Hello Kitty of Diamonds

“Have you ever seen this kind of Hello Kitty?” Hello Kitty (height 3 cm), wearing skirt embedded with 131 diamonds, in its platinum body, appeared at the 2004 International Gem Exhibition held at COEX in Samsung-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul, on July 1. It is made by the Japanese company Sanrio in memorial of the 30th anniversary of the birth of Hello Kitty, a cat character, costing more than 30 million won.

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