| Engagement ideas are always popular whether you're | | | | grew up. He popped the question while her parents |
| a potential groom trying to determine a unique way to | | | | watched, then he presented her with an amazing |
| pop the question or a bride-to-be wanting to compare | | | | engagement ring: a platinum band holding a 2-carat |
| her special moment to that of the celebrities. So let's | | | | diamond surrounded by 100 smaller diamonds. |
| look at half of two celebrity pairs of twins who've | | | | Lessons to Learn |
| recently gotten engaged. | | | | So what can we learn from Tia and Benji's |
| Tia Mowry & Cory Hardrict | | | | experiences. Well, we can learn that just because one |
| Most recently, actress Tia Mowry announced her | | | | twin gets engaged, it doesn't mean the other one has |
| engagement to her boyfriend of six years, Cory | | | | to as well. While rumors suggest that Benji's brother is |
| Hardrict. Tia is probably best remembered from the | | | | currently dating Nicole Richie, there's no word on who |
| sitcom Sister, Sister in which she stared as a twin who | | | | Tia's twin is romantically linked to. |
| was separated from her sister (played by her real life | | | | But, more importantly, we can learn that above all else |
| twin sister, Tamara Mowry) and adopted by different | | | | it's important to involve family in your engagement |
| people. Cory, who is also an actor, gave her a card | | | | plans. Tia became engaged at her parent's house, and |
| saying he wanted to be committed to her, then he | | | | both her brother and Cory's brother took part in the |
| used his little brother to trick her into thinking he was | | | | plans. It was truly a family affair. With Benji, he flew all |
| joking while at the same time playing a song called | | | | the way to the other side of the world just so Sophie |
| Let's Get Married. After all the joking and mixed signals | | | | could be with her family when he asked her the all |
| passed, Cory dropped to his knee and proposed the | | | | important question. That's love. |
| old-fashioned way. | | | | Of course you don't have to fly to Australia or play a |
| Sophie Monk & Benji Madden | | | | joke on your future wife to make the engagement |
| In other twin engagement news, Benji Madden who | | | | moment special. All you really need to do is at least call |
| plays guitar for the band Good Charlotte, asked his | | | | her parents and let them know of your intentions. If |
| girlfriend, Sophie Monk to marry him in December 2006. | | | | she's close to her parents, then consider inviting them |
| Benji's twin brother, Joel, is the lead singer for Good | | | | all out to dinner together, maybe even including your |
| Charlotte. Like the girls Joel has dated (specifically | | | | parents, when you ask her the question. After all, over |
| Hillary Duff), Sophie is an actress and singer. Sophie | | | | the next few months as you plan the wedding, all of |
| was part of a girl group called Bardot that was | | | | you are going to become very close, hopefully. |
| formed through a television show in 2000. She also | | | | Chris Morton ran hotels and restaurants for 10 years, |
| appeared in Date Movie and Click. | | | | organising manysuccessful weddings in the process. |
| When Benji asked her to marry him, he took Sophie on | | | | His wife Sue is a wedding coordinator who has help |
| vacation to the Australia's Gold Coast where she | | | | many nervous bridesand their families. |