Paris Hilton "saved" the life of a fan by giving him $5,000.

The hotel heiress sent the cash to muscular dystrophy sufferer Mike Oliveri, who struggles to afford his healthcare bills, after they struck up a bond when they met at a Los Angeles nightclub earlier this month.

Following the gesture, Mike posted a video on his personal website thanking the 'Simple Life' star for "saving" his life.

In the clip, he says: "I met her about a week-and-a-half ago ... I just thought she was a very sweet person ... We became friends and ... she just sent me $5,000 and saved my life, literally.

"Paris, the magnitude of appreciation I have for what you did, you didn't have to do that. Just our friendship alone is worth more than you could ever imagine."

Mike goes on to describe the heiress as an "angel" and admits his is grateful to be able to discuss his problems with the 31-year-old star.

He continued: "Having somebody to talk to everyday, and somebody that understands, and somebody that cares, I really appreciate what you did and I hope the whole world understands what an amazing person you are.

"Words cannot express how I feel. I just want to say, Paris, I love you, thank you so much."

Earlier today a new song and accompanying music video for ‘Drunk Text‘ featuring Paris Hilton leaked onto the Internet, leading fans and media to think this was her much anticipated new single. However, Paris has taken to her official blog saying this isn’t the case. She sets the record straight writing:

Hey guys, I’m getting a lot of tweets about this song that just leaked. No, this is not my new single. It’s just a demo I did for fun with friends a while ago. My new single will be out in the next few months with Afrojack and a very special suprise guest. Can’t wait for you all to hear it, such a fun club song! Love you guys!

xoxo Paris

"I have a huge passion for house music. It always has been my passion. I just haven't been able to focus on it, because I have been doing reality TV for so long now," contactmusic.com quoted Hilton as saying.

"I've been working on the album with lots of other top DJs for a while now and I think people will be really surprised. It's very modern and very catchy perfect party music," she added.

But as her empire is expanding so, it appears, is her waistline and the 29-year-old showed off a remarkably fuller figure in Brazil yesterday.

Paris, who was appearing in a San Paulo fashion show, was paraded pretty dresses down the runway flaunting her newly-found curves.

Now and then: Paris Hilton strutted her stuff on the catwalk in Brazil  showing off a larger figure than her bikini body in July

The usually super-slim socialite appears to have been putting on pounds steadily over the past six months.

Her appearance was in stark contrast to the Paris that soaked up the sun in a pink stripey two-piece in St Tropez, back in July.

Pairs enjoyed an extended jaunt around European hotspots on her yacht over the summer and played up to the media frenzy that followed, her flaunting her trim and slim frame in a number of stylish swimwear pieces.

Model moves: Paris strode down the catwalk in outfits by fashion brand Triton

Yesterday while she was still happy to pose for the cameras she was looking at her largest and sported a much fuller figure.

As she modeled the chic designs, which included a black dress with pleated skirt and bright trim, she wore her hair in a French plat on the side of her head revealing a much plumper face than usual.

Paris closed the show as the lead model and wore a stunning strapless metallic dress teemed with huge platform heels.

Leader of the pack: Paris lead the final parade as the fashion show closed

She tweeted: ‘Just finished walking in the @TritonLovers Runway Fashion Show. The show went amazing! The clothes were so beautiful! Loves it! Brazil rocks’

Later that evening party girl Paris took to the town in a multi-coloured strapless dress with boyfriend Cy Waits.

Paris is not the only famous American face to take to the catwalk in Brazil, Ashton Kutcher is also returning to his modeling roots modeling designs for Colcci.

Travel buddies: Paris and boyfriend Cy jetted into Brazil on the same flight as Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore

The32-year-old actor, who arrived with wife Demi Moore on the same plane as Paris and Cy, was eager to try out the loco lingo and posted a tweet in Portuguese.

Ashton posted: ‘Estou pronto para o Brasil. Brazil esta pronto para mim?’ whichroughly translates to I’m ready for Brazil is Brazil ready for me?

Changing shape:  A tiny Paris in 2003, a slim socialite in 2009 and showing off a fuller figure in Brazil yesterday

Court papers filed in Miami indicate a settlement was reached last week. No terms were announced and final documents must be filed by November 11. Paris’s spokeswoman and an attorney for the movie’s investors had no immediate comment.

The investors originally sued the 29-year-old actress and celebrity socialite for 8.3 million dollars. But after a trial, a federal judge ruled they could not collect that much. Earlier this year, the judge said Paris could be liable for about 160,000 dollars.

Paris insisted in trial testimony that she did all she could to promote Pledge This!

The sorority romp was a box-office flop.

The hotel heiress spent Wednesday shopping with her boyfriend, Cy Waits, for gifts, pumpkins and candy, then headed straight to the Rescue Mission Shelter in LA to give it all away.

“Just got home,” she tweeted. “Had a great day today. Cy and I went to the pumpkin patch to buy a bunch of pumpkins. Also some tools to carve and paint them and lots of candy and toys.”

“Brought everything down to the children at The Rescue Mission Shelter. They were all so excited and grateful. It’s such an amazing feeling to make a child smile and be happy.”