Winnie Harlow, Kyle Kuzma engaged en route to | College News

Winnie Harlow and Kyle Kuzma are getting married: The model and Milwaukee Bucks ahead are engaged.

Harlow confirmed the engagement Tuesday in an Instagram post that included snippets of Kuzma’s lavish proposal and a glimpse at her 8.5-carat engagement ring.

“to eternity 💍♾️ #shesaidyes,” Harlow, 30, wrote.

Kuzma, 29, who performed for the Los Angeles Lakers after they gained their 2020 championship, proposed to Harlow on Feb. 13 after chartering a rose-filled personal jet for a long-weekend getaway to Turks and Caicos, the couple advised Vogue. The NBA star knew since their first journey to the Caribbean island in 2022 that he wished to pop the query there and started planning the proposal about six months in the past.

The former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant thought Kuzma’s elaborate plans for the journey have been a candy approach for them to rejoice Valentine’s Day, with a “fleeting” thought that he may also suggest. But she didn’t need to get forward of herself, she advised Vogue. That is, till Kuzma began studying her a poem that concluded with him asking “will you be my wife?”

Harlow stated she stated yes earlier than Kuzma even pulled out the ring — an 8.5-carat oval-cut sparkler surrounded by two baguette stones. Kuzma spent three months designing the piece.

“I never really asked her what type of ring she liked or anything,” he advised Vogue. “I just wanted to draw a picture of what I felt resembled her — something that was elegant, but very timeless and simplistic at the same time.”

Kuzma’s proposal was adopted by a shock engagement social gathering that included each Harlow and Kuzma’s households at a beachfront villa, full with a DJ, dinner on the seaside and fireworks.

“We’re over the moon,” Harlow advised the magazine.

The couple additionally shared a joint Instagram post that featured a number of snapshots from their eventful journey, together with close-ups of Harlow’s ring and her response to her shock social gathering.

The Cay Skin founder, who’s a spokesperson for the pores and skin situation vitiligo, first linked with Kuzma in early 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apparently, Kuzma had tried to attain out to her in 2019 however she by no means bought his Instagram DM. But as soon as they bought to speaking, she stated they by no means wished to stop and so they formally began courting in April 2020, in accordance to People. Harlow then moved from New York to L.A. the place Kuzma was enjoying for the Lakers, and made their relationship Instagram official in June 2020.