Recently, I entered a competition to win a crown worn by Robert Baratheon (runner-up prize, the one worn by King Joffrey).

BBC: Magazine

He was a runner-up in Bravo's TV cooking show competition, "Top Chef: All-Stars" in 2010.

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Honors were handed out by Brian Williams, anchor of the NBC broadcast network's Nightly News. (Minami, who has Korean heritage, wowed the crowd with traditional ethnic finery.) Against the best competition in the U.S., FORBES has won or been runner-up in this OPC category in four of the last six years.

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