After nearly a decade together and four children together, soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo and model and reality TV star Georgina Rodríguez are engaged. The Netflix star announced the engagement with a photo showing the massive ring, which ranks high on the list of the most expensive celebrity wedding rings in history.
According to a jeweler interviewed by ¡HOLA! magazine, the ring is said to cost nearly six million dollars, although "depending on the purity, it could reach 10 or 12 million."
In the glittering world of celebrity marriages, the ring is more than a symbol. It's a currency of love, status, and narrative.
Georgina's emerald-cut diamond joins the list of iconic engagement pieces: Kim Kardashian's 15-carat stone from Kanye West , valued at $4 million; Elizabeth Taylor's legendary 33-carat Krupp diamond, which sold for $8.8 million; and the rare Graff Pink diamond, which fetched $46 million at auction.
A long courtship
Cristiano Ronaldo's proposal came nine years after he met his future wife at a Gucci luxury store in Madrid, where she was a saleswoman. At the time, the footballer was Real Madrid's most prized player.
After that first meeting in 2016, the couple made their first public appearance at the FIFA Awards in January 2017, and in November of that same year, their first daughter, Alana Martina, was born. A month earlier, twins Eva and Mateo were born via surrogate. In April 2022, the couple welcomed more twins, of whom only Bella Esmeralda survived.
In 2022, Georgina became one of the stars of Netflix's reality shows with her show I Am Georgina , which has two seasons, while the athlete moved shortly after with the entire family to Saudi Arabia, where he plays with the Al-Nassr team.
Although many thought they would be a permanent, free-form couple, Cristiano took the next step and asked Georgina to marry him. Will we see him in the third season of 'I Am Georgina'? It would be a treat for fans of both.
