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According to Ms White's testimony, Mr Taylor and Ms Campbell had been "mildly flirtatious" with each other at the 1997 dinner, which was hosted by Nelson Mandela, South Africa's president at the time.
Mr Taylor told the supermodel during dinner that he would send some men to give her diamonds, Ms White told the hearing.
She said Ms Campbell was communicating with the men and was "very excited" about the diamonds.
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US actress Mia Farrow, who was at the dinner, also testified on Monday that Ms Campbell had been excited by the gift.
Last week, Ms Campbell told the hearing that two men had come into her room in the middle of the night and given her a pouch of stones, and that she did not know who had given her the gift.
Courtenay Griffiths, a defence lawyer for Charles Taylor, said Ms White had a "very powerful motive" for lying because of a lawsuit over breach of contract between her and Ms Campbell. He also queried Ms Farrow's memory and her impartiality.
Mr Taylor, 62, was arrested in 2006 and his trial in opened in 2007.
The former warlord is accused of arming Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels during the 1991-2002 civil war - a charge he denies.
Prosecutors say that from his seat of power in Liberia, Mr Taylor also trained and commanded the rebels who murdered, raped and maimed Sierra Leone civilians, frequently hacking off their hands and legs.
The war in Sierra Leone became notorious for the widespread use of child soldiers.
Mr Taylor's trial gained little international media coverage until the appearance of Ms Campbell.
Source: BBC News
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