Summary
The diamond ring that the Cristiano Ronaldo football icon used to marry his partner for a long time, Georgina Rodríguez, could be up to 50 carats, said Tasters to Forbes, which makes him bigger than the famous jewels that were given to Mariah Carey, Kim Kardashian and Lauren Sánchez.
Key data
Rodríguez announced the couple’s commitment after eight years of courtship on Monday, with a photo that focused their ring.
The image generated headlines and instant attention – the bright central stone reaches Rodríguez’s knuckle – and appraisers told Forbes that it is one of the “most rare and exquisite diamonds in the world.”
Kristian Spofforth, a jewelry specialist at Heritage Auctions, said the diamond seems to be an oval stone of approximately 50 carats, with a color classification D – the highest on the scale – and probably a clarity VVS1 or better.
Traditional diamonds are partially valued by how close they are to the absence of color, on a scale of D a Z, and for its clarity or purity (a VVS1 is the second highest classification of clarity and means that the stone has only very small defects, difficult to detect for an expert under a 10x extension).
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It is not clear immediately which metal was used in Rodríguez’s ring from the images published online, but Spofforth said that “Engaste is elegant, minimalist and perfectly designed to show the natural beauty of the stone.”
The gemologist appraiser Deborah Vilepigue said that he estimates that the central stone is a bit larger, between 55 and 60 carats, and that the ring has an approximate value of 3 million dollars.
What we don’t know
Who designed Rodríguez’s ring. Some have speculated that it was made by Cartier, but no jeweler has still claimed authorship.
How does Georgina Rodríguez’s ring compare with other famous commitment rings?
Few celebrities have shown diamonds larger than Rodríguez, but two stand out. The rapper Gucci Mane gave his wife Keyshia Ka’oir a 60 -carat oval diamond ring in 2019 as an improvement of the 25 carat ring with which he proposed two years before, and Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor a pear -shaped stone of 69.42 quilates that he bought for her in 1969. It is said that Burton bought the diamond Cartier for 1 million dollars, equivalent to about 8.6 million today. Rodríguez’s ring is larger than Harry Winston’s initial ring that Burton used to propose Taylor in 1968, which had an Asscher diamond of 33.19 carats. It is said that Burton exceeded Winston’s bid for that ring for $ 305,000, the highest price paid at an auction for a diamond ring at that time. Rodríguez’s ring also exceeds some of the most commented celebrity rings in recent memory, including the Emerald Ring of 35 carats of Mariah Carey, by James Packer, designed by Wilfredo Rosado and valued at 10 million dollars. Other famous rings include the 15 -carats Cushion diamond ring and 8 million dollars that Kim Kardashian received from Kanye West, and the 30 carat pink diamond ring valued at 5 million dollars that billionaire Jeff Bezos used to propose marriage to Lauren Sánchez. Sanchez was also seen using another diamond oval ring between 30 and 40 carats, estimated at about 4 million dollars, at his wedding in Venice this summer. Both rings were designed by Lorraine Schwartz.
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Key history
Ronaldo and Rodríguez appeared publicly for the first time in 2017 with their son of a previous relationship, Cristiano Jr. six months later, in June, Ronaldo had twins, Eva and Mateo, through a substitute mother. He has never revealed the identity of the mother of his first three children. Rodríguez gave birth to his first child with Ronaldo in November 2017 and announced that she was pregnant with twins in October 2021. One of the children died in childbirth. The couple began to arouse rumors of commitment in November 2018 and fans have speculated on their status since then. In July 2024, Ronaldo hinted that they could have married when referring to Rodríguez as his “wife,” his publicist told People: “At the moment, I am not aware of whether Cristiano is married or not with Georgina.” Netflix documented Rodríguez’s daily life in a series of reality called “I am georgina” that lasted three seasons.
Forbes assessment
Ronaldo, 40, was classified by Forbes as the best paid athlete in the world this year. It is estimated that he earned $ 275 million in the last year and, in 2020, he became the first active team sports athlete to exceed 1,000 million dollars in career revenues. In addition to a life contract with Nike and other sponsorships, Ronaldo earns money out of the field with his CR7 brand, which includes clothing, accessories, hotels and gyms.
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