Former Miss USA Noelia Voigt is “in love” with her new engagement ring!
The 2023 titleholder, 25, got engaged to civil 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 diamond cut marquise with two gold bands.
As Voigt tells PEOPLE, she was completely surprised by the design. “In August 2022, Jack Henry took me ring shopping because he wanted to know what I liked and wanted,” she says. “I originally chose a ring with an oval center stone and a halo that made the ring look like a marquise. It gave off a hint of vintage charm, which I love.”
Over the years, Voigt saw other rings she loved and sent photos of them to Hendrix — one of which caused an instant panic. “He answered a little hastily like, ‘If you want to change the ring, you have to tell me as soon as possible because there are things going on behind the scenes that you can’t know about,'” recalls the pageant winner. “So I thought that meant he’d already bought the ring I picked out in 2022, which I still loved! I told him not to worry about it and I’d love him regardless.”
Hendrix ended up working with a jeweler to create the perfect custom design that matched the details of the original ring as well as other options Voigt showed him, “mixing vintage charm with modern together.”
Noelia Voigt’s engagement ring.
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Former Miss USA Noelia Voigt is engaged to Jack Henry Hendrix! See all photos (exclusive)
“When he proposed with the ring, I was completely surprised and so in love with him!” says Voigt. “I think it’s so classy, elegant, and I love that the bands aren’t perfectly circular, complementing the cut of the diamond.”
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The unique double band on the ring is symbolic of the couple’s love story. “The top gold bracelet comes off and is actually a separate ring, but when you put the two together, it represents both of us creating something beautiful and unique to us together!” Voigt explains.
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Noelia Voigt and Jack Henry Hendrix.
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The former Miss USA also tells PEOPLE that the location of the proposal was meaningful to her.
“Sarasota is where I was born and raised, and Ringling is one of my favorite places,” she says. “It’s also one of the first places I took Jack Henry when he came to Sarasota with me for the first time after we started dating in 2018. We took Polaroid pictures together there that I’m sure I’ll keep in my scrapbook, so proposing to him at the Ringling was incredibly special.”
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As for the wedding, Voigt says she and Hendrix are likely to plan an intimate celebration and plan to tie the knot in 2025.
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Noelia Voigt and Jack Henry Hendrix.
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“We’re both not really into the idea of a big wedding,” she says. “We both have 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 bigger the better, but for this, I think we’re on the opposite end of that spectrum.”
The proposal comes nearly seven months after Voigt announced she would relinquish her Miss USA 2023 title due to mental health. Days after her resignation, Miss Hawaii Savannah Gankiewicz accepted the crown, while Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava stepped down from her position.
After resigning in May, Voigt told PEOPLE that she “will always be an advocate for mental health awareness and support.”
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