Kim Kardashian spent yesterday afternoon shopping at Curve on Robertson Boulevard, her 20.5-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring on full display, before meeting her friend Ken Paves for dinner at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills. The reality star has been showing off her massive diamond sparkler ever since she and Kris Humphries got engaged and announced the news with a People cover story. The couple celebrated their commitment with a jaunt to Monaco last week. The duo's wedding news sparked rumors that Kim might be expecting a baby, but she was quick to deny that she was pregnant with a Twitter message calling those reports "crazy."
Kim Kardashian‘s engagement ring from brand-new fiancé Kris Humphries is a serious piece of jewelry.
The 20.5-carat Lorraine Schwartz-designed sparkler (photo below) features a 16.5-carat emerald cut center stone flanked by two 2-carat trapezoids… and cost a whopping $2 million.
Even for an NBA player like Humphries, that’s one expensive rock.
Kardashian describes it as “perfect,” but Gossip Cop was wondering…
If you got a $2 million engagement ring, would you be thrilled by the gesture… or upset by the investment?
The platinum ring features a 16.5-carat emerald cut center stone placed between two 2-carat trapezoids. Humphries had the ring designed after a replica of a ring Kardashian had coveted at a young age, according to People. And no, it wasn't a ring pop, but it might as well have been.
"In high school, I went to Macy's and bought this fake ring, my 'perfect' ring, and this is almost the exact same,” she told the magazine. Friend and jewelry designer Lorraine Schwartz turned that "perfect ring" into the dazzler she's sporting now.
"I just knew I wanted it to be big!" Kardashian said. "It's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."
The ring's estimated worth is at least $1 million, but others appraise it at double that price.
So, how heavy is that bad boy? Roughly 4 ounces, the New York Daily News reported, comparing the stud to a deck of cards on your finger. Talk about a full wrist workout...
But Kardashian's ring isn't the only lavish looker out there. Here are a few other swoon-worthy sparklers, some of which lasted longer than the couples:
Khloé Kardashian's ring from Lakers star Lamar Odom: $850,000
Beyonce's ring from mogul Jay-Z: 18 carats, $5 million
Carrie Underwood's ring from hockey player Mike Fisher: 12 carats, $800,000
Christina Aguilera's ring from Jordan Bratman: 20 carats, $54,000
Jessica Simpson's ring from NFL player Eric Johnson: 8 carats, $100,000
Paris Hilton's rings from billionaire Paris Latsis: 24 carats, $5 million, and 15 carats, $2.1 million
Jennifer Lopez's ring from Ben Affleck: 6 carats, $1.2 million.
Kate Middleton's ring from Prince William: 18 carats, $265,000
Perhaps marrying an athlete, actor or royalty is the way to go?
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