Celebrity Engagement Rings and Wedding Bands

A bevy of stars have debuted dazzling diamonds that hold the promise of an “I do” in recent months. Here’s a look at a few famous riveting rings:

Country crossover cutie Carrie Underwood is a ray of sunshine on stage, and a yellow diamond that crowns her Johnathon Arndt-created sparkler from Ottawa Senators hockey player Mike Fisher harmonizes perfectly with her effervescent personality.

Mike Comrie may be famous for his moves on the ice, but romantics recognize the hockey player’s skill in selecting ice. During a proposal at the Four Seasons Resort in Wailea, Maui, light danced on the facets of the $1 million 14-carat radiant-cut diamond ring he slipped on the hand of bride-to- be Hilary Duff.

Hopeful of winning the heart of pilot Jake Pavelka, Vienna Girardi was flying high when the reality personality placed a 2.72-carat Neil Lane engagement ring on her finger on the Celestial Terrace of the Jade Mountain Resort in St. Lucia during the dramatic conclusion of The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love. An estimated 1.5 million viewers tuned in to see the sparkler, which features a 2.02 carat princess-cut center stone hugged by smaller diamonds above a band studded in small diamonds.

Nicole Richie brought her own idea of what her dream ring should be when she brainstormed with jeweler to the stars Neil Lane on a 4-plus carat creation which features the fiery facets of a round diamond embraced by an octagon of smaller sparklers.

True love can often make lovebirds see fireworks, but the pyrotechnics were real when Russell Brand proposed to Katy Perry atop a pachyderm during an idyllic getaway to India. Ever going against the grain, the caustic comic chose yellow gold over the presently popular platinum. The Cartier band was crowned with a three carat, round diamond which the beaming bride-to-be proudly flashed on the Grammy Awards red carpet.

While staying in the Wedding Capital of The World, Katie Price went from betrothed to bride with a wedding ring studded in enough sparklers to rival the bright lights of Las Vegas. According to the Daily Mail, mixed martial arts fighter Alex Reid chose the £2,200 band at TenNo jewelers.

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