Archive for December, 2009
Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr engagement rumours continue
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Rumours that Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom, 32, is now engaged to girlfriend and lingerie model Miranda Kerr, 26, have been quashed.
Kerr was reportedly spotted with a diamond engagement ring after going away on a romantic Thanksgiving break with Bloom in Morocco.
OK! magazine reported that the Australian model’s brother said: "It all happened during their recent vacation in Morocco. He's finally done it. Orlando has proposed. They're getting married.”
Earlier this year… Continue reading
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend says Paris Hilton
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
American socialite and TV personality Paris Hilton has Tweeted she loved her sparkly diamond gift this Christmas from boyfriend Doug Reinhardt.
The daughter of luxury hotel mogul revealed on Twitter she was not waiting until Christmas day to open her presents from baseball player and reality star boyfriend.
"At home opening Christmas presents from my man," she wrote and added: "SO happy! He really spoiled me this year and gave me so… Continue reading
$6 million diamond scam artist’s prison sentence reduced by half
Friday, December 18th, 2009
A diamond dealing con artist has had his original prison sentence reduced to half because it was deemed too harsh, reported the Daily News.
Norman Schonfeld scammed more than $6 million in diamonds from almost a dozen wholesalers eight years ago in a scam held to be the biggest con known in the industry.
Schonfeld infamously blamed his son for the crimes according to court records. After an eight-week trial in which his… Continue reading
Top ten best celebrity engagement rings of 2009
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Lovetripper.com has picked out the top ten ‘best celebrity engagement rings of 2009’. Drum roll please.
1. The sparkly 12.5-carat diamond ring from basketball player Lamar Odom to reality star Khloe Kardashian who also wears a platinum wedding band set with 2.5 carats of pave diamonds.
2. A 5.22-carat, cushion-cut engagement ring with a diamond-studded platinum band worn by socialite and business woman Ivanka Trump who paired it with a wedding band… Continue reading
Vivid Pink diamond sold off for record £6.5 million in Hong Kong
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
A rare, 5-carat ‘vivid pink’ diamond was auctioned off for a record £6.5 million at Christies in Hong Kong last week.
The sale made by an unidentified Asian buyer beat the previous record, set 15 years ago in Geneva for a 19.66-carat stone at £4.4 million.
Graff Diamond jewellers set the chickpea-sized stone (a quarter of the size of the Geneva stone) in a ‘cushion-cut’ ring. Francois Curiel, Christie's Europe chairman described it… Continue reading