Paris is taking Vienna by storm.
Hotel heiress and celebutante Paris Hilton is on the guest list for next week’s elegant Opera Ball, the society event of the season, and her impending visit is the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons.
Hilton’s swing through town for the lavish Feb. 15 ball the hottest ticket in Vienna comes just a few weeks after she pleaded no contest to alcohol-related eckless driving, then sued to stop a Web site from peddling personal photos, videos, diaries and other items.
“This makes a farce of the Opera Ball,” sniffed Barbara Kroth, a retired real estate agent who said she always looks forward to the annual affair at the 137-year-old State Opera House “because of the quality it represents.”
Hilton is not the first celebrity whose presence at the poshest of balls has caused a stir.
Her ball date 74-year-old married construction magnate Richard Lugner, who each year invites a famous actress, musician or other personality in the past has brought “Baywatch” stars Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra and former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.
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