Las Vegas Weekly

August 28, 2010 · 1:11 PM

Exclusive photos: Paris Hilton’s glamour day before Strip troubles

By Robin Leach

Paris Hilton and Michael Boychuck at his Color salon in Caesars Palace on Aug. 27, 2010.

Photo: Eric Jamison/WireImage

Just hours before Las Vegas police officers arrested heiress Paris Hilton and boyfriend Cy Waits at midnight, she enjoyed a new glamour hair photo shoot at Color salon in Caesars Palace. Vegas DeLuxe has the first exclusive look at the fabulous photos.

Longtime hair king to the stars Michael Boychuck, who has cared for the socialite entrepreneur’s locks for the past 18 years, told me: “In all that time that I’ve known her so well, I have never seen her involved with drugs. She’s too healthy for that. In fact, even in my salon last night, she stuck solely to green tea! Not even a glass of wine!

“When I was at Cy’s house with them just two weeks ago, he was only drinking wheat-grass health drinks. They simply are into good health -- on a health regime in fact -- definitely not drugs. They are two of the healthiest people I know.”

Michael and his Color staff prepped Paris for the photo shot and a TV interview with local Channel 3 entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs.

He continued, “Everything went beautifully. It was a great interview all about how Paris felt Cy had saved her life five days earlier when he captured a burglar trying to break into her home in Hollywood. She really sang his praises.

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Paris Hilton and Michael Boychuck at his Color salon in Caesars Palace on Aug. 27, 2010.

“She also told all of us how much she loved coming to Las Vegas every weekend. Paris couldn’t have been sweeter, nicer and kinder to all the staff in Color, who with me look after her every time she comes to Vegas. She even flies me out regularly to L.A. when she’s got special appearances.

“Paris was in great spirits -- really happy and contented and relaxed. She’s really in a good place and looking very beautiful. That’s why this all comes as a complete shock and surprise. She just doesn’t get involved with that kind of stuff. It’s totally out of character if you know her as well as I do. She’s already said it wasn’t hers, and that’s good enough for me.”

Michael, recently named Hairstylist of the Decade, also is the hair guru of record for many other celebrities. He summed up: “It’s so difficult being a headline star because even when you haven’t done anything wrong, the tabloids turn nothing into a scandal. And people are also unkind always trying to implicate them one way or the other.

Photo: Bryan Steffy

Paris Hilton, Michael Boychuck and Georgina Vaughan.

“Stars get their things stolen from them when they’re mobbed in crowds. You have no idea what they get subjected to and how many things vanish and get swapped out for their own items when fans do crazy things to get souvenirs or cause problems out of jealousy.

“If you’d spent the time with her that we all did yesterday evening in my salon, you would realize there’s no way she’s using drugs or drinking. Paris is completely healthy and well and very happy. She doesn’t need anything else!”

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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