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When the golden crown studded with diamonds and pearls is placed on the head of the new Miss Universe in Thailand on Friday, it will mark the end of an exceptionally chaotic edition.

She’s offset the building’s cement with a childhood baby grand piano and her grandmother’s lacquer vanity with pearl inlay.

Woo turns to us, clutching the dashiki to his chest like a pearl necklace.

I straightened my pearls, brushed the front of my skirt to make sure it was neat, squared my shoulders, and walked up the steps.

Years later, black pearls of petroleum rained down on Wilmington the day the oil refinery exploded.