08/02/2011

Celebrity Engagement Ring: Ashley Hebert

Update: Yes, Ashley Hebert received a Neil Lane engagement ring from now fiance JP Rosenbaum. Congratulations to them both!

 

Rumor has it that The Bachelorette Ashley Hebert received an engagement ring at the May finale. According to Hollywoodlife.com, she is wearing a 3 carat Asscher cut Neil Lane diamond engagement ring surrounded by micropave diamonds, similar to the one pictured below.  Nothing has been confirmed yet, so stay tuned!

 

 

Ring details: 3-carat asscher diamond worth $150,000. It’s colorless and is surrounded by 1.5-carats of small Micro Pave diamonds.

08/01/2011

The Bachelorette Engagement Rings: Seasons 4-6

Season 4: DeAnna Pappas and Jesse Csincsak

 

 

The wedding was set for May 9, 2009, but they broke up in November 2008.

 

Ring details: 2.5 princess cut Tacori ring on platinum

 

 

 

Season 5: Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski

 

 

In July 2010, it was announced that the two had broken up

 

 

Ring details: 2.05-carat, pear-shaped center stone Neil Lane engagement ring accented with baguette and round-cut diamonds. Set on platinum. Estimated to be worth $60,000

Season 6: Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez

 

 

Fedotowsky and Martinez are currently planning their wedding.

 

Ring details:  Platinum setting featuring a 3.03 center asscher-cut diamond, accented with 184 round brilliant-cut diamonds designed by Neil Lane. Estimated at $50,000.

 

 

07/05/2011

The Bachelorette Engagement Rings: Seasons 1-3

The Bachelorette seems to have had a little better luck matchmaking – their first season stars Trista and Ryan are still together and have two children! Here’s a look at the engagement rings from the first three seasons..

 

Season 1: Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ring details:  Trista’s engagement ring is rumored to be similar to the  Tacori Princess cut shown above.  However, she lost the original ring and Ryan got her a new one to replace the lost sparkler.  Trista got two wedding bands – a 1.35 carat Tacori eternity band with heart detailing and a two carat band pave set with round cut diamonds.

 

Season 2: Meredith Phillips and Ian Mckee.

 

 

 

 

 

Ring details: 3+ carat. Leons Fine Jewelry in Los Angeles. Stayed together got a year and broke up in February of 2005

 

Season 3: Jennifer Schefft and Jerry Ferris

 

 

 

 

Jenn rejected Jerry's proposal, declining his ring. "I want you to keep that." She stated that the chemistry was not there and asked him to propose again down the line if he still felt the same way.

 

 

 

 

Ring details: We could not find any details about the ring she rejected!

06/27/2011

The Bachelor Engagement Rings: Seasons 13-15

Strikeout.  15 seasons of the Bachelor and 15 break-ups.  I guess ABC really isn’t that good of a matchmaker after all. But hey, we’re all still watching aren’t we?

 

Season 13: Jason Mesnick and Melissa Rycroft

 

Engagement called off minutes after the finale aired

 

Ring:  1.94 carat marquise-cut diamond ring encrusted with 170 smaller diamonds set in platinum designed by Neil Lane. Total of 3.18 carats

 

 

Season 14: Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi

 

 

Broke up summer of 2010

 

Ring: $50000 2.72-carat princess cut diamond set in platinum from Neil Lane. Surrounded by 70 diamonds.

 

 

 

Season 15: Brad Womack and Emily Maynard

 

Broke up April of 2011. Emily returned her engagement ring to Brad.

 

 

Ring:  3-carat Neil Lane ring set on platinum delicately accented with 263 round brilliant-cut diamonds around a “romantic” central cushion-cut diamond. Said to be $50,000.

06/20/2011

The Bachelor Engagement Rings: Season 7-12

The first six seasons of The Bachelor did not create any happily ever afters.  Did ABC have better luck matchmaking in seasons seven through twelve?  And, what sort of bling did these ladies receive?

 

Season 7: Charlie O’Connel and Sara Brice

 

Broke up in 2007, got back together,

and then split up again in 2010

 

Ring: Three stone “past, present, and future 1.2 carat Tacori promise ring.  Style #: 2572

 

Season 8: Travis Lane Stork and Sarah Stone

 

Broke up several months after the show aired.

 

Ring: 2.2 carat diamond promise ring on a necklace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Season 9: Prince Lorenzo Borghese and Jennifer Wilson

Broke up in January of 2007

Ring: he gave her a “family ring” – a promise  ring desgined by his mom.

 

Season 10: Andrew Baldwin and Tessa Horst

 

Called off engagement

 

Ring: 50,000 Chopard diamond ring with a 2 carat round diamond set in 18 karat white gold and surrounded by 47 smaller stones.  Later on he re-proposed and gave her a traditional Hawaiian gold ring which was much more meaningful to her.

 

Season 11: Brad Womack.

 

Brad did not choose either of the girls.

 

Ring: We see a ring box in the background of the pictures, but can’t find a picture. Perhaps there wasn’t one in the box!

 

Season 12: Matt Grant and Shayne Lamas

The engagement was called off, but Shayne kept the ring

 

Ring: 2.85-carat diamond ring from Tacori’s Crescent Silhouette collection.

 

06/02/2011

The Bachelor Engagement Rings: Seasons 1-6

They say that a diamond is forever, but given the track record of the breakups on ABC’s the Bachelor, perhaps it isn’t so when it comes to TV engagements.   Over the 15 seasons of The Bachelor, designers such as Harry Winston, Tacori, and Neil Lane provided the whopping engagement rings, all distinct and definitely stunners.  And of the 15 rings, most, if not all, have been returned.  Let’s rewind back to the first few seasons and check out the baubles the winners did (and did not) receive. And keep in mind who pays for the ring:  not the Bachelor!  In the real world, the rings would most probably have been half as big.

 

Season 1: Alex Michel and Amanda Marsh

 

 

Alex didn't propose but they dated for a year before they split.

 

 

Ring: Supposedly “breath taking and mega-expensive”.

 

Season 2: Aaron Buerge and Helene Eksterowicz

 

 

Called off engagement shortly after the show.

 

 

Ring:  2.75 carat Harry Winston oval diamond on platinum valued at $29,000. The only ring in Bachelor history paid for by the bachelor himself. When they broke up, the couple decided to see the ring on Ebay and received $28,300. They split the profits.

 

Season 3: Andrew Firestone and Jen Scheft

 

 

Broke off engagement after 10 months.

 

 

Ring: 2.8 carat Harry Winston

 

 

Season 4: Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier

 

 

Guiney never proposed, but instead offered a promise ring. He supposedly broke up with her over the phone.

 

 

Ring: 2.07 carat cushion cut Harry Winston set in platinum. Appraised value is $42,000. Estella auctioned off the ring.

 

Season 5: Jesse Palmer and Jessica Bowlin

 

 

Jesse never proposed. They broke up several months later.

 

 

Ring: No engagement ring! Instead, he gave her a one-way ticket to New York — first class.

 

Season 6: Byron Velvick and Mary Delgado

 

Called off engagement after 5 years

 

 

Ring:  Tacori 3.5 carat set in platinum.  Style #: HT2353. Mary was arrested multiple times during their relationship, once splitting his lip with her engagement ring.