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We asked 15 famous people to tell us about the one thing they bought when they hit the big time and got their first paychecks — the gift they dreamed of giving themselves one day and finally did. Here, Padma Lakshmi, creator of, tells us about her first pair of diamond earrings as well as some more recent treats.
Find other celebrity splurgesIn the mid ’90s, when I first made enough money as a model, I bought a pair of diamond earrings for about $700 that I still wear. I saw them in a hotel gift shop, and I remember feeling financially empowered enough at the time to say, “I really like these, and I want to buy them for myself.” The diamonds are tiny, and there’s a long string of just five or six of them in a vertical row.
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