What You Don’t Know About Paris

In case you hadn't noticed, Paris Hilton has had a very busy year. She went to jail for violating her probation on a DUI charge, was released from jail by a sympathetic sheriff, was sent back to jail by a not-so-sympathetic judge, launched her own line of designer jeans (which she wore the second time she left jail), and was roasted by David Letterman about jail in one of the most viewed YouTube clips ever. But then Paris really surprised us. She announced she was going to Rwanda with a children's charity in an attempt to turn her life around. So maybe we don't know Paris as well as we thought we did. Here are 15 surprising things about her life that she shared with us.

1. Her role model is another famous charity globetrotter with a rebellious past. "I really look up to Angelina Jolie," Paris says. "I think that she's not only one of the most beautiful women in the world but she has an amazing heart."

2. Paris is on the fence about whether she'd adopt. "Maybe. I'm not counting it out. But I want to have my own children. I'm scared about the whole process. Having a baby, it looks really painful. But everyone says once you see the baby, you don't remember the pain."

3. Africa is only the beginning for Paris Hilton, charity worker. "I would love to go down to Mexico and help them put together an orphanage."

4. The Paris you saw on "The Simple Life" was all an act. "It was a character. But then people think that's how you are in real life, which is kind of annoying. They told Nicole to be as crazy as possible and swear a lot and for me to act like a blond bombshell who doesn't know what Wal-Mart is. I would never act like that in public, breaking people's things and getting fired."

5. Sometimes she does wear a disguise in public. "I wear a wig and sunglasses. Always different ones. I just bought a new one that's like Uma Thurman."