Nina Dobrev and Shaun White Are Engaged! All the Details from the NYC Proposal and Her 5-Carat Diamond Ring!

Mar. 15, 2025

Wedding bells are ringing forNina DobrevandShaun White!

The actress, 34, and the Olympic snowboarder, 36, got engaged in New York City in late Octoberaccording to Vogue.

White popped the question with a 5 carat diamond ring under an arch of white roses at the Golden Swan restaurant.

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White came up with an elaborate proposal plan to make sure he caught Dobrev totally off guard. According to Vogue, he had his publicist send Dobrev a fake invitation for an intimate CFDA/Voguedinner with Anna Wintour. “He made the invite look so legitimate,” Nina said.

When she arrived, the only people present were White and the photographer. “He said all the right things," Dobrev recalled to Vogue.

White shared the happy news on Instagram with a series of photos and the caption: “She said YES.”

Dobrev captioned thesame photos: “RIP boyfriend, hello fiancé,” on Instagram.

Dobrev and White started dating in 2019 andmoved in togetherat the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. They wentInstagram officialwith their relationship in May 2020 with a series of snapshots of Dobrev giving White a quarantine haircut.

In April, Whiteteased a possible engagementto Dobrev while chatting to PEOPLE at Oasis Celsius Vibe House.

“We’re just enjoying our time together right now. No pressure,” he said. “But I told her, I was like, ‘Look, after the Olympics, I finally got my freedom to do whatever. And let’s just have fun and be together and support each other.'”

“But you never know. We’ll see what happens,” added White, who retired from competing following the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Recalling theirfirst dinner togetherfollowing the event, the three-time Olympic gold medalist told PEOPLE in January 2022, “I actually didn’t know anything about her. The place was packed. And she was like, ‘Let me go see if I can get a table.’ "

White said he then smiled knowingly when the hostess of the restaurant began blushing as Dobrev spoke to her, and remembers thinking to himself that she probably told her, “There’s an old gold medalist over there who wants a table.”

“Can we get a photo … withher?” White remembers one of the waiters asking. “And I was like, ‘What’s happening? What’s going on?’ It was actually really funny.”

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Going on to praise Dobrev, White told PEOPLE, “Nina’s just been so supportive and so amazing through this whole process for me. Through the pandemic, she was a lifesaver — she really made that time in my life special.”

As well as moving in together, the couple also undertook a DIYhome renovationproject together during the pandemic, painting the entire exterior of Dobrev’s West Hollywood home.

“We went to the hardware store bought a bunch of paint, and brushes and definitely got in over our heads, but it was really fun,” White told PEOPLE.

source: people.com