[Opinionated Blowhard]

Campbell is the petulant model who is most famous for her temper tantrums—throwing a phone at her maid, trashing her boyfriend’s yacht, ranting at British Airways staff for not having her luggage. The list goes on and on. She’s a nasty piece of work but I’d be surprised if she knew she was accepting a “blood diamond.”

[ClearCase_guy]

I really haven't followed this case, but I did read some of Mia Farrow's testimony. Apparently some lesser diamonds had been handed out by Taylor at an earlier occasion and there was quite a bit of costernation among the women because they knew that the diamonds could not leave the country. They were suddenly in possession of objects that could get them into trouble -- eventually (I believe) they gave the diamonds to a charity in Africa (which also wasn't thrilled to get them).

I don't know if that's all true, but it gives the impression that although being given a diamond in NYC is a wonderful thing, the jet set crowd fully understands that receiving a diamond while in Africa is not without its problems.