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" Spoiler alerts ahead, in case the headline didn&amp;#x27;t make that abundantly clear. So graphic designer Catherine Giudici said yes to a proposal from The Bachelor&amp;#x27;s Sean Lowe&amp;amp;#8212;and one ultra-sparkly engagement ring on the show&amp;#x27;s finale tonight. While Megan&amp;#x27;s busy obsessing over the episode recap, let&amp;#x27;s jump right in and discuss that Neil Lane engagement ring. It looks to me like a cushion-cut diamond in a cushion-shaped halo with a pave-diamond-encrusted split-shank setting. (I&amp;#x27;ll post an updated pic when Neil Lane sends me the Official Bachelor Sean Lowe Engagement Ring Photo tomorrow! Let&amp;#x27;s roll with my screen grab for now.) The ring is super-pretty but I feel like The Bachelor is kind of killing halos for me. In the last four seasons: Emily Maynard got an emerald-cut diamond in a halo from Jef Holm. Ben Flajnik presented Courtney Robertson with a cushion-cut diamond in a halo. Ashley Hebert got a cushion-cut diamond in a halo from J.P Rosenbaum. And Emily Maynard&amp;#x27;s ring from Brad Womack was also a cushion-cut diamond in a halo. The last &amp;quot;winner&amp;quot; who didn&amp;#x27;t get a halo setting was Ali Fedotowsky; Roberto Martinez presented her with an Asscher-cut diamond sans halo. But Vienna Girardi got a princess-cut diamond in&amp;amp;#8212;you guessed it!&amp;amp;#8212;a halo from Jake Pavelka the season before that. Whew! See what I mean about halo overload? It would be easy to blame Neil Lane for beating a dead engagement ring setting, but he&amp;#x27;s designed loads of gorgeous non-halo rings while handing out all those rings with halos on The Bachelor. (See Christina Applegate&amp;#x27;s squeal-inducing wedding ring and Miley Cyrus&amp;#x27; dreamy antique-style engagement ring.) So I think the people responsible for all those halos are the men of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. If you watch the show, you know that the guy gets to pick the ring that&amp;#x27;s best-suited to a woman he&amp;#x27;s known for two months. I can see why the guys are grabbing for the halo rings: A halo makes a the center stone look bigger, since it&amp;#x27;s surrounded by mega-sparkle. (See the mock-up below.) It&amp;#x27;s certainly a popular way to get the most bang for your buck&amp;amp;#8212;or bang for your, um, free if you&amp;#x27;re appearing on The Bachelor&amp;amp;#8212;but I wish the guys would be a little more original. Petite Solitaire Engagement Ring from Blue Nile, $375 (setting only). Halo Diamond Engagement Ring from Blue Nile, $766 (setting only). Obviously the &amp;quot;winners&amp;quot; aren&amp;#x27;t standing around comparing their engagement rings&amp;amp;#8212;since most of them wind up giving them back post breakup&amp;amp;#8212;but I wish the show would take a halo hiatus for a few seasons. Thoughts on Sean Lowe&amp;#x27;s proposal to Catherine Giudici? And what do you think about that engagement ring? Do you wish the men of The Bachelor would stop picking halo engagement rings? And would you want an engagement ring in a halo setting? P.S. As I mentioned last month, there&amp;#x27;s going to be a TV wedding! Photo 1: Courtesy of ABC. Photo 2: My TV. Photo 3: Courtesy of the designers."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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