Cupcake tower support?

[autopsycorpses]

I went through some of the older posts and didn't see a lot on cupcake towers....  I purchased carboard cake rounds (enough for 5 tiers with 8 inches being the smallest tier).  I have plans to paint (and seal) the cardboard, and put ribbon around the edges, but for the life of me I am stumped what to use between the tiers that will provide ample

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[lumpyhead]

Painted PVC pipe?

The stand I borrowed was a metal pipe, and the metal disks were kinda welded to it.

[autopsycorpses]

This looks awesome, although much too small for what I need. My tiers are graded 16 inches to 8 inches (I think), and hopefully will hold almost 100 cupcakes....the other 50+ I'll have to put around the base at the table. I do enjoy the beaded embellishments on these, I'll have to see what I can find now!