"Birthday wishes to the love of my life, the one person who showed me what passion truly was, the one that gave me solid morals to live by and how to dream," she captioned the Instagram post.

In the precious photo, a young Paris kisses with the music icon, who is sporting a bedazzled glove on his right hand.

The teen model later shared a second photo , this time of herself posing on the red carpet at Sunday night's VMAs, with Michael's ghosted image kissing her on the forehead.

I live life with the mentality of, 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.'

Added her older brother, Prince Michael Jackson, "Basically, as a person, she is who my dad is.