Holly’s sporting a 3-carat sparkler with 162 diamonds accentuating the big cushion-cut center stone! Read on for our EXCLUSIVE details!
Bachelor Pad 2 star Holly Durst is one lucky girl. Her fiance Blake Julian got down on one knee and proposed with an incredible 3-carat bling ring — and our jewelry expert, Aslam Bakshi of Diamond Images USA, Inc. tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively that the ring is worth about $$28,000!
“The center stone about 1.5 carats,” shares Aslam with us.
The sparkler is a vintage-style platinum ring designed and handmade by celebrity jeweler Neil Lane, according People magazine. The center diamond is a cushion-cut and it is surrounded by 162 round diamonds.
- Lindsey DiMattina
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Bachelor Pad know it all
Posted at 2:31 PM on September 14, 2011
This is directly from Reality Steve’s blog
“As for the Holly and Blake engagement, some new light has been shed on this. Just like on the “Bachelor” or “Bachelorette”, this whole “lets film the proposal and give Holly a ring” was a complete set up paid for by Neil Lane. Blake didn’t buy Holly anything. This was all done for TV purposes, Blake didn’t buy any ring, and this story has already been sold a tabloid. I’m not sure which one yet, but after the episode airs Monday, you’ll see some tabloid running with the pictures of the ring and pics from the proposal. Sickening.
Look, Holly and Blake obviously fell for each other on the show, but this goes to show these two will stop at nothing for the attention. Could’ve been handled totally different if you ask me. Do it off camera. Buy her your own ring. Do it once filming of everything is complete, and you’re away from the spotlight. But the fact that this was all a set up, and that the ring was paid for, and it was all caught on camera pretty much tells you all you need to know about this situation. If you think that was handled properly, then I don’t know what to tell you. They were presented with a storyline, a free ring, and publicity, and they took it over having a normal engagement away from the spotlight.”
Mandy Robinson
Posted at 1:19 PM on September 14, 2011
Stacy
Posted at 1:17 PM on September 14, 2011
Like BellaRosa said, nice job using the wrong picture – that would be the guy who was left blindsided and heartbroken by her during the finale in the picture, not her fiance of the moment Blake.
BellaRosa
Posted at 12:40 PM on September 14, 2011
That picture above is Michael, her EX-fiance… not Blake her current fiance.
Kati
Posted at 10:08 PM on September 14, 2011
I’m glad an expert told me how much her ring is worth. can someone tell me why there’s a pic of holly and michael when holly is engaged to blake?