The stunning engagement rings Kiwi celebrities are wearing

Publish Date
Friday, 9 June 2017, 10:10AM
Amber Vito shows off her engagement ring. Photo / Instagram

Amber Vito shows off her engagement ring. Photo / Instagram

Go on, admit it.

The first thing most of us do when we hear someone's just got engaged is check out the rock that's newly twinkling on their finger. And that curiosity is all the stronger when it comes to celebrities.

So, let's check out the engagement rings bestowed upon some famous Kiwi women, shall we?

Kate Hawkesby

When Newstalk ZB and Seven Sharp host Mike Hosking proposed to his wife Kate Hawkesby seven years ago, he did so in a grand, public gesture on a bridge in Melbourne.

And he did it with a hefty, five-carat diamond ring (a carat for each of their five children, so the story goes).

It certainly makes for a lot of sparkle when Hawkesby has a new manicure to show off ...

A post shared by Kate Hawkesby (@katehawkesby) on Oct 7, 2016 at 1:29pm PDT

Siobhan Marshall

Before they moved to Los Angeles to chase the ever-elusive Hollywood dream last year, actors Siobhan Marshall and Millen Baird got hitched in Fiji.

They had also been in Fiji when they decided to get engaged, with Baird gifting Marshall a diamond and purple morganite ring to seal the deal.

Marshall showed off the ring to her Instagram followers last May, writing: "Good one Millsy, I love it."

A post shared by Siobhan Marshall (@siobhangm) on May 2, 2016 at 2:44am PDT

Kanoa Lloyd

Kanoa Lloyd is known for her quirky style – and that extends to her engagement ring.

The Project co-host married freelance director and editor Mikee Carpinter late last year, after he proposed to her with an Anna Sheffield-designed black diamond ring.

Lloyd proclaimed the ring to be "perfect ... just like the boy who gave it to me”.

Daisy Dagg

Food blogger Daisy Dagg is not short of some bling for her hands.

As well as the great big rock her All Black husband Israel Dagg proposed with, she was recently showing off a new mint quartz sparkler from Naveya and Sloane.

The new mum was also gifted a cluster diamond ring "push present" in April, after giving birth to her son, Arlo.

We are tres jealous.

A post shared by Daisy Dagg (@daisydagg) on Jun 6, 2017 at 5:48pm PDT

Amber Vito

Daisy Dagg's fellow WAG and blogging partner in crime Amber Vito also sports a great big diamond on her ring finger.

Her husband, former All Black Victor Vito, apparently heard Amber mention she liked actress Katherine Heigl's engagement ring - so he googled it.

Which is how the future Mrs Vito wound up with a pear cut diamond when she was proposed to at her favourite beach, Little Anapai in Golden Bay.

Megan Sellers

Meanwhile, singer Andrew Papas opted for a classic diamond engagement ring for his fiancee, ZM breakfast host Megan Sellers.

The cute couple, who got engaged during a holiday to Rarotonga, are set to marry this coming summer. 

And then there were three... 🐶

A post shared by Megan Sellers (@meganlouisesellers) on Jul 23, 2016 at 9:39pm PDT

Gemma Flynn

Black Stick Gemma Flynn took to Instagram and opted for the classic hand-on-partner's-chest-to-best-display-the-ring pose after news of her engagement to former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw broke last year.

Thanks for all the kind words and messages, we really appreciate it and couldn't be happier ❤️

A post shared by Gemma McCaw (@gemflynn) on Jan 13, 2016 at 9:23pm PST

 

Claudia Conaglen

Former Bachelorette Claudia Conaglen’s sparkly engagement ring certainly looks good against that famous tan of hers.

Her fiance, Paul Ejamme, proposed at Hawke's Bay’s Shine Falls in February.

"I said YES to the man of my dreams," Conaglen wrote on Instagram at the time. "I am truly blessed and grateful to have met such an amazing guy."

I said YES💍 to the man of my dreams. I am truely blessed and grateful to have met such an amazing guy 💕

A post shared by Claudia Conaglen (@claudiaconaglen) on Feb 11, 2017 at 12:15am PST

Nikki Phillips

Finally, Kiwi model and TV host Nikki Phillips has a suitably big, glamorous engagement ring to cement her union with musician husband Dane Rumble.

Perhaps an equally stunning push present might be on the cards when Phillips gives birth to the couple's first baby in July...?

This article was first published on Spy and is republished here with permission.

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