Miss USA Noelia Voigt Got Engaged with a 'Classy, Elegant' Marquise Diamond Ring — See Her Sparkler! (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Noelia Voigt.Photo:Carlos Velez

Carlos Velez

Former Miss USA Noelia Voigtis “in love” with her new engagement ring!

The2023 titleholder, 25, got engaged to construction engineer Jack Henry Hendrix, 26, at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla., on Nov. 30. Hendrix popped the question with a marquise-cut diamond with two gold bands.

Over the years, Voigt saw other rings she loved and sent photos of them to Hendrix — one of which caused a momentary panic. “He responded with a bit of urgency like, ‘If you want to change the ring you gotta tell me as soon as possible because there are things going on in the background that you can’t know about,'” the pageant winner recalls. “So I thought that meant he already bought the ring I had chosen in 2022, which I still loved! I told him not to worry about it and I would love it regardless.”

Hendrix ended up working with a jeweler to create the perfect custom design that worked in details of the original ring as well as other options Voigt had shown him, “mixing vintage charm with modern together.”

Noelia Voigt’s engagement ring.Carlos Velez

“When he proposed with the ring, I was completely surprised and so in love with it!” Voigt says. “I think it is so classy, elegant, and I love how the bands are not perfectly circular, complementing the cut of the diamond.”

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The ring’s unique double band is symbolic to the couple’s love story. “The top gold band comes off and is actually a separate ring, but when you put the two together, it represents both of us coming together to create something beautiful and uniquely us!” Voigt explains.

Noelia Voigt and Jack Henry Hendrix.Carlos Velez

The former Miss USA also tells PEOPLE that the proposal location is meaningful to her.

“Sarasota is where I was born and raised, and Ringling is one of my favorite places ever,” she says. “It’s also one of the very first places that I took Jack Henry to when he came with me to Sarasota for the first time after we started dating in 2018. We took Polaroid pictures together there that I keep safe in a scrapbook, so for him to propose at Ringling was extraordinarily special.”

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As for the wedding, Voigt says she and Hendrix will likely plan an intimate celebration and are aiming to tie the knot in 2025.

“We both aren’t super in love with the idea of a huge wedding,” she says. “We both have our close groups of family and friends that we would be honored to share our wedding day with in a small and intimate setting. A lot of people think the more the merrier, but for this, I think we are on the opposite end of that spectrum.”

The proposal comes almost seven months after Voigt announced thatshe would relinquish her Miss USA 2023 titlefor mental health reasons. Days after her resignation,Miss Hawaii Savannah Gankiewiczaccepted the crown whileMiss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastavastepped down from her post.

After resigning in May, Voigt told PEOPLE that she is “always going to be anadvocate for mental health awarenessand support.”

source: people.com