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Editorial Review:
Paris Hilton has a lifestyle most girls dream about. Her name is on everyone's lips -- but can she help it if she was born rich and privileged? Now, with a sly sense of humor and a big wink at her media image, Paris lets you in for a sneak peek at the life of a real, live heiress/model/actress/singer/it-girl and tells you how anyone can live a fairy-tale life like hers.
"If you follow your own plans and dreams and you don't let anyone talk you out of them, then you'll start to get the hang of being an heiress....All you need after that is a good handbag, a great pose, and very high heels, and you're on your way. (Long blond hair doesn't hurt, either.)"
In her fabulous and very tongue-in-cheek -- and chic -- guide, you'll discover Paris's twenty-three rules for How to Be an Heiress (Never have only one cell phone when you can have many), Paris's list of Twelve Things an Heiress Would Never Do (Go out the night after the Oscars), and Three Things Most People Think Heiresses Shouldn't Do, But I Think They Should (Go out with broke guys). Paris also shares private information such as her memories of growing up with her sister, Nicky, and family photos; her favorite designers and her unique beauty secrets; what a night out with Paris is like; her personal gallery of fashion don'ts; and behind-the-scenes stories from both installments of her hit television series, The Simple Life. Of course no book by Paris would be complete without her pet teacup Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, and in these pages, the best-dressed dog in the world shares pages from her own secret diary.
Featuring more than three hundred fabulous color photos of Paris, Confessions of an Heiress is a look at life from the unique perspective of a young woman who has the whole world at her stiletto-clad feet.
Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose Reviews:
Guilty pleasure! 
2008-05-13 - I hate to say this but I really like this book. It's like a guilty pleasure. More than a year ago, I found it at a book store in my favorite shopping mall and decided to take a peek in it. After a few pages, I found myself laughing and took this book home. When I finished it the first time, I thought "This is a really funny book. What kind of a person is this. Quite self-absorb. Still, it's really funny." Then, it was left on shelf. Anyway, yesterday I was bored, too lazy to find a new book, I picked it up hoping to get relax, instead I got to think hard about it. Really look behind the book, I think she's pretty smart. She doesn't seem to work that hard, just go out partying and maybe famous for being in a sex tape, but the girl's now really making money for going to a party, releasing purfumes, endorsing products, designing stuff, etc. Even having a record deal! What kind of a person will make money just to go to party and have some fun, which you're going to do that by yourself anyway? And hey! for many of you who don't like her, I think some of you already bought (aka giving her your money) her stuff, right? Something in the book are totally ridiculous like "choosing a family you are born into,... blah blah blah..." but some are pretty sharp. Of course, this is not "The Alchemist", but I don't think she'll feel embarass to say when she was young, she'd written something like this. Just give it a good laugh and a try. After all, it's just a guilty pleasure!
that's not HOT! 
2008-02-18 - This book is a how-to on how to be an heiress. While some may argue that Paris Hilton only put her name on this work and didn't author it, I can assure you that she has penned it herself, like totally. It is overwhelmingly obvious that an experienced, educated writer did not type this up. She describes how one should behave and present herself when aspiring to become an heiress, even going so far as proclaiming that she believes everyone chooses their life on earth before they are born. She was smart enough to pick a life full of wealth, fame and privileges, why anything less? While I believe everyone does choose their life before birth... it is certainly not based upon anything materialistic or egocentric. Lessons to learn are the focal point, well, the only point. After all, what of those in poverty or places of violence, etc.?
Furthermore, I DO NOT understand how someone with hundreds of millions of dollars has absolutely NO intention of earning a college degree. This book reads like a how-to straight out of junior high. There are no misspellings or problems with grammar, capitalization or punctuation, of course, but search inside this book and see that the content is very immature for her age. Did she even graduate from high school? All of her career aspirations revolve around fame and admiration: acting, modeling, singing, writing a book on how to be like her, etc. Look at me, me, me, me!! That's HOT! Well, it's not so hot; what about a priceless college education and a degree no one can ever take away from you? If one looks at real royalty all over the globe, attaining an education is an absolute MUST. If I had as much money as she did I would attend classes until I died or ran out of things to study, whichever came first. College? AS IF!
Use for kitty litter
2008-02-17 - It's not the cheapest variety of kitty litter or the most absorbent, but kitty litter is the best way to use this book. After reading a couple pages in a local bookstore I came to the conclusion that Paris Hilton needs to stop trying to get into the spot light. Talented people need it for good entertainment.
How Dare Anyone Write a Book About This Person
2007-12-24 - It's a sad, sad world. It hurts my heart as well as my brain to know that there are girls out there, adults and teenagers, who look up to a person like this. Paris Hilton is the opitome of what is wrong with America. She is materialism personified. This waste of oxygen has no redeeming qualities about her at all and she threatens the intelligence of millions of people every time she opens her mouth.
The fact that a book as been written about Paris Hilton personally offends me. However, it's the fact that people have BOUGHT this book that mortifies me. If you supported this book, you should truly be ashamed of yourself.
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Horrible!
2007-08-20 - It's true what another reviewer said . . . there are people who live only for image, without substance, then you've got those who are intelligent and stay out of the limelight. And like the reviewer said, the first type of person, the "image" type, "gets old" fast -- both literally and figuratively. What is left once the person gets old and has nothing left to show? Answer me that. It is very disconcerting to me that young girls look up to this creature or humanoid named Paris, whatever term you prefer. It makes no sense. When I was younger there were no such crass and base people to be idolised, and thank God for that! We idolised Joan Jett or The GoGos or even Cyndi Lauper -- these were truly creative and interesting women. Things then seem so innocent now, don't they? I feel so sorry for young people today, they are bombarded with Paris Hilton and other forms of cheap, worthless entertainment daily, without respite.
