Natural Diamond Council (NDC) announced that the actress Ana de Armas will be its global ambassador again for the second year and will star in the next global advertising campaign this September.
NDC also announced that it has developed a diamond jewelry collection designed by Malyia McNaughton who is one of its Emerging Designers Diamond Initiative.
NDC would like diamond industry manufacturers and retailers to know they are able to adapt and produce the collection immediately for the fall/holiday selling season coinciding with the campaign release in September.
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