Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles got engaged to her NFL player boyfriend Jonathan Owens with a beautiful three-carat diamond ring on Valentine’s Day.
Biles, 24, announced the happy news on Instagram this morning, posting photos of the proposal as well as closeups of the ring.
Jeweler ZoFrost has revealed to DailyMail.com that the rock is a three-carat, F color, VVS2 diamond that Owens, 26, handpicked himself.
‘Jonathan has been a client and friend for a few years and I had the pleasure of helping him to create this very special ring,’ he said.
‘He and I started the process together a few months ago to select the perfect diamond for Simone that was handpicked by Jonathan. He wanted to add a special touch to the ring by adding a halo around the oval diamond,’ he said.
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles got engaged to her NFL player boyfriend Jonathan Owens with a beautiful three-carat diamond ring on Valentine’s Day
Jeweler ZoFrost has revealed to DailyMail.com that the rock is a three-carat, F color, VVS2 diamond that Owens, 26, handpicked himself
Biles had a polished white manicure for the occasion, perfect for showing off her new ring
‘Jonathan has been a client and friend for a few years and I had the pleasure of helping him to create this very special ring,’ he said
While some jewelry experts are estimating the stone is seven, eight, or even nine carats, ZoFrost says it’s actually three.
Owens chose a stone that is an F color. Diamonds get color grades from D to J, with D being absolutely colorless and J having slightly detected color.
F is a high-quality diamond that’s considered colorless, with only slight color detected by an expert gemologists.
The diamond has a clarity grade of VVS2 (Very Very Slightly Included), which has inclusions that are very difficult to see under 10x magnification and is also considered to be a high-quality diamond.
Owens thanks ZoFrost for the wring in announcing his engagement, writing: ‘@zofrost you went crazy on this one bro really made the night special.’
The Houston Texans football safety also posted several photos on Instagram, writing: ‘Woke up this morning with a fiancée.’
Biles, meanwhile, shared her excitement with a sweet message as well.
‘THE EASIEST YES,’ the pro gymnast gushed. ‘I can’t wait to spend forever & ever with you, you’re everything I dreamed of and more! let’s get married FIANCÉ.’
Owens chose a stone that was a high-quality F color. Diamonds get color grads from D to J, with D being absolutely colorless and J having slightly detected color
‘He and I started the process together a few months ago to select the perfect diamond for Simone that was handpicked by Jonathan,’ the jewelry designer said. ‘He wanted to add a special touch to the ring by adding a halo around the oval diamond’
The diamond has a clarity grade of VVS2 (Very Very Slightly Included), which has inclusions that are very difficult to see under 10x magnification and is also considered to be a high-quality diamond
The loved-up couple beamed in the images, which also show Owens lifting Biles up and kissing her after getting down on one knee to pop the question.
Biles — who has six Olympic medals, including four gold from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics — has been dating her beau for a little under two years.
They first connected via social media in March 2020, right before the pandemic shut down the US.
‘He would say I slid into his DMs,’ Biles told the Wall Street Journal. ‘I saw him and I was like, “Oh, he’s pretty cute,” so I said hi … and then I saw that he was in the Houston area, so we started chatting a little bit, and then we went to hang out a week or two later.’
Owens, surprisingly, admitted that he didn’t actually know about the gold medalist was when she contact him.
‘I didn’t know who she was,’ he told Texas Monthly. ‘I just hadn’t heard of her, and when I told her that, that’s one of the things she liked.
Owens thanks ZoFrost for the wring in announcing his engagement, writing: ‘@zofrost you went crazy on this one bro really made the night special’
The loved-up couple beamed in the images, which also show Owens lifting Biles up and kissing her
‘THE EASIEST YES,’ the pro gymnast gushed. ‘I can’t wait to spend forever & ever with you, you’re everything I dreamed of and more! let’s get married FIANCÉ.’
He said they ended up ‘hanging out right before the pandemic.’
‘It was one of the few times in her life where everything was just shut off and she couldn’t do anything. So we used it to get to know each other — really get to know each other. It created our bond and made it stronger. Now I’m so thankful.’
‘This was a match made in heaven,’ Owens went on. ‘There’s no better person for me. She loves me, she’s so affectionate. I just love that. And it’s just intoxicating seeing how much work she puts into everything.’
‘”HAPPY 26th BIRTHDAY BABE,’ she wrote. ‘@jowens_3 I love you so much. Can’t wait to celebrate you when I get home! thanks for keeping me sane during the craziest times. an ear to vent too, someone to share fun times with and make the best of memories. not sure how I got so lucky & what I’d do without you!
‘But I hope you have the best day ever. Not too much fun without me tho hahaha. forever yours, S,’ she said.
She has sung his praises, too. On his birthday last year, she posted a gushing tribute on Instagram.
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