From Seoul to New York, here are some sweet proposal stories from our local celebrities and personalities!
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Jonathan Chua, the lead guitarist and vocals from The Sam Willows, proposed to his Malaysian girlfriend, Amanda Chaang, 27, who’s an Astro SuperSport TV presenter, in New York last December.
The proposal, which took place on a rooftop at sunset, was captured and shared on Chua’s Instagram stories by his friends and caught Chaang completely off-guard.
In the Instagram story before the proposal, Jon also posted a short clip showing the couple posing for some shots with the skyline of New York in the background with the caption: “She has no idea”.
The TV presenter also shared their engagement on her Instagram with the sweet caption: “I found him”. She is seen showing her new engagement sparkler which looks to be a round diamond solitaire.
Beatrice Tan, founder of home-grown fashion label Klarra and social media personality got engaged to her boyfriend and now fiancé, Dean Krstevski, in November during their trip to Australia at Yabby Lake Vineyard.
Social media influencer and YouTuber Naomi Neo recently got engaged to her boyfriend in Seoul. She posted the news on her Instagram account and shared how she was lost for words along with a shot of her engagement ring.
She later shared a video showing how the proposal happened, with her fiancé going down on one knee at Love Locks bridge in Seoul.
Beauty blogger and social media influencer Mongchin Yeoh, or also known as Mongabong, was proposed to by her longtime boyfriend Matthias, during what was supposed to be a video shoot. As it turns out, the whole set-up was planned for the proposal instead!
She shared a series of images on Instagram and in one them shared how surprised and thankful she was:
“What happened to be a full day of “video shoot” was actually my own engagement .. I’m so thankful & grateful for everything that happened tonight, and thank you Lord for blessing us both bountifully in this journey, couldn’t ask for a better proposal than this.”
Her husband-to-be is Mr Matthew Nixon, 38, vice-president of client services at the Bank of New York Mellon in Singapore.
The American hails from the town of Springfield in Missouri, and has been working in Singapore for the past seven years.
Cheryl had been happily single for about four years before this. “I was contented, I’d just got my own house, and I loved my job,” she said, adding that she started using the Bumble dating app after some “bugging” from her friends.
The couple went on their first date at the Hard Rock Cafe in October 2016, and continued to meet up regularly after that.
Miles described Mr Nixon as “gentlemanly”, picking her up at her doorstep for their third date.
But he was a bit reserved at the beginning, she said. “It took him a month to kiss me, and even then, it was a tentative, shy kiss.”
Mr Nixon had proposed to her three days before Christmas, while they were holidaying in Perth, Australia. It was an “impromptu” proposal, she said, in front of a tree decked with fairy lights after they had dinner.
Cheryl started her career in radio in 2008. The former Channel News Asia TV presenter was also active in theatre and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Life Theatre Awards for A Broadway Christmas Carol in 2006 and for 251 in 2008. She has also appeared in several local TV drama series such as Lifeline (Seasons One and Two), Going Straits and Singapore Shakes.
Cheryl and Mr Nixon, who are both from Catholic families, will tie the knot at St Agnes Cathedral in Mr Nixon’s hometown. That was where his parents and grandparents got married.
Said Cheryl: “After I met him for the first time, I remember telling my mum, I think I met my future husband. There was something familiar about him, but also something different.
“You hear people say, ‘I knew the was the one right away’. I suddenly realised what everyone was talking about.”
Text: Cassandra Koh/Herworld Brides, Toh Wen Li/Straits Times