Paris Hilton gets diamond necklace worth half million dollars from Pascal Mouawad

Of all the things that annoy me about celebrities, the swag has got to be the worst. You’re taking some of the richest, most spoiled people around, and giving them lavish, luxurious items for free. And probably charging the rest of us more for your product as a result. That’s right, I’m talking to you, Pascal Mouawad. Not that I buy a lot of your jewelry – even the stuff made for run-of-the-mill folk like myself – but I’m certainly not going to start.

Mouawad, a Swiss-born fourth-generation heir of the Mouawad Group and the House of Mouawad, specializes in fancy diamonds and spoiling the likes of Paris Hilton with a stay in his Lebanon hotel, and a $500,000 diamond necklace as a thank you present.

Although she didn’t celebrate her Independence Day stateside, Paris Hilton still managed to sparkle–in some seriously valuable diamonds.

The blonde bunked over Fourth of July weekend with jeweler Pascal Mouawad in Lebanon, where the pair stayed in the Royal Suite of the Grand Hills Hotel & Spa–the Guinness World Record holder for largest hotel suite, clocking at 4,131 square meters.

Nice digs wasn’t all the heiress got–she walked with over $500,000 worth of diamonds for free–check out the unbelievably large round diamond dangling from Hilton’s silver link chain!

“I was very happy to host Paris at my family’s hotel in Lebanon during her visit there,” Mouawad tells us.

“I love seeing her decked in diamonds. She is very sophisticated and a true fashionista!”

It doesn’t matter that she’s now a single lady, as she’s got one big new best friend.

[From Radar]

I can’t help but wonder – thanks to Radar’s vague phrasing – in what context Paris was being “hosted.” At first I thought it was just your run of the mill rich person bringing someone famous and (ostensibly) beautiful to hang with. But then Radar refers to “the pair” staying in his suite. Certainly there’s more than one bed, it’s more “the pair” that makes me wonder. And $500,000… for Paris Hilton? Along with the complement that she’s anything other than trash?

Mouawad’s got other Paris connections as well – the House of Mouawad is the same company that’s putting out the Nicole Richie-designed House of Harlow 1960 jewelry line. However Mouawad’s generosity to Paris isn’t the only time he’s given jewelry away. Each year House of Mouawad gives the Playmate of the year a Playboy Bunny diamond encrusted necklace… worth over $5000. That’s right, Paris is actually worth 100 times the Playmate of the Year. Boggles the mind.

Paris Hilton is shown at a press conference for ‘Paris Hilton’s My New BFF Dubai’ on 6/17/09. Credit: WENN.com.

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