Winnie Harlow is perhaps buying and selling runways for the marriage aisle quickly. NBA star Kyle Kuzma simply put a hoop on it.
The 29-year-old ahead and the 30-year-old mannequin introduced their engagement in a joint Instagram publish on Tuesday, February 19. The captionless publish featured a carousel of pictures of the couple posing collectively on a non-public jet. Wearing a luxe crimson ensemble, Harlow exhibits off her glitzy 8.5-carat diamond engagement ring in a number of of the pics, together with a shot of the 2 kissing as Harlow’s hand with the gleaming new ring rests on his cheek.
Chatting with Vogue journal in regards to the milestone, Harlow stated, “We’re over the moon.”
The couple obtained engaged throughout a romantic getaway to Turks and Caicos over Valentine’s Day weekend, which started with a non-public airplane journey. Regardless of the airplane being showered in crimson roses, balloons, chocolate, and champagne, Harlow was completely stunned when the proposal got here.
When Harlow boarded the airplane, she recalled considering briefly, “’This is able to be so cute if this was an engagement.’”
She was proper in her evaluation when Kuzma started studying a poem to Harlow that ended with the query, “Will you be my spouse?”
“I nonetheless had no thought what this was,” she informed Vogue of the second as he was studying the poem. “I used to be similar to, ‘That is so cute for Valentine’s Day, oh my gosh!’”
The previous contestant on “America’s Subsequent High Mannequin” stated sure earlier than he may pull out the dazzling diamond ring. Kuzma designed the ring himself over three months and stated he didn’t even seek the advice of with Harlow on her preferences.
“I simply wished to attract an image of what I felt resembled her,” he defined. “One thing that was elegant, however very timeless and simplistic on the identical time.”
Upon touchdown, Harlow tried to name her sister, who didn’t reply, and her mom who abruptly informed her she couldn’t communicate earlier than hanging up. When Harlow entered the couple’s villa, she shortly realized why. Her whole household, together with Kuzma’s, was there ready to shock her. The remainder of the festivities included a DJ by the pool enjoying hits like Jagged Edge’s “Let’s Get Married,” a feast, and fireworks.
Harlow and Kuzma first related just about in 2020 in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, although it virtually didn’t occur. Kuzma slid in her DMs the 12 months prior, however she by no means obtained the message. After they did lastly join, she informed the late Stephen “tWitch” Boss throughout an look on “The Ellen Degeneres Present” in 2020 that they talked 24/7 earlier than she moved from New York to Los Angeles to be with Kuzma, who performed for the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers on the time.
After they took the GQ {Couples} Quiz collectively in February 2023, Kuzma revealed extra about how their relationship started.
“The pandemic [had] simply began, and this was on the time no one was flying in airports as a result of it was like low-key sketchy,” he recalled. “So, I used to be like, ‘Alright, properly, you’ll want to fly out right here personal.’ This was the primary time we met. I actually wished to see her and the most secure factor was that jet. And that’s how we discovered love.”
