
She is a descendant of the German House of Wittelsbach, which ruled over the Kingdom of Bavaria, and a member of the German noble Walderdorff family. Walderdorff spent a lot of time as a child at Schloss Höfling, an 18th-century castle near Regensburg, Bavaria where the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis leased to her family.
Count Hugo von Walderdorff, Walderdorff’s paternal grandfather, fled Germany during World War II to avoid forced recruitment into the Hitler Youth. Countess Marie Josepha von Ballestrem, a daughter of Princess Therese zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, is her paternal grandmother. Countess Mia Rose von Walderdorff is her younger sister. In East Hampton, New York, he attended the Ross School. She graduated from Bard College in 2016 with a double major in Written Arts and French and a tennis scholarship.
Who is Tessa Hilton married to? – Wife
She met Barron Nicholas Hilton II, Paris Hilton’s younger brother, and Nicky Hilton Rothschild, at a restaurant in Saint Barthélemy in 2016, and they began dating soon after. On September 17, 2017, Hilton proposed to Walderdorff in Central Park. Later that month, they announced their engagement on Instagram. Walderdorff and Hilton married in Gustavia, first in a civil ceremony at the town hall on June 1, 2018, followed by a religious ceremony at St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church on June 3, 2018. Following the ceremony, there was a reception at Villa La Plage. She announced her pregnancy in September 2019. Milou Alizée Hilton, her daughter, was born on March 11, 2020.
Tessa von Walderdorff Career
In 2012 and 2013, Walderdorff worked as a production assistant for Holly Li Productions during New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week. Walderdorff made her film debut in Dylan Verrechia’s 2017 film Rosewood: The Best Version of Yourself. In the upcoming film Spring to Winter, she plays Jessica Cabot. Walderdorff has done free-lance work as a disc jockey and has begun producing her own music, inspired by music she discovered while living in Berlin and with her classical piano training.
She is a licensed real estate agent who works as a salesperson for Hilton and Hyland, a real estate firm owned by her father-in-law Richard Hilton and Jeffrey Hyland. Walderdorff has published two short story collections and is currently working on a series of children’s books with Full Cycle Publications. She also contributes to the Berlin-based magazine I Love You. Walderdorff walked the runway for Marcel Ostertag’s Spring 2019 collection during New York Fashion Week in September 2018.
How much is Barron Hilton worth? – Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.