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The "Why Mom Deserves a Diamond" contest is an American essay contest founded by Michael C. Watson in Costa Mesa, California in 1993. The contest was established in honor of Watson's adoptive mother and the birth mother he had never known. Children are asked to write essays explaining why their mother deserves a diamond. Hundreds of thousands of American children have participated, and dozens of kids have won the grand prize of a diamond to give to their mothers (and other precious gems).〔Heeger, Jack "Mother's Day Contest Builds Business And Goodwill", JCK online, 4 January 1996, http://www.jckonline.com/article/291161-Mother_s_Day_Contest_Builds_Business_And_Goodwill.php〕〔"Why Mom Deserves a Diamond Contest (TM) Gallery of Diamonds; Costa Mesa, CA", Instore Magazine online, 2 July 2008, http://www.instoremag.com/instore/best-stores/benchmarks/997-best-mothers-day-promotions〕〔"Kids Say the Darndest Things", Professional Jeweler Magazine online, April 2002, http://www.professionaljeweler.com/archives/articles/2002/apr02/0402i2.html〕〔"Seventh Grader Wins 'Why Mom Deserves a Diamond' Contest", JCK online, 8 January 2004, http://www.jckonline.com/article/290987-Seventh_Grader_Wins_Why_Mom_Deserves_a_Diamond_Contest.php〕〔Sheppard, Harrison: "La Palma", Los Angeles Times online, 7 May 1999, http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/07/local/me-34899〕〔Glowish, Amanda: "Words worth a diamond", The Orange County Register, 19 March 2007, http://www.ocregister.com/articles/contest-60615-glidden-mother.html〕〔Wilson, Beth: "Girl pens poem wins quarter-carat diamond for mother", Amarillo Globe News, 3 May 2000, http://www.amarillo.com/stories/050300/fri_050300-10.shtml〕 == The First Diamond Winner == On Mother’s Day, May 9, 1993, sophomore Margaret Ketchersid from Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California was awarded the grand prize of a quarter-carat diamond to give to her mother, Ruth. Following is her winning essay. '' Her love is not blind - it is clear and forgiving Her touch is all-knowing - her joy life giving This angel, my mother, gives of herself And illuminates me with compassion’s true wealth A symbol of courage and strength she remains And understands all my joys and pains To gaze at my mother, who strives beyond duty Is to see radiate her unique, warming beauty! The sweet voice of mother - her strong, safe, embrace I long to possess her pure, natural, grace My Mother, my guide, and gemstone so rare Deserves out of likeness a diamond as fair'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Why Mom Deserves a Diamond contest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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