While celebrity marriges come and go, heck some never make it past the engagement phase, one thing is sure if celebrities are involved you can expect a really amazing diamond to be involved.
While Jennifer Lopez or J Lo and Ben Affleck never did get married that didn’t stop their engagement ring from making headlines. The 6.1 carat intense pink diamond was set in platinum band and had two trapezoid shaped side stones and came from the legendary Beverly Hills Harry Winston and was reported to have cost over 3 million dollars.
When Jessica Simpson was married to Nick Lahey she wore an emerald cut diamond ring that was 4 carats flanked by two smaller diamonds. This went with her 8 carat wedding band. That is of course until she realized her “boots were made for walking” and walked out on poor Nick. Nick soon after got engaged to Vanessa Minnillo and two are scheduled to wed in 2007.
Known for his leading man star power and uncontrollable urge to jump on the couches of talk show hosts, Tom Cruise gave his wife Katie Holmes a 5 carat Edwardian style oval cut engagement ring. Reese Withersppon had a 5 carat Emerald cut engagement ring, however like her rings art deco styling that relationship is history.
Madonna the modern day material girl has a three stone engagement ring with 5 carats of diamonds from her husband Guy Ritchie. The original material girl was surprisingly much more modest. When Marilyn Monroe was married to Joe DiMaggio she had a platinum eternity band with 36 diamond baguettes.
When John F. Kennedy was still a senator he proposed to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier with a 3 carat emerald ring, which was surrounded by 3 carats of smaller diamonds. He also purchased a 47 carat kunzite ring that he never gave her before his death. When she Became Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis and married shipping magnate Aristotle Onasis he gave her a 40 carat engagement ring. In 1996 this ring was auctioned at Sotherby’s and sold for 2.59 million
“Ole Blue Eyes” Frank Sinatra gave Eva Gardner a 6 carat ring. Their relationship was always rocky and tumultuous. Before their wedding they had a huge argument and she threw the ring out of the window and into the street. If the story is to be believed the ring was never found or seen again. While they eventually did get married without the ring it lasted only 6 years.
If we’re talking about celebrity engagement rings, it’s impossible to not mention the hotel Heiress Paris Hilton. Paris received a 24 carat emerald cut diamond ring from Greek shipping heir Paris Lastis. However their romance sunk and Paris sold the ring for charity giving the proceeds to victims of Hurricane Katrina. There’s been much speculation about her relationship with Stavros Niarchos, Paris has even been rumored to be wearing a faux engagement ring on occasion, but currently he has yet to propose.
When Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were married he custom designed their wedding rings and had them engraved with each others names and the year 2000. Brad has moved on and is now with Angelina Jolie. While the two aren’t yet engaged, rumor has it they are giving up traditional rings and giving each other children from third world countries instead.
When Donald Trump dumped Ivana, and took on his new apprentice, wife Melanie Knauss, he gave her a 12 carat emerald cut ring reported to cost over 1 million dollars. When Ivana Trump married new husband Riccardo Mazzucchelli he gave her a Kashmir sapphire engagement ring instead of a diamond.
In fact giving of precious stones other than diamonds is a very common practice outside of the United States. When Prince Charles married Lady Diana he gave a her an 18 carat deep blue oval sapphire surrounded by 14 diamonds. At the time of her death it was rumored Dodi Fayed was preparing to give her an engagement ring, but that was never conclusively proven. When Prince Charles later remarried Camilla Parker Bowles he gave her an emerald ring accented with diamond baguettes on both sides.
While technically not an engagement ring a look at diamond jewelry wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Elizabeth Taylor. Her stunning 33 carat Krupp diamond ring is one of her most prized posses ions, and has been in every movie she has made since aquiring it. She also owned the Taylor Burton diamond a gift from Richard Burton which is 69.4 carats in size. She later donated this diamond to help build a hospital in Africa.
