Undoubtedly, the joy of Christmas and NYE makes for the most wonderful time of the year and is ideal for romantic proposals or simply, bae-cations. But a record number of celebrities took to social media to announce their dreamy engagements and even more dreamy sparklers in the last few days, making this New Year’s the most unforgettable one yet with epic moments including, a surprise wedding! We already covered the lavish engagement announcement of Paris Hilton with her actor beau Chris Zylka over the weekend in Aspen, Colorado. Here is a rundown of the other over-the-top romantic declarations of love you may have missed this weekend with equally fascinating engagement rings to match…
Dell Technologies Heiress Alexa Dell and Harrison Refoua
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America’s richest heiress, daughter of Michael Dell of Dell Technologies, showed off her 12 carat diamond ring on social media announcing her engagement to millionaire real estate investor Arshia Harrison Refoua. The couple who were vacationing at the Four Seasons in Kailua-Kona in Hawai‘i, showed off the rock over a series of pictures and videos, which is a massive emerald-cut diamond, which is bordered by smaller diamonds and sits on a diamond-encrusted band and is estimated to be worth $3 million.
Billy Joel and Christy Brinkley’s daughter Alexa Joel and Ryan Gleason
Alexa Ray had quite an eventful weekend. After celebrating her birthday, in a Caribbean getaway in Turks and Caicos’ exclusive Parrot Cay with restaurateur boyfriend Ryan Gleason, the 32-year-old brunette took to her Instagram account to announce the happy news of her engagement as she shared a series of shots of the big moment against the gorgeous sunset – as well as her sparkling new engagement ring. The daughter of the supermodel and rock-n-roll artist captioned her picture saying, “He said to me, ‘Before I met you, my world was in black and white. You colored it in between the lines.’ It was the most beautiful thing anybody’s ever said to me. How could I possibly say no to that?”
TV Personality Maria Maria Menounos’s surprise Live TV wedding
Before the ball dropped on Times Square this NYE, Maria Menounos shocked onlookers with a surprise live television wedding with longtime boyfriend Keven Undergaro, which took place less than 20 minutes before the clock struck midnight. She’d been co-hosting the Fox New Years’s Eve special and her co-host, Steve Harvey, officiated the service. The cancer surviving TV presenter revealed later that the whole wedding planning took two weeks to plan and was a shock for all family friends who were ecstatic. Social media tags revealed that the bride wore a Pronovias strapless lace “Randala” gown with a matching lace detachable coat to stay warm.
Artist Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara
Grammy award winning singer Meghan Trainor announced her happy news by sharing a sweet video of actor Daryl Sabara’s proposal with a tearfully ecstatic reaction on Instagram. After a year and half of dating, Sabara got down on one knee, a day before the songstress’ 24th birthday. She shared her excitement with her 9 million followers announcing, “I SAID YESSSS!!!! For my 24th birthday, the love of my life @darylsabara made all of my dreams come true,” she wrote in the caption adding,“He proposed to me under a tunnel of beautiful Christmas lights and surprised me with my family and friends. I’m still in shock. I’ve never been this happy!”
Supermodel Soo Joo Park and Photographer Jack Waterlot
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The supermodel who recently was in news for being named the first Asian-American spokesperson for L’Oréal, announced her engagement to photographer Jack Waterlot in a whirlwind trip to Los Cabos. The newly engaged couple gets a huge nod from DWP-Insider on their choice of location! The fashionable couple shared many posts from the Baja Peninsula, spending sun soaked days whale watching and exploring the turquoise waters on a private yacht in Los Cabos, Mexico before sharing the picture of her gigantic engagement rock.
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