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Never mind the sex tape, the arrest, the jail time, and the incessant boy-hopping: Paris Hilton is sure that she's a role model for little girls.

Hiltie talked the turkey in Turkey, where she judged a beauty contest. "I work very hard and I've built this empire on my own," she tells Reuters. "I think this is an inspiration for a lot of girls out there."

As for what she was looking for in the beauty contestants, she said, "I'm going to look at how the girls carry themselves, what they look like, the way they dress and what they say." Words to live by.