As Marilyn Monroe put it so well in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, upon seeing her first tiara, ”I just LOVE finding new places to wear diamonds.”
Well, it turns out some people are better at wearing jewelry than others, which I guess is why there’s actually a Best Jewelry Wearer competition, in Japan.
The awards are presented to “celebrities and famous personalities with either an outstanding fashion sensibility in jewelry, or a brilliant record of achievement,” and there are categories and everything.
Anyway, as you can see from this photo of one of the winners, the competition is tough - you need to think of lots of new places to jam gems, like fingernails and knuckles, if you want to walk away with the big prize. I suggest you start practicing now for next year’s contest.
Japanese singer Kumi Koda receives a necklace at the best jewelry wearer award ceremony during the 18th International Jewellery Tokyo 2007 fair in Tokyo January 24, 2007. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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