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Justin Bieber ‘Most Elegant Princess’ Photo Faintly Acknowledged By Selena Gomez

By Page Mackinley
Published on: 02:47 PST, Mar 4, 2014

Selena Gomez appears to have acknowledged Justin Bieber’s recent Instagram declaration, in which the 20-year-old heartthrob called his ex-girlfriend, the “Most elegant princess in the world.”

But before fans get too excited, Selena’s response seems more of a nod than a full-blown statement.

On Tuesday, Justin posted an Instagram showing red carpet split screen images of Gomez attending this year’s Oscar Vanity Fair after party.

The starlet looked stunning in a gold-metallic, intricately-beaded halter neck Emilio Pucci gown draped over a short tunic.

Her look was completed by a tidy cascade of shiny, brunette locks.

At first it looked as if Bieber – who has been seen with a host of pretty young things last year and continuing – would be left hanging by Selena for all the world to see.

But then, the 21-year-old beauty posted two Instagrams late Monday.

One of which, revealed Selena in a dance studio, fiddling with a camera and surrounded by a few dancers.

But the other Instagram showed the Latina in a black and white edit shot of her showstopping Oscar’s Vanity Fair party appearance.

The look on her face is quizzical, even wary, and the photo is positioned on its side.

Some fans who retweeted the second Instagram asked, was it a coded reply to Justin’s “Most elegant princess in the world” snap?

(Photo: Bieber via Instagram on Monday, March 3.)

Observers of the ex-couple – fans and media alike – have noted the temperamental nature of the pair’s relationship.

Justin and Selena began dating in 2010, ironically went public at the 2011 Oscar Vanity Fair after party, and split in November 2012.

Subsequent attempts to date or remain friends appeared to hit a bad patch by December 17, 2013, when Bieber confirmed in a radio interview that he and Selena were “not talking.”

Fast forward to January 2, the ex-sweethearts were photographed riding Segways around Bieber’s Calabasas neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Two days later Bieber posted an Instagram, which showed Selena looking tenderly at him in an outside scene.

The Canadian captured it, “Love the way you look at me.”

(Photo: Bieber Instagram.)

A day later Selena entered Dawn at Arizona’s recovery center. Her rep would later tell major outlets, she checked into rehab voluntarily “but not for substance abuse.”

A Gomez source later spoke to E! News, which resulted in no less than three same day stories insisting she had hotfooted it to Dawn to “learn tools on how to deal with Justin and letting go of that relationship.”

However, TMZ, Radar online, National Enquirer, Pop Dust and other outlets reported the Disney alum went into rehab for an alleged addiction to alcohol, Molly, Ambien (also known as Zolpidem) — and Bieber.

After 14 days in the center, Selena left Arizona for a number of promotional engagements. Rumors that her camp blamed Bieber for her rehab stint also surfaced.

Further complication came when Selena hotfooted it to the UK over Valentine’s weekend to see One Direction’s Niall Horan, while Justin reportedly entertained ex-gal pal and former Hooter’s waitress, Jordan Ozuna.

All things considered, Gomez’s acknowledgement of Bieber’s “Most elegant princess in the world” Instagram can perhaps be seen as a polite nod at best — a cold shoulder at worst.

Either way it seems clear ‘Jelena’ is done, at least for now. So we may well be seeing more of this from recent birthday boy Bieber.

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