Paris Hilton said that prison was a traumatic experience
Socialite Paris Hilton said that being jailed was a "traumatic experience" which saw her curled up in the foetal position crying hysterically,
But the 26-year-old told CNN's Larry King that she believed God made "everything happen for a reason" and that her time behind bars had changed her.
The hotel heiress said she wanted to cut down on her "superficial" life of partying and use her fame to create a halfway house for her fellow inmates and to support children's, breast cancer and multiple sclerosis charities.
Hilton was released from her Californian prison cell on Tuesday after serving 23 days of a 45-day sentence for a probation violation.
A subdued Hilton, who was dressed in white lace and spoke softly during the interview, said: "It was a very traumatic experience, but I feel like God does make everything happen for a reason. And it gave me a time-out in life just to really find out what was important and what I want to do and find out who I am.
"I have a new outlook on life. The beginning was really hard, really hard for me, it's a bit of a blur it was so traumatic.
"But after being there for a while I had to accept I could either make the best of it or the worst of it, so I lived by the motto, 'Don't serve the time, let the time serve you'."
Hilton told King that being strip-searched was "the most humiliating experience of my life" and said her time inside was a "new beginning" for her.
"It was a journey to figure out myself and who I am and what I want to do. There's so much more to me than what people think," she said.
She said partying would no longer be the "mainstay" of her life. Hilton said all the sheriffs were "very professional" and treated her "like any other inmate, no better, no worse".


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pixiedixie, this is the celebraty forum on the site, we can discuss all the stuff you mentioned on the world news part of the forums. get a grip

well if you read the rest of what i have to say about her, you will find I hate her guts as well....