Chantelle Houghton, Samuel Preston Engaged

April 2006 --A cluster of round diamonds on a dainty band of gold glittered in the lights of The Dorchester Hotel in London on April 11, 2006 as Chantelle Houghton, the winner of "Celebrity Big Brother", announced that on the previous night she had accepted the proposal of Samuel Preston, the frontman for the Brit pop band The Ordinary Boys.

The engagement ring, an heirloom belonging to the prospective groom's mother, was presented to the previously unknown model in Brighton, England after a nine-week romance which grew in front of the eyes of millions of television viewers.

A wedding date has not been set, although the couple hope to wed some time in 2006.

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