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Scandi Sparkler Spectacular: The Elegant Eight!

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Get excited: we’re getting closer to crowning a tournament champion!

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Here’s a look at the remaining contenders from the top of our bracket: from Denmark, the Danish Ruby Parure Tiara and the Danish Floral Aigrette, and from Sweden, the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure Tiara and the Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik.
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And here’s a look at the remaining tiaras in the bottom half of our bracket: from Norway, Queen Josefina’s Diamond Tiara and the Norwegian Emerald Parure Tiara, and from our Wild Card bracket, the Khedive of Egypt Tiara and Princess Benedikte’s Floral Birthday Tiara.
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Here’s your Elegant Eight bracket! Voting begins bright and early tomorrow — which tiaras are you excited to cheer on?

Scandi Sparkler Spectacular: Week Eight Results!

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The results are in from our latest tiara tournament contests!

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The Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure Tiara vs. The Connaught Diamond Tiara

The reign of the sapphires continues! Though the Connaught Diamond Tiara brought in a very respectable 31.27% of the vote, the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure Tiara triumphed again, winning with 68.73% of your votes.

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The Braganza Tiara vs. The Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik

Grand diamonds and aquamarines faced off in this contest! The Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik stunned its imperial competition, winning with 65.71% of the vote, while 34.29% of you chose the Braganza Tiara.

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The Khedive of Egypt Tiara vs. Queen Alexandrine’s Sapphire Tiara

No big surprises here! The Khedive of Egypt Tiara was chosen by 69.13% of voters, while 30.87% of you selected Queen Alexandrine’s Sapphire Tiara.

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Princess Benedikte’s Floral Birthday Tiara vs. Queen Louise’s Diamond Tiara

The clock finally struck midnight for our tournament Cinderella! Though 29.1% of you selected Queen Louise’s Diamond Tiara to keep dancing, Princess Benedikte’s Floral Birthday Tiara won the round with 70.9% of the vote.

And that’s the end of our Sparkling Sixteen round, everybody! Time for a break — we’ve got a really fun week of posts coming up, and then we’ll be back with our Elite Eight on the 28th!

Scandi Sparkler Spectacular: Floral Birthday vs Louise’s Diamond

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Our final match-up of our Sparkling Sixteen round is a diamond dazzler!

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Princess Benedikte’s Floral Birthday Tiara vs. Queen Louise’s Diamond Tiara
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This classic diamond floral tiara was made using a brooch that belonged to Queen Alexandrine of Denmark. In the 1960s, Queen Ingrid had the brooch supplemented with additional gemstones to form an eighteenth-birthday-gift tiara for her second daughter, Princess Benedikte. (The brooch is also still detachable.) Benedikte has worn the tiara throughout her life, and she’s also loaned it to her daughters, Princess Alexandra and Princess Nathalie.
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This petite diamond scroll tiara belonged to Queen Louise, the second wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. She fashionably wore the tiara across her forehead in the 1920s. Later in life, she often loaned the small tiara to her husband’s granddaughters: Princess Margaretha, Princess Birgitta, Princess Désirée, and Princess Christina of Sweden. In 1964, the tiara was given to Princess Désirée, likely as a wedding present. She continues to own the tiara today.

We’ll have all the results from this week’s polls — plus two very glittering surprise posts — coming up this weekend!