Reality television star Kim Kardashian and New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries are engaged, said People​.com. Humphries, 26, surprised Kardashian, 30, with a 20.5-carat diamond ring worth $2 million while the couple was vacationing in Monaco last week. “I just knew I wanted it to be big,” said Humphries. Kardashian called the ring—which has a 16.5-carat, emerald-cut center stone—“the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.”
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