PARIS HILTON WANTS TO KNOW HOW MUCH SOUTH AFRICA COSTS The bane of the United States' existence recently tagged along with her boyfriend, Benji Madden, on a trip to South Africa, where she, according to sources is Cape Town, was extremely interested in the local wares.

"Every time Paris saw something she liked, like a woman's dress, she would ask how much it was. That included a cheetah she saw at an animal park. She asked how much it was and said, 'If I bought a cheetah, would it run away from me or could I keep it?'"

Someone should have encouraged her to buy it just to see what would happen.