Miss Teen USA 2007 contestant Logan Brook Travis from Amite

Miss Teen USA 2007 contestant Logan Brook Travis from Amite, Louisiana walks on stage during the preliminary show at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California August 19, 2007. The 25th Miss Teen USA pageant will be held on August 24 in Pasadena. [Reuters]

Jessica Simpson reportedly had to abandon her birthday plans on Tuesday after the paparazzi descended.

To celebrate her 27th birthday, Jessica had lunch with five friends at the Silver Spoon Beach house in Malibu and following in Lindsay Lohan’s footsteps from last week, planned to throw a barbecue in the evening for more family and friends - but soon the beach outside the property was swarming with photographers.

A source close to Jessica told People magazine that they abandoned the beach house and relocated to her parents’ house instead: “It was a private party and they wanted to keep it private.”

But her celebrations couldn’t go on until too late into the night - she had to be up early to travel to an Army boot camp in Louisiana to prepare for her new film Major Movie Star. A source revealed: “She left for Shreveport. She’s going to be in boot camp for two days to learn how to do Army drills and salute properly and that sort of thing.”