Best Celebrity Engagement Rings of All Time

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Nikki Reed

Endless (undead) love! After six months of dating, the Vampire Diaries' Ian Somerhalder proposed to the Twilight actress with a floral diamond engagement ring in an antique-style setting, reportedly valued at about $75,000.

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Lady Gaga

Diamond's are a monster's best friend! Chicago Fire actor Taylor Kinney popped the question to his love of four years on Valentine's Day 2015 with a heart-shaped Lorraine Schwartz sparkler. Surrounded by pave diamonds, the ring is estimated to be worth between $400,000 and $500,000. The back of the band reads "T <3 S," also in diamonds.

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Sofia Vergara

Joe Manganiello asked his love of six months to marry him on Dec. 25, 2014, making Vergara'a ring—which boasts a 4 to 5-carat center stone, surrounded by a halo of diamonds—one very expensive Christmas present. Reportedly, the massive rock is worth approximately $500,000.

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Jessica Biel

Marrying up! When Justin Timberlake presented Jessica Biel with an enormous square-cut diamond in January 2012, it was entirely his design. “I had no say whatsoever [in the ring],” Biel said in 2012. “He is fearless in his choices and has a real eye for design. And I’ll be honest: He has better taste than I do.”

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Zoe Saldana

Surprise! After a whirlwind secret engagement and wedding in September 2013, Zoe Saldana finally debuted her pear-shaped emerald ring from hubby Marco Perego at the LACMA Art + Film Gala the next month in November. The ring is estimated to cost between $18,000 and $32,000.

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Mila Kunis

First comes the ring! Before the couple announced their pregnancy, the That ‘70s Show costars got engaged in February 2014. Ashton Kutcher popped the question with a giant solitaire center diamond ring, estimated to be approximately 5 carats.

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Angelina Jolie

After more than seven years together, Brad Pitt wanted to make sure that his engagement ring for Angelina Jolie was perfect. He presented his future bride with the rectangular Robert Procop sparkler in 2012. “Brad had a specific vision for this ring, which he realized over a year-long collaboration with Robert,” Procop’s team said in a statement at the time.

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Amal Alamuddin

In April 2014, Amal Alamuddin did the unthinkable — she convinced habitual bachelor George Clooney to settle down. The Oscar winner presented the British lawyer with an emerald-cut diamond ring, which is estimated to cost $750,000.

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Christina Aguilera

Beautiful! For Valentine’s Day 2014, Christina Aguilera received a special surprise when her boyfriend Matt Rutler proposed with a unique ring he designed himself. "Matt has been working on the ring for over a year and been working on the proposal for several months," an insider told Us. "Matt spent a year's time mastering all the specific details with the designer to signify their love and their journey together — it's all reflected in the ring."

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Jenna Dewan Tatum

He stepped up! When Channing Tatum presented his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum with a sparkly Neil Lane engagement ring in September 2008, she couldn’t have been happier. Less than five years later, the happily married couple welcomed their daughter Everly.

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Jennifer Garner

A new kind of Bennifer! After splitting from fiancee Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck began dating his future wife Jennifer Garner. He proposed with a 4.5-carat diamond ring on her 33rd birthday, and the rest was history!

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Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy announced her engagement to Donnie Wahlberg on The View. "I just got engaged!" she gushed to her co-hosts while holding up her left hand. Wahlberg did well with a giant cushion-cut, yellow sapphire diamond surrounded by tinier white stones.

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Lauren Conrad

"He didn't even ask my friends," designer Conrad admitted of law student William Tell, who proposed in 2013 with a $55,000 3-carat four-prong round solitaire on a yellow gold band. "He said . . . 'I know what you love.'"

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Kim Kardashian

Kanye West teamed with jeweler Lorraine Schwartz to design a 15-carat D flawless cushion-cut gem on a platinum band when he proposed to his baby North's mother in October 2013.

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Olivia Wilde

Justin Theroux helped Jason Sudeikis pick out this 6-carat emerald-encircled gem so the comic could propose to his pregnant love in January 2013.

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Savannah Guthrie

"It was too big, so I was wearing a Band-Aid around it," the Today co-host cracked about her 6-carat cushion-cut diamond — worth approximately $350,000 — from communications consultant Mike Feldman.

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Kate Middleton

Prince William popped the question to his longtime love with the same 18-carat sapphire and diamond engagement ring that belonged to his late mother, Princess Diana. Its value: Priceless, of course!

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Beyonce

Her 2008 wedding to Jay Z was a well-kept secret, but there's no hiding Beyonce's 18-carat flawless diamond by Lorraine Schwartz, valued at more than $5 million.

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Jennifer Lopez

She's been presented with a total of four engagement rings, but one stands out from the rest. Ben Affleck famously gave her a 6.1-carat pink diamond form Harry Winston in 2002. She reportedly returned the rock when the engagement ended in 2004.

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Victoria Beckham

Her nickname is "Posh" for a reason. The designer's soccer star hubby, David Beckham, proposed with a 3-carat marquise-cut diamond, then later upgraded to a jumbo-sized pear-shaped dazzler on a diamond-encrusted band.

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Reese Witherspoon

Jim Toth presented the actress with a 4-carat Ashoka cut diamond ring set on a pave diamond and platinum band, created by jeweler William Goldberg in December 2011.

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Mariah Carey

The pop super star flashes a $2.5 million Jacob & Co. stunner from hubby Nick Cannon. The 17-carat emerald-cut pink center diamond is surrounded by 58 pink diamonds and has two half-moon diamonds on each side. Sadly, the couple split in August 2014.

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Heidi Klum

Seal proposed to the supermodel with a 10-carat canary yellow diamond from Lorraine Schwartz. And while their marriage ended in 2012, the ring is sure to remain a celeb favorite for many more years.

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Jessica Simpson

Former football player Eric Johnson surprised Jessica Simpson with a large center ruby stone (over five carats) flanked by two pear-shaped diamonds (also more than five carats) from Neil Lane in November 2011. "I've done the traditional thing before," Simpson said on CBS' The Early Show of her unconventional ring.

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Kate Hudson

Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy proposed to the actress in April 2011 with a jaw-dropping 9-carat emerald-cut diamond with tapered baguettes (worth approximately $200,000).

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Anne Hathaway

The actress' beau Adam Shulman — who happens to be a jewelry designer — presented her with an incredible 6-carat diamond set on a thin diamond band, that he created with Kwiat.

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Drew Barrymore

Art consultant Will Kopelman picked out a colorless radiant-cut diamond (just under four carats) on a diamond-covered band from Graff for the actress.

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Hilary Duff

The singer/actress' stunning ring from hockey player Mike Comrie features a humongous 14-carat radiant-cut diamond worth an estimated $1 million. "I woke up with scratches on my face one day!" she told Us Weekly of the downside of wearing the rock to bed. The couple married in 2011, and in January 2014, they announced their split.

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Carrie Underwood

Hockey player Mike Fisher co-designed the yellow-and-white 12-carat diamond ring worth about $800,000 with her favorite designer, Johnathon Arndt, before proposing in December 2009.

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Khloe Kardashian

Two weeks before saying "I do" in September 2009, Lamar Odom gave the reality star a Vartan's Fine Jewelry 12.5-carat radiant-cut ring worth $850,000. While enormous, Khloe's rock was almost half the size of her big sister Kim's 20-carat sparkler. After months of turmoil, Kardashian filed for divorce in December 2013.

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Katy Perry

Three months after they began dating, Russell Brand presented the singer with a 5-carat pink-diamond Cartier ring in 2010, but she didn't like it! She swapped it for a 3-carat Cartier stunner worth $120,000. Sadly, the pair split in January 2012.

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Fergie

Josh Duhamel gave the Black Eyed Peas singer a 4-carat brilliant-cut H. Stern ring in December 2007 worth about $90,000. The couple wed in January 2009. "He did a good job," she said after the proposal.

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Katie Holmes

Back in 2005, Tom Cruise presented the actress with a 5-carat oval-shaped diamond with over six carats of smaller diamonds on the setting and band by Fred Leighton, worth approximately $275,000. The couple split in July 2012.

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Katherine Heigl

"It's ridiculously big," the actress told Cosmopolitan of her 3-carat, pear-cut diamond ring from musician hubby Josh Kelley. "I was like 'Sure, I'll marry you!'"

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Nicole Richie

Joel Madden proposed to the designer in 2010 with a handmade round diamond ring (it's over four carats) from celeb jeweler Neil Lane.

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Jennifer Aniston

Aniston admitted she got "verklempt" when Justin Theroux offered this 8-carat oval set in gold, worth an estimated $500,000 — 10 times the average U.S. salary!

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Scarlett Johansson

For Johansson, who cops to wearing "a lot of vintage," journalist Romain Dauriac selected a 3-carat antique art deco-style bauble when he got down on one knee in fall 2013.

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Gabrielle Union

To avoid dirtying his knees, NBA pro Dwyane Wade kneeled on a yoga block while proposing to his actress love with an 8.5-carat cushion-cut stone — worth an estimated $1 million! — from Jason of Beverly Hills.

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Alexis Bledel

"He picked it out!" the former Gilmore Girls star gushed about her 3-carat octagonal shape diamond from Mad Men actor Vincent Kartheiser. As for wedding planning? "We're doing it together," she has said.

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Hayden Panettiere

Nashville actress Panettiere, who flashes a 7.1-carat Montblanc emerald cut from boxer Wladimir Klitschko, says she has "not the slightest clue" when they'll wed. (Us Weekly first broke news of the couple's engagement in March 2013; Panettiere confirmed she was headed down the aisle seven months later.)

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