Oh, that’s hot!Paris Hilton spent a week in French Polynesia and left with a $130,000 strand of pearls from Robert Wan. Why is this significant? Ms Hilton may have just done for the Tahitian pearl industry what GIEPDT spent millions of pearl farmers’ francs trying to do for years. Leave it to a dumb blonde to help save a flailing industry.
It seems the Tahitians are now proactively addressing the maladies of the industry. First, the recent reinstating of the 200 FCP per gram tax on all exports and the retro-tax of 50 pence being levied on the freeloaders of 2008/2009, and second, new plans to set up a sort of Pearl Centre, which aims to act as a sort of centralised buying and selling organisation. In other words, centralised control.
Production is set to halve in the next two years, which is expected to eventually drain the pipeline that has backed up, further destabilising prices. The government is also planning to regulate the import of nuclei in an effort to control rampant over production. Once things are back under control, pearls will be funneled through the Pearl Centre where pricing will be determined and controlled.
Many of the new initiatives are with Mr Wan at the helm. The most prolific and well-known producer of Tahiti is widely considered to be leveraged past his eyeballs, struggling to keep his own empire afloat, attempting to sell at least one farm while prices have hit an all-time low.
Centralised control is a lofty goal, but truly the only chance the industry has. But this will mean, Mr Wan, if this is going to work, it will only work if all producers are aligned with the same goal. That also means no more flying shit-grade pearls off the atolls and over to the Cooks, driving circle prices below the cost of export.
One more thing I just have to point out. Finding a picture of Paris and Mr Wan was not difficult. It seems that blond bimbo hits every rag site the second she steps out the front door. But if you scroll to the second picture of Paris with Wan the caption is certain to draw a laugh.
“Paris with dude who sold her the pearls.”
Oh, that’s hot!
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Paris should be told that her skin would suit silver pearls (P.maxima) much better than the black pearls.
I bet the $130,000 fit her neck better than any colour of pearl. Anything expensive is "so hot!"
How many other Tahitian pearl purveryors out there are getting $130,000 for a single strand??? That dude that sold her those pearls suer knows how to work it!
Oh Paris I wish you can see and buy my gems. It's hotter you know!
I'm sure it will suit your skintone and I would like to drape you with it on your neck ears, legs, waist I mean everywhere. You can even it eat if you want.
Gee I feel so hot now. Just imagining Paris Hilton wearing my sensual lustrous pearls gives me the big O.
Oh Paris! Oh Paris! please don't leave my imagination.
Pretty girl with a cheap-looking dress.
Hi!
did anybody here have seen NOVA: The Perfect Pearl broadcast on PBS? Do you have a copy?
Can you burn a copy for me please? I will exchange it with a gift.
First of all does the fans of Paris Hilton have the money to buy Tahitian pearls?
Secondly, well never mind that's all!
I wish there is a close-up photo of that necklace to examine the orient. It'd better be amazing for all that money.
I doubt that pearl necklace is AAA quality Tahitian. Remember that a strand of Tahitian pearls decades ago can go for as much as $1million? But they are no longer commanding that premium price.
I also remember watching her reality tv show where she and her co-star friend shop for a Tahitian pearl necklace. I forgot the price but it was still very expensive.
In my humble opinion I could not justify spending that much money on a necklace that is only about 0.8mm real pearls. You can put a layer of human skin to a manequin but it woudn't make it human.
For me I prefer high qulaity freshwater pearls because they are so cheap and they are all nacre. All nacre pearls last so many lifetimes than thinly coated pearls. Also it is believe that all nacre pearls will benefit with full force power of the moon although I don't believe in the healing powers of gems because it's all in the mind. Remember that pearls luster starts to fade year after year and their lifetime is only 150 years. That is why I don't get why vintage Mikimoto pearls goes up in value since they are more than a 100 years old and 50 years from now they will die.
Is this documented anywhere, 150 years? How did you get this number?
I agree about 100% nacre FW pearls that they will last longer. FW has its own mystic and colors, mostly pastel and in smaller number, exotic colors. In contrast, Tahitian pearls come in light to extremely dark, exotic colors. I wouldn't spend that much on a Tahitian necklace, even if I can afford it. But I would still buy Tahitian in addition to FW. Each is unique in its own way.
Yes it is. On my pearls course notes I've read that pearls has a lifetime of only about 150 years and after that they will start to dissentegrates and layers upon layers will start to peel away.
That is why you cannot see the pearl necklaces worn by Cleopatra because they would be thousands of years old. Though there are some ancient pearls that survived but their luster and perfection are no longer evident. In other words they look like polished and rounded human bones.
I plan to be dead in 150 years, so now's the time to enjoy all the different pearls I like.
Lauren so your next generation could not enjoy your pearls. I mean your millions of dollors of pearls last only within your lifetime. So you better enjoy it really like wearing them on the beach, no chlorinated pool, while shopping for groceries, excersising, they said pearls loves our body oils so do such as do. Wear them everyday!
Lauren please don't die! I beg you! Just live! I need you in you my life...
My Wood For Sale said...
Gee I feel so hot now. Just imagining Paris Hilton wearing my sensual lustrous pearls gives me the big O.
Whats the big O stand for? Oprah?? Obama?? Orville Redenbacher?? I think you are a bit of a pervert, really. Who the hell gets turned on by the stick-figure Paris Hilton only to dream of Oprah. Your a sick pervert if it is Obama. No comment if it is Orville the popcorn man.
It's Oxytocin. He/she needs their fix. Personally, I recommend weed, which is the Almighty's gift to all the poor suffering people stuck in this shit crude universe he created by accident.
"Anonymous said...
Hi!
did anybody here have seen NOVA: The Perfect Pearl broadcast on PBS? Do you have a copy?
Can you burn a copy for me please? I will exchange it with a gift."
Is that you, Zeide? God but you have no shame.
What kind of gift?
Real men does not care so much about looks just as long as the woman has a tight pink pies and buns. Paris Hilton aint look that bad. She is the kind of person that will make you lose your inhibitions. Give her your best shot and she will be wide open and ready for the time of her life.
Oh I remember I wonderful story about pen pals and stuff like that. My aunt told me story about her friend who found a pen mate when the internet was not yet invented. The man sent her pictures first with him posing on a yatch as if he owns it and the girl thought oh he could be rich so he continued writing him letters. When the next mail came she was so excited as if there's some jewelry inside it and when she opened it contains his pubic hair with a note saying she will be seeing more once they are together.
That is the end of their story. She ended it. Who knows that guy could be a fugitive and a pervert of the highest kind.
A lot of foreigners comes here to marry the locals. Sometimes I think it is better to be a woman because they can use their beauty to escape poverty. There's no woman looking for love here it's always the man who looks for the victim. Either marrying ugly women here and killing them for insurance claims but they mostly only get ugly and nasty prostitutes but the educated and beautiful ones are hard to get.
I even saw a foreigner who kept looking on the beautiful educated woman while he was dining with his prostitute girlfriend and the look of his face is priceless. Like the look of something you want but you couldn't have it. I wish he found the right one.
Lol@ million dollars of pearls. :) I really doubt I'll break $50k in jewelry in my lifetime. Too many other things to do. But not at pools and beaches though... germs and sunburns FTL.
Should there be another generation, which is a long shot, there are no guarantees they'd like pearls, be female (or fabulous), or that we wouldn't be robbed, tornado-ed etc.
Anonymous — fear not, my spat. I will be with you aaaalways. O.o
"Small Breasts with Giant Nipples said...
Paris Hilton aint look that bad. She is the kind of person that will make you lose your inhibitions. "
no, not my inhibitions, just my lunch
("Remember that pearls luster starts to fade year after year and their lifetime is only 150 years")
That is so not true! What about the first Queen Mary's necklace she gave to the Duke of Sanwich or something.
It is over 400 years old and brilliant. Most of the royal natural pearls the world over are hundreds of years old. Its when they get buried in the ground or something when they disintagrate.
wtf are tight pink pies?
Indeed. And why would there be more than one. That is the real question.
Mikeyx are you Small Breasts with Giant Nipples?
Real men does not care so much about looks just as long as the woman has a tight pink pies and buns. Paris Hilton aint look that bad. She is the kind of person that will make you lose your inhibitions. Give her your best shot and she will be wide open and ready for the time of her life.
Would you quit dragging our sex life onto blogs' comment sections? I still know where you live.......x
Is this documented anywhere, 150 years? How did you get this number?x
That is impossible. Natural pearls will last centuries, with proper care. It's the pearl plated beads that won't last, but they aren't even close to 150 years yet, and they are often cracked and peeling after 40 years.
You know Mikeyx too? hmmm.....and I thought he was talking about me. My pies are jusxt right. Want the recipe?
xRecipe for tight pink pies:
1/2 cup boiling water
1 (3 ounce) package strawberry flavored gelatin mix
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice from plastic bottle
1 (12 fluid ounce) can cold evaporated milk
2 (9 inch) graham cracker crusts. (Crush graham crackers. mix with melted margerine and spread into pie plate. Let shell harden. Then mix everything but the crust and the sweetened canned milk into a bowl and mix.
Whip the milk until its like whip cream, and fold into the bowl. lightly mixing it with the other ingrediants. (Put in the frig, or ice box, whatever you got) If it doesn't quite fill both pie pans, divide it equaly and fill it up with kool-whip.
Now theres some tight pink pies!
Holy Cakes! Trailer gal! your tight pink pie sounds awesome! Drool. Have you got a sister too? I'm headed over for a slice....
I have never tasted jello and never will. I heard it is made out of beef hooves.
Why can't she eat mousse like regular people do? Canned milk! I am overwhelmed.
I'm queasy. I have to run to the wc but I will NOT discuss what I do in there!
Hey Billy Bob
Anytime. I am sooo done with Mickey x after that last post he put up!
No more tight pink pie for him. Mikeyx liked me coz I look like Paris Hilton only my hair is natureal pale blond. im skinny, but im tough. I just can't seem to put on weight, but the dudes like me as much as my sister, Daisy Mae. (thats not her real name, but u know why i call her that). She calls me Paris. She can't cook. Im the exzact opposite of the other Paris, except for looks. I could beat her up anyday and mickeyx knows it!
I gotta go, my pa just came home with some catfish he got outa the river today. Want the recipe? Hint. im gettn out the cornmeal....
Trailer gal whos this old boyfriend Mickeyx guy of yours? I don't want him getting any of my action. You want me to bust him on the head with my new fishing pole? I bought one so as we can go catfishing together seeing as your pa likes em so much and he's old and blind. I get the catfish and you just bring your pink pie. Now that's romance nest pas?
Indeed. If you Google "hot pink pie" you will be amazed at the variant recipes you will find there. All of them very tasty sounding. Quite the international dish, I would say.
Hey, that first one coppied my recipe!
I remember as a youngster eating radish sandwiches in Germany. They were Wonder Bread spread with warmed Griebenschmalz drippings, sliced radishes and a big sprinkle of sugar.
Oh well then, Zeide, you'll love this..., ya?
Schpeck Ice Cream
For the candied schpeck;
5 strips schpeck
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
For the ice cream custard:
3 tablespoons (45g) salted regular American lard
¾ cup (packed) brown sugar (170g),
2¾ (675ml) cup half-and-half
5 large egg yolks
4 tablespoons Macallan Fine 60 year old and rare Scotch whisky
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
optional: ¼ teaspoon ground caraway seed
1. To candy the schpeck, preheat the oven to 400F (200C).
2. Cut schpeck into medium strips and place on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or aluminum foil, shiny side down.
3. Sprinkle 1½-2 teaspoons of brown sugar evenly over each strip of schpeck, depending on length.
4. Bake for 12-16 minutes. Midway during baking, flip the schpeck strips over and drag them through the dark, syrupy liquid that's collected on the baking sheet. Continue to bake until as dark as mahogany. Remove from oven and cool the strips on a wire rack.
5. Once crisp and cool, chop into little pieces, about the size of grains of rice. (Schpeck bits can be stored in an airtight container and chilled for a day or so, or stored in the freezer a few weeks ahead.)
6. To make the ice cream custard, melt the lard in a heavy, medium-size saucepan. Stir in the brown sugar and half of the half-and-half. Pour the remaining half-and-half into a bowl set in an ice bath and set a mesh strainer over the top.
7. In a separate bowl, stir together the egg yolks, then gradually add some of the warm brown sugar mixture to them, whisking the yolks constantly as you pour. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan.
8. Cook over low to moderate heat, constantly stirring and scraping the bottom with a heatproof spatula, until the custard thickens enough to coat the spatula.
9. Strain the custard into the half-and-half, stirring over the ice bath, until cool. Add Scotch whisky, vanilla and caraway, if using.
10. Refrigerate the mixture. Once thoroughly chilled, freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. Add the schpeck bits during the last moment of churning, or stir them in when you remove the ice cream from the machine.
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