Paris Hilton orders $282k worth of diamonds for her Bentleys dashboard

Paris Hilton bought herself a Bentley for Christmas. But not just any Bentley. She had the body and hubcaps of her Continental LT spray painted Pepto Bismol pink, replaced the trademark Bentley initials with her own, and had the windows tinted so that the paparazzi couldn’t snap photos of her inside. Now she has called the dealer in England, where the car was manufactured, and asked them to “give it more sparkle” – and create a diamond-encrusted dashboard to be shipped to LA and retrofitted into her car.

Paris got one of her guys to phone Bentley in Crewe, where the vehicle was made, to ask if it would be possible to give it a little more sparkle.

“When the man said she wanted to stud the dashboard with a couple of hundred grand’s worth of diamonds, we were stunned.

“We’re used to dealing with the stars so we expect the odd extravagance, but this is something else.”

Paris bought the Bentley in December as a Christmas present to herself.

She had it sprayed pink and the Bentley badge replaced with her own initials. The upholstery, grille and hubcaps are also pink and the car has a tint on the windows to prevent photographs being taken of her inside.

She gushed: “I’ve just always wanted a pink car.

“I think when you’re a little girl and you have the Barbie Corvette you’re always like, ‘Oh, I wish I had a car like this one day.’

“I think it just comes from being a fan of Barbie for so long.”

[from the Sun]

I guess Paris never played with the Astronaut or Working Woman Barbie. Somehow I see her parents special-ordering clothes (all pink) for Paris to play with in her kids-sized playhouse complete with a garage full of Barbie cars in different shades of pink. She probably just dressed the Barbies up, put them in a circle around her, and pranced around in front of them – the perfect audience. Usually, I would say that if Paris has the money for a diamond-encrusted dashboard (almost $300,000 worth), more power to her. But in a worldwide recession, it is nothing less than tacky to flaunt what you have in such an ostentatious way. Especially when the plant where you expect that order to be carried out has been temporarily closed due to the economy.

Here are pictures of Paris out in her pink Bentley on 1/14/09, and her blue Bentley on 1/9/09. Credit: WENN

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