Over the years, they have become a crucial part of our lives. They make us laugh, they make us cry. They make us dream. Who are they??? They are none other than over cherished ‘Celebrities’, who are always in the limelight, be it for good or bad reason.
It makes big news when these celebrities announce their engagement and we, as a layman wish them to have a blessed wedded life together and also look forward to have a glimpse of the diamond rings exchanged.
Some celebrity engagement rings are unique and fancy with different sorts of cuts, shapes and ring setting, whereas some diamond rings a simple, sleek and classy. Whatever be it, they common thing they all share is the “VALUE”. They cost around tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands and even maybe a million dollar diamond engagement rings.
These diamond engagement rings become so famous owing to various factors like size, colour, carat, setting etc. But the most important being who wore them.
Read further to find a summary of this year’s celebrity engagements and their diamond sparkler so far:
The year 2012 opened the celebrity engagement season with the engagement of Katrina Bowden & Ben Jorgensen in January 2012. The ’30 Rock’ actress Katrina Bowden showed off her sparkling engagement ring and announced her engagement to rocker beau Ben Jorgensen while walking down the red carpet at Screen Actors Guild Awards in January.
The month of February is dedicated to lovers. Valentine’s Day witnessed two celebrity couples committing to each other with promise to be together for lifetime.
The former MTV reality star and “The Hills” starring actor Frankie Delgado popped the big question to his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Acosta, while holidaying in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Yet another couple to announce their engagement was Rick Harrison & Deanna Burditt. The “Pawn Stars” star proposed to his girlfriend DeAnna with a 2 1/2-carat cushion-cut diamond engagement ring at a restaurant where they had their first date a year ago.
The “Jersey Shore” star Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi is engaged to sweetheart Jionni LaValle. In March 2012 her representative confirmed the news. “We can officially confirm that Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi is pregnant and engaged to her boyfriend Jionni LaValle”, her rep said in a statement.
With April came the big news of engagement of the famous Brangelina couple. Brad Pitt proposed to Angelina Jolie with a custom made diamond engagement ring. After being together for seven years and with six children together, finally the couple engaged. Brad presented Angelina with an engagement ring featuring elongated tablet shaped center stone mounted along with a galaxy of smaller diamonds.
The “30 Rocks” star Alec Baldwin popped the big question to Hilaria Thomas, his yoga instructor few days ahead of his birthday in April. The 54-year-old actor asked to his 28-year-old yoga instructor with a stunning rock. The diamond engagement ring features a square-cut center diamond set on a diamond-covered band.
The month of May witnessed many celebrity couples coming together to be engaged, a promise to be together for future.
Diana DeGarmo & Ace Young got engaged on the sets of American Idol’s Season 11 Finale. The American Idol alumnus of Season 5, Young, proposed to Season 3 contestant and longtime girl friend, Diana with a 18-kt gold & platinum diamond engagement ring featuring 1-ct center stone in fancy yellow colour, along with two side diamonds, recreating a feel of a golden yellow sunflower. This surprise proposal swept Diana off her feet.
Pirates of the Caribbean famed actress Keira Knightley announced her engagement to her boyfriend James Righton, singer/keyboardist of British award-winning rock band Klaxons in May. The couple have been dating for about a year. Her beau gifted her with a 2-ct diamond engagement ring.
Justin Timberlake, pop singer and his fiancée Jessica Biel celebrated their engagement along with close family and friends. Though Justin had proposed to Jessica in December 2011, five years after they started dating since January 2007, but they made the union official in May. The actress showed off her striking diamond engagement ring at this year’s extravagant Metropolitan Costume Institute Gala, held in New York earlier in the month of May.
To round up the celebrity engagement news the recent engagements was of Hanna-Montana famed Miley Cyrus to boyfriend and Australian actor Liam Hemsworth. After dating for three years, the 19-year-old star was spotted donning her diamond engagement ring gifted by Liam, 22. Miley’s sparkling rock is a 3.5-ct cushion-cut diamond engagement ring set in 18-karat gold along with diamond floral motifs.
Few engagements have been there from a long time, but the official announcements came in recently, whereas few others evolved just out of the blue. Whatsoever, we are just interested to have a glimpse at the expensive diamond engagement rings and wish their promise for future keeps the couple bonded forever.
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