DIANA ROSS' DUEL WITH A CHANDELIER

DIANA ROSS' DUEL WITH A CHANDELIER

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- It's gotta be pretty hard to upstage a diva like Diana Ross -- but a chandelier once did just that. That's the word from actress and "chandelier-designer-to- the-stars" Irina Maleeva who sold the offending chandelier to Miss Ross. The hanging lamp in question was an enormous crystal affair which was slowly raised up into the rafters just before Ross appeared onstage at concerts. After a few shows, the former Supreme realized the audience was clapping harder for the chandelier than for her own entrance, so Ross pulled the plug on the crystal creation. These days, Maleeva is semi-retired from her chandelier business in order to hone her acting chops. In fact, she's about to launch a cabaret show in Los Angeles entitled "Irina...Abroad."