paris in prison

after making an appearance at the mtv movie awards last night, paris turned herself in to begin her 23 day prison sentence.

here's what she had to say:

'I am trying to be strong right now. I'm really scared but I'm ready to face my sentence and even though this is a really hard time, I have my family, my friends and my fans to support me and that's really helpful. It's a really scary time.'

'I did have a choice to go to a pay jail but I declined because I feel like the media portrays me in a way that I'm not, and that's why I wanted to go to county, to show that I can do it and I'm going to be treated like everyone else. I'm going to do the time, I'm going to do it the right way. '

the socialite confides that the Bible has been helping her get through these tough times. i never would have pegged her as a devout Christian...

behind bars, paris will be in solitary confinement for 23 out of 24 hours, yikes!