Socialite Paris Hilton has denied rumours she plans to adopt four blonde babies and raise them as "the most famous women in the world".

The hotel heiress has rubbished reports she wants to travel the world to find disadvantaged children, who share her characteristics, who she can give a home to.

She said: "People have said I'm adopting four blonde babies. That's retarded! I'm not."

However, Paris - whose close friend Nicole Richie recently announced she was pregnant - refused to rule out adopting in the future.

She added: "Maybe I will at some point in my life, but I want to have my own children first."

Last week, sources close to Paris, 26, claimed she was ready to follow in the footsteps of several other stars, including Angelina Jolie and Madonna, and adopt.

One said: "Paris has been saying, 'You don't need a husband to have babies.' There are babies in orphanages around the world, and she's hoping to find four girls with blonde hair and pretty eyes to whom to give the Hilton name.

"She's been telling people, 'I want a brood of little mini versions of me. I'll raise them to be the most famous women in the world'."