Season 22 Big Brother: All-Stars contestants Christmas Abbott and Memphis Garrett announced their engagement on Friday.
The pair — who confirmed they were dating in December just two months after the series finale —are now set to tie the knot as both shared snaps from the beach proposal which occurred on Wednesday, June 23.
Christmas, 38, donned a silky lilac slip dress and heels as she told E! News that she had ‘no idea’ it was going to happen. ‘I was 100 percent surprised!’
Big Brother engagement! Big Brother season 22 contestants Christmas Abbott, 38, and Memphis Garrett, 37, announced their engagement as they share snaps from June 23 proposal
In the series of snaps shared to Instagram the loved up couple shared moments leading up, during, and after the proposal.
While vacationing at the Little Palm Island Resort & Spa in Florida, Memphis got down on one knee as they took a beach walk before a sunset boat ride.
He carried a bottle of champagne in anticipation of the celebration afterwards and she debuted the emerald cut sparkler while writing: ‘We just want to hang out with each other…Forever!’
Christmas had posted photos from the momentous occasion to Instagram a day after the proposal but had strategically cut out the ring in some photos.
On one knee: Memphis proposed to Christmas during a vacation at Little Palm Resort & Spa in Florida
Shocked: ‘I was 100 percent surprised! He’s so great at making me feel like I’m the most special person in the world every day, and this day was the most of all’ she told E! News
Cropped out: In sharing a carousel of photos to Instagram, she strategically cropped out the ring before they were ready to announce
Speaking about the events leading up to the sunset proposal, Christmas said she had ‘no idea’ it was going to happen.
‘I had no idea it was going to happen then. I know, a beautiful island, sunset at a beautiful resort…who wouldn’t have guessed? I didn’t’! That’s because that’s the kind of thing he does regularly to show me how special he believes I am.’
She continued: ‘I was 100 percent surprised! He’s so great at making me feel like I’m the most special person in the world every day, and this day was the most of all.’
Alongside a series of engagement photos she wrote: ‘We knew we would love each other forever. I’m just so excited to officially say YES!!!’
Surprise! ‘I had no idea it was going to happen then. I know, a beautiful island, sunset at a beautiful resort…who wouldn’t have guessed?’ she said
Grand gestures: ‘He’s so great at making me feel like I’m the most special person in the world every day, and this day was the most of all’
#final2forever: The pair debuted their wedding hashtag ‘#final2forever’
Champagne celebration: The Garrett Group CEO shared that even before the pair met on the All Stars season he ‘felt a cosmic attraction to her’
Boat ride: After he proposed they went on a sunset boat ride
And the CEO of the Garrett Group said he worked tirelessly to create the custom ring. ‘My favorite part was creating her custom engagement ring with my longtime friend and jeweler Adam Campbell.
‘The entire process was awesome. Adam and I reviewed so many diamonds until I found the perfect one for Christmas,’ he said, also adding that even before the pair met on the All Stars season he ‘felt a cosmic attraction to her.’
‘Before I even met Christmas, I felt a cosmic attraction to her. Once we spent 24/7 together for three months, I knew she was the one that I would spend the rest of my life with. I knew I found my twin flame,’ he added.
Christmas continued to say that their love story was also wild. ‘It’s wild to know Memphis and I fell in love with each other before we even shared a kiss. He’s my best friend, twin flame and brings out the best of me everyday.’
Debut: ‘Sometime people come into your life and you know they just belong. We tried to fight it but fate had its own plan. Excited for the future,’ he wrote as he shared snaps in December
Proud: For their big Instagram reveal, the couple uploaded their favorite photos with one another and proudly voiced their happiness
Big Brother: During their stint on the 22nd season of Big Brother: All-Stars, which premiered over the summer, Christmas came in fourth place, while her man Memphis came in fifth
Love wins: ‘The questions can be complicated but the answers are simple. Love always wins,’ wrote the star on her Instagram Story as they made their debut
The pair revealed they were dating in December as he posted a selfie with the caption: ‘Sometime people come into your life and you know they just belong. We tried to fight it but fate had its own plan. Excited for the future.’
They had met during season 22 of the hit CBS show which occurred over the summer. After debuting their romance she said: ‘I wasn’t looking for a relationship, I was there to WIN.’
Christmas came in fourth place, while her man Memphis came in fifth, but they walked away with the grand prize of love.
‘It’s so wild to have this experience because we reverse engineered how society promotes falling in love. Memphis and I got to know one another through real conversations, building trust with each other and not starting with a physical connection. That’s a rare thing,’ she previously told E! News.
Rare: ‘Memphis and I got to know one another through real conversations, building trust with each other and not starting with a physical connection. That’s a rare thing,’ she gushed; Christmas and Memphis pictured