Paris Hilton, who everyone knows likes to guard her privacy with ardent fervor, was photographed on a hotel balcony in Santa Monica, CA yesterday modeling a skimpy new bikini and some interesting eyewear … behold:

Now we all know that Paris Hilton hates to be photographed so these photos are a rare look into Paris‘s very private life. Heh, yeah, I couldn’t even type that with a straight face. I do have to admit, tho, that I kinda like her hair and she doesn’t look awful in this bikini. The Geordie La Forge-like sunglasses are a bit much but this look would actually work if she were posing for a magazine photospread. Curiously, her new paramour Doug Reinhardt and she haven’t been seen together in a few days. Perhaps I just missed seeing the pictures but … could their torrid love affair be cooling down? Nah … can’t be … what man in his right mind would want to give up a fine specimen like this?

[Photo credit: X17]