Colbie Wilson and Kristy Shean, 16-year-old juniors at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, bought their shoes a few hours before the signing, but still made the 200-customer cutoff.
The girls bought the same pink patent leather platform wedges. With the boxes on the floor beside them, they were in line to meet their idol — for the second time in less than a year.
Colbie and Kristy were in Malibu one evening last August, part of a crowd that included paparazzi waiting for Hilton to leave the house she was renting there.
Hilton stopped, talked to the girls, then posed for a picture with them.
“It was the best day of our life. Our life was complete when we met her,” the girls said.
They said they look up to Hilton because they feel she used her status in a famous family to her advantage, then went off on her own and achieved success her own way.
They said they also respect her for the way she bounces back from adversity, citing her DUI conviction and change in behavior since doing jail time.
“When she does something wrong, she brings herself back up and learns from her mistakes,” Kristy said.
Colbie agreed, adding, “She served her punishment and taught us a lesson as she learned hers. We always defend her to our friends.”
Alison Luckey, 33, took a day off from work to meet the heiress she described as “my guilty pleasure.”
A coworker had sent her an e-mail about the event as a joke, but Luckey took it seriously, bought her shoes a few weeks ago and planned on attending.
Luckey said that while she won’t usually admit it, she thinks Hilton’s awesome.
“I like the fact that she puts out the ‘stupid vibes’ but she really isn’t,” Luckey said.
