Several stars took the next step in their relationships in 2026 by getting engaged to their significant others.
Sports Illustrated model Clarissa Bowers kicked off the New Year by announcing her engagement to Jackson Morgan by showing off her ring via social media on January 4.
Days later, Fire Country star Jules Latimer revealed her engagement to partner Kat Cunning after three different proposals.
The next month, Halle Berry confirmed her engagement to longtime partner Van Hunt, as did Hunger Games alum Jena Malone and boyfriend Jack Buckley.
Allison Holker joined the list on February 12 when she shared the news of her plans to wed Adam Edmunds after he popped the question, followed by Team USA athletes Hilary Knight and Brittany Bowe, who got engaged at the 2026 Olympics.
That same month, Selling the OC star Alexandra Rose confirmed she is engaged after a Valentine’s weekend proposal.
Scroll down to see the stars who got engaged in 2026:
Alexandra Rose
Selling the OC alum Alexandra Rose confirmed she got engaged during Valentine’s Day weekend.
“From The Pendry to 👶🏼 to 💍,” she wrote via Instagram on February 17. “You know when you know ❤️ 2/15/26.”
Hilary Knight and Brittany Bowe
Team USA women’s hockey captain Hilary Knight proposed to speed skater Brittany Bowe at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.
“Olympics brought us together,” the couple, who fell in love at the 2022 Beijing Games, captioned a video of Knight’s proposal on February 18. “This one made us forever.”
Alyssa Snider and Morris Payne Webb IV
Big Brother and The Challenge alum Alyssa Snider announced her engagement to Morris Payne Webb IV after a proposal at Fox Mercantile in Cortez, Florida.
“Yes yes yes a thousand times YES!!!! 💍♥️,” Snider wrote via Instagram on February 15.
Jake Pavelka and Aimee
Former Bachelor Jake Pavelka announced his engagement to his girlfriend of two years, Aimee, on Saturday, February 14.
“We went and had a great dinner and laughed and had champagne,” Pavelka told People of his November 22, 2025, proposal to Aimee at their home in Dallas, Texas. “Then we took an Uber back to our apartment. I had rose petals on the ground and a table set up with candles. We walked in the apartment and she was like, ‘What’s going on here? Did somebody break into our apartment?’ She was looking at a table trying to figure out how a candle got lit.”
“When she turned around, I was down on one knee with a really pretty ring, and I asked her to marry me,” Pavelka added. “She kind of gasped and then muttered yes. It was sweet and intimate. I definitely made the right choice keeping it private. It was a really special moment.”
Allison Holker and Adam Edmunds
Allison Holker was beaming with pride while showing off her new ring from Adam Edmunds along with her engagement announcement on February 12, calling it the “most romantic night of my life.”
“I am so in love with you Adam. Baby, I am forever grateful for you and the impact you have had in my life and my kids lives. I am a better person because of you. You helped me find me again and showed me how to love,” she gushed via Instagram. “You surprised me with a surprise birthday party and then surprised me and all our guests at the party with a surprise proposal party. The whole night was magic and you had every detail thought out to make it even more special.”
Breezy Johnson and Connor Watkins
After Breezy Johnson finished the women’s super-G race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on February 12, her boyfriend, Connor Watkins, proposed.
“You have worked so hard and achieved so much, and yet you still find the time to love me, to make me feel special, and most importantly, you help me love myself,” he said on the mountain. “There’s only one way I want to spend the rest of my life, and that is by your side. I love you. Will you marry me?”
Jena Malone and Jack Buckley
Actress Jena Malone revealed on February 11 that her boyfriend, Jack Buckley, popped the question.
“It was always you, even in those long, dark spaces of my youth where I learned to hold my own heart,” Malone wrote via Instagram. “You were always there, breathing life into these tiny glimmers of a child’s heart … Love … Soulmate … Marriage. You are a dream come true, Jack.”
She continued, “My soulmate asked me to marry him. First, he asked those who have protected and cared for my heart for so long. Both of my moms, my sister, my son … and with every lifetime, every moment I have in front of me I said yes.”
Malone previously welcomed son Ode with a past partner in 2016.
Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Halle Berry confirmed her engagement to musician Van Hunt during a February 5 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
The couple began dating in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brett Dier and Conor Leslie
The Jane the Virgin alum announced via Instagram on January 29 that he proposed to Leslie.
“I GET TO MARRY MY BESTFRIEND IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!” Dier captioned the post, showing off Leslie’s engagement ring.
The couple went public in November 2024, years after Dier and ex-fiancé Haley Lu Richardson split.
Jules Latimer and Kat Cunning
Fire Country star Jules Latimer and partner Kat Cunning announced their engagement with a joint Instagram post on January 5.
“This is the moment we got engaged. For the second time on this day and the third time to each other,” the caption read alongside photos of the pair’s beach engagement. The carousel also included a video of the couple getting engaged on a yacht.
“You said yes to me over Labor Day weekend when I gave you a ring that encapsulates the sharp angles of your mind and the rabbit-hole arcs of your body,” Kat wrote. “A hot tub, a full moon, Dijon and I dropping to our knees under Joshua tree stars with Juli-cat watching from the Airbnb.”
The post continued, “I said yes to you on December 23 on a yacht small enough to feel like an exoskeleton, paradise water so choppy you couldn’t tell if you were seasick or nervous. I said yes to the waves and the Tequila the humpback whales diving, to the dirty dancing song you played over the speakers and the question you finally popped over open ocean under setting sun, which looked like your finger paintings of my body.”
As for the third proposal, Kat wrote, “I said yes to a nap, yes to this dress, and yes when they told me to push a button, not knowing it would light up the sky, framing you on one knee with a single flosser in a ring box.”
Clarissa Bowers and Jackson Morgan
On January 3, beauty queen Clarissa Bowers shared photos of her boyfriend, Jackson Morgan, dropping to one knee and proposing on a pier at sunset.
Bowers described her proposal as “everything I ever asked for [and] so much more.” One romantic shot showed Bowers kissing Morgan as she flashed her square-cut diamond ring with a shimmering gold band.
Gina Kirschenheiter and Travis Mullen
The RHOC star revealed to People on January 7 that her longtime love Travis Mullen proposed during a New Year getaway in Big Bear, California.
“I was in complete shock!” Gina Kirschenheiter recalled. “My nervous system was trying to catch up to what just happened in this magical moment, and I was also trying to process the iceberg that was being presented to me as well! I of course said ‘yes,’ and melted into what was the sweetest kiss I’ve ever felt!”
Mullen brought Kirschenheiter “out to the right spot for a family picture” and then surprised her with a 6-carat, oval-cut diamond ring made in partnership with Wove.
“It was perfect!” Kirschenheiter remembered. “It meant so much to be there as a family celebrating all together. We were all so happy. Truly a pinnacle moment.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County viewers watched Kirschenheiter fall in love with Mullen over several seasons of the Bravo reality show. Kirschenheiter and Mullen got together after they were both fresh out of messy divorces. (Gina shares three children — Sienna, Nicholas, and Luca— with ex-husband Matt Kirschenheiter. Travis was married to Meghan Mullen for six years and they also share three children: Presley, Bennett, and Joseph.)
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