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This year’s Oscars gift bag is worth nearly US$200,000.
The Academy Awards is renowned for gifting attendees lavish free packages packed with treats from plastic surgery vouchers to five-star holidays.
It’s been estimated by Buzzfeed this year’s gift bag is stuffed with US$178,000 ($288,259) of goods,href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/oscar-nomination-2024-margot-robbie-leonardo-dicaprio-snubbed-oppenheimer-leading/I2FXDVL3JFGBJOB2MIQTKCUCIM/" target="_blank"> with nominees including Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper and Paul Giamatti set to take home taking a dazzling array of surprises in their bags at the ceremony on Monday (NZT).
The priciest offering in the 2024 package is a three-night trip valued at US$50,000 ($80,971) to Chalet Zermatt Peak, a luxurious ski chalet in the Swiss mountains.
Other vacations in the set include a visit to the Golden Door spa in San Marco, California, where the average nightly stay costs US$1800 ($2914) – as well as a stay in a luxury villa at Saint-Barth Paradise, where a week-long trip will set paying guests back around US$80,000 ($129,554).
Affordable fashion and beauty items are packed into this year’s gift bag, including an Elboque shearling bag (valued at US$311 [$503]), a Bagceit handbag holder (US$55 [$89]) and a bundle of Miage skincare products (US$516 [$835]).
The award-winning Cerabalm (US$55 [$89]) and the D22 Tonic (US$88 [$142]) are also included in the bag, along with Goodal Green Tangerine Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum (US$20 [$32]) and Kenra Platinum Blow-Dry Spray (US$34 [$55]).
There is also a trio of products from Instytutum – Flawless Pads costing US$95 ($154), Hydrafusion 4D HA Water Burst Cream (US$87 [$141]) and Fancy Match Lip Gloss (US$44 [$71].)
Attendees, such as Emma Stone (Poor Things), will be treated to plenty of goodies in this year's gift bags. Photo / AP
A microneedling session from Cynosure and a Helight Sleep device worth $139 ($225) is also in the gift bag, and novelty items include a 50th anniversary Rubik’s Cube.
