The history of giving engagement rings can be traced as far back as the year 1215. These days in New Zealand and Western tradition, an engagement ring is a ring worn by a woman on her left-hand ring finger indicating her engagement to be married.
The ring is usually presented as a gift by a man to his prospective bride while or directly after she accepts his marriage proposal. It represents their formal agreement to be married in the future.
Celebrity engagement rings are often extremely extragagent and attract a lot of attention, whether the wedding happens or not. Such as:
Jessica Simpson’s 4-carat engagement ring - an unusual pear-shape set in platinum with two side stones. Katie Holmes’ 5-carat ring from Tom Cruise is a classic oval shape in a pave setting.
Jennifer Lopez’s finger sparkled with a 6-carat radiant shaped pink diamond while she was engaged to Ben Affleck, reported to cost more than $3 million and Paris Hilton’s short-lived engagement to Paris Latsis was highlighted by the 24-carat emerald cut diamond ring.
