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Check Out the $3.5M Engagement Sparkler that 59-Year-Old Supermodel Jerry Hall Is Sporting

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8 years ago

February 11, 2016

INSTORE Staff

The ring is similar to those belonging to Victoria Beckham and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Age-defying, 59-year-old supermodel Jerry Hall recently got engaged to media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who bestowed his new fiancée with a Marquise diamond engagement ring that is rumored to have cost about 2.4 million British pounds ($3.5 million U.S. dollars), the Daily Mail writes. “Marquise diamond of this size is incredibly rare in the market, so Mr. Murdoch will have spared no expense at this impressive jewel,” David Allen, creative director of 77 Diamonds, told the news outlet. “This unique diamond shape was originally commissioned by King Louis XV in 1745 to create a diamond that resembled the smile of his mistress Madame de Pompadour and has been popular ever since, with Victoria Beckham and Catherine Zeta-Jones both sporting Marquise cut engagement rings.”

Jerry Hall (and her €3m engagement ring) dazzle at reception with Prince Charles. https://t.co/emZHR5QyHh pic.twitter.com/OBEU5pcOPH

— Independent Style (@Indo_Style_) February 5, 2016

See more photos of the ring at the Daily Mail

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