ABC’s The Bachelor and The Bachelorette have set the stage for a few dozen incredible engagements over the years. You know what that means: lots of incredible, sparkling engagement rings! Today we’re taking a look at 10 of the most wow-inducing rings to make an appearance on one of the two shows to date.
Jen Schefft
She starred on season three of The Bachelor, and Andrew Firestone walked away with one heck of a beautiful engagement ring for her efforts. Shefft’s oval-cut ring with diamond baguettes set on either side of the center diamond is so beautiful it’s hard to even comprehend. Schefft and “bachelor” Andrew Firestone split after 10 months of engagement, but both are now happily married with families. Today, Shefft is married to ad man Joe Waterman.
Lauren Bushnell
Go big or go home – that was Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell’s motto on The Bachelor, as Bushnell got the biggest ring ever of anyone to appear on either The Bachelor or The Bachelorette. The ring is reportedly a 4.25-carat Art Deco-styled piece sporting a radiant-cut diamond as its central stone. But just one wasn’t enough – not even close. There are 240 round and baguette cut diamonds surrounding it. Best of all, the couple is still engaged and planning a wedding.
Whitney Bischoff
Nothing says romance like a freezing cold barn in Iowa, right ladies? Well, that’s where Chris Soules of The Bachelor’s 19th season proposed to Whitney Bischoff, and we’re not judging. Of course, what’s to judge when you get a Neil Lane engagement ring with a 4-carat emerald-cut stone and 115 total stones? The couple eventually parted ways, but they’ve supposedly remained friends.
Catherine Giudici
If you weren’t impressed by Iowa, maybe this one will do it for you: Sean Lowe proposed to Catherine Giudici in Thailand, and he did it with a 3.15-carat Neil Lane engagement ring with a cushion-cut diamond that was surrounded by many more diamonds (164, to be precise). After being engaged for more than a year, the couple married at Santa Barbara’s The Biltmore, a Four Seasons resort.
Ali Fedotowsky
Fedotowsky is an interesting story. She was originally on The Bachelor in 2010, but her employer, Facebook, forced her to return to work midway through the show if she wanted to keep her job. But then she turned up on season six The Bachelorette, which she won, becoming engaged to Roberto Martinez when he presented her with a classic asscher-cut diamond with a diamond-encrusted band. The two split after 18 months, but Fedotowsky is now engaged to radio host Kevin Manno.
Emily Maynard
Jef Holm gave Emily Maynard a Neil Lane ring with a 2.5-carat emerald-cut diamond and 87 smaller diamonds on the band and halo adding up to another full carat. The engagement only lasted a few months before the couple parted ways, which was the second time Maynard split up with someone from The Bachelor. But today she’s married and just recently gave birth to the couple’s third child.
Trista Rehn
Trista Rehn was the prize for one lucky man (Ryan Sutter) on the inauguaral season of The Bachelorette. She was also the first to get the ring off her finger – but not because the two broke up! Nope, Rehn just lost the ring! She got a replacement, of course, and Neil Lane upgraded her original to an emerald-cut diamond surrounded by 207 other diamonds, with 16 of the diamonds being pink, her favorite color.
JoJo Fletcher
Former NFL player and current college football analyst Jordan Rodgers won the 12th season of The Bachelorette and got engaged to JoJo Fletcher by presenting her with a 3-carat Neil Lane oval-shaped diamond ring with no fewer than 155 small, round diamonds on the band. The couple are still engaged today and are planning a 2017 wedding.
Andi Dorfman
On the 10th season of The Bachelorette, Josh Murray won out and proposed to Andi Dorfman with an absolutely enormous oval-cut diamond ring with a double diamond halo. The two never made it down the aisle, however. They spent eight months engaged but eventually elected to go their separate ways.
Desiree Hartsock
One season earlier, Chris Siegfried won the competition and presented Desireee Hartsock a ring that blended modern and classic looks and featured more than 200 diamonds dotting a cushion-cut- center stone all on a twisted band of rose gold and platinum. We end this list on a high note: Siegfried and Hartsock married each other in California in 2015.
Cubic Zirconia Engagement Rings
We can’t all be so lucky as to wind up a contestant on The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, but we can all still end up with beautiful engagement rings thanks to Russian Formula cubic zirconia. This high-quality cubic zirconia is incredibly affordable despite its uncanny resemblance to real diamonds.
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