80 year-old woman swallows one carat diamond at Fla. charity event
Apr 26 2013
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The
idea behind the Tampa Women's Club charity event was simple. For $20,
you could buy a flute of champagne and a chance to win a one-carat,
$5,000 diamond.
Organizers of the Saturday event placed $10 cubic zirconia stones in the bottom of 399 of the 400 champagne glasses. The prized diamond, donated by Continental Wholesale Diamonds, was placed in the last glass.
The problem? Eighty-year-old Miriam Tucker accidentally swallowed it.
Tucker
told local news media that she didn't want to put her finger in the
champagne, so she drank a bit. While laughing with women at the table,
she realized she swallowed it.
Embarrassed, she had to tell jewelers who were frantically searching for the winner.
Already scheduled for a colonoscopy on Monday, she had a doctor recover the jewel.
Diamond experts speculated whether the recent provenance of the jewel would affect its value.
Organizers of the Saturday event placed $10 cubic zirconia stones in the bottom of 399 of the 400 champagne glasses. The prized diamond, donated by Continental Wholesale Diamonds, was placed in the last glass.
The problem? Eighty-year-old Miriam Tucker accidentally swallowed it.
Embarrassed, she had to tell jewelers who were frantically searching for the winner.
Already scheduled for a colonoscopy on Monday, she had a doctor recover the jewel.
Diamond experts speculated whether the recent provenance of the jewel would affect its value.
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