Rush & Molloy
Before the slammer, Paris planning some glamour
Paris Hilton is getting ready for her closeup.
Sources say the jail-bound heiress has ordered a hair and makeup team to meet her at her Hollywood Hills home at 9 a.m. Monday.
It's understood that the glamorous inmate-to-be plans to turn the perp walk into a catwalk, and she wants the media to see her looking her best.
"The timing is to make sure she makes all the celebrity weeklies," an insider says.
"Paris is a genius at marketing herself. She managed to turn having a sex tape to her benefit, and she's going to do the same out of going to prison."
But the pal observes: "It's not just about marketing, it's about making money. If she can set up her entry into jail in a very grand way, the payoff will be greater."
Hilton is also said to have decided to write a prison diary during her 23-day sentence, for publication upon release. (No doubt Oscar Wilde's "Ballad of Reading Gaol" is one of her inspirations.)
"Paris' prison diary will make a more dramatic read than Martha Stewart's," says someone with knowledge of her business dealings.
"If she can make it believable, and not exaggerate too much, she might expect to make a million dollars out of it."
Look for Paris' star turn to be of the high-fashion variety, like Naomi Campbell's community service for assaulting her maid earlier this year, or Lil' Kim being released from prison in 2006 after serving time for perjury and conspiracy for lying to a grand jury. Whatever Paris has up her sleeve, it's sure to be a far cry from the performance by a dour-looking Winona Ryder, who humbly reported to court in 2002 on grand theft and vandalism charges stemming from a shoplifting arrest.
"Paris doesn't do contrite very well," says the source. "She will be glam, and Paris is the queen of the prop. Expect her hair pulled back in a ponytail, big sunglasses and maybe a Holy Bible under one arm. And she just got a new kitten, so maybe she'll hand that to her sister [Nicky] as she gets out of the car."
Adds the insider: "There might even be tears."
A rep for Hilton did not return a call yesterday.