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Nina Dobrev & Shaun White Are Engaged!
Riddle me this! Did Nina Dobrev and Shaun White have the best couple’s Halloween costume?
At the very least, the newly-engaged couple certainly made the best dressed list when they stepped out for Kendall Jenner’s Halloween Party as The Riddler and Catwoman.
The duo arrived at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles for the Oct. 31 bash in character, with Shaun—a natural redhead—sporting even more prominently orange dyed hair, along with a green eye mask and matching morph suit with question marks all over it. To accessorize, the Olympic gold medalist wore black dress shoes and carried a wooden cane.
Meanwhile, Nina opted for an all-black leather Catwoman suit, complete with a mask that wrapped around her head and face along with a bold red lip and the comic book character’s infamous whip.
Nina and Shaun’s Halloween night out at Kendall’s party—which also saw Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, Emma Chamberlain, Kendall’s sister Kylie Jenner among those in attendance—was certainly head-turning, but it can’t match the excitement of their recent engagement announcement, which they shared on social media Oct. 30.
“She said yes,” Shaun wrote in an Instagram post at the time, with photos that showed off his romantic candlelight proposal, with Nina later adding in her own post, “RIP Boyfriend, hello fiancé.”
And since the couple had been together since 2019, it had been a long time coming for their milestone. In fact, Shaun admitted he had concocted two separate plans to propose to the Vampire Diaries actress before he officially popped the question earlier this month.
Indeed, the 38-year-old had originally planned to propose to his now-fiancée over the summer, but the plan was interrupted by Nina’s unexpected biking injury—which left her with a fractured knee—as he told Vogue in an article published Oct. 30.
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Later, he planned to propose to the 35-year-old during a trip to Cape Town, but then felt it was too predictable—as he added to the fashion outlet Nina and her friends were expecting it to happen during that trip.
Instead, Shaun opted for an otherwise typical week in October—one that initially had Nina craving a string of nights in. To thwart those plans, Shaun went so far as to create a fake invitation to an intimate dinner with Anna Wintour at the restaurant he planned to hold the proposal.
As Nina put it to Vogue, “He made the invite look so legitimate.”
But all of Shaun’s hard work to surprise Nina paid off. “I went into shock,” she explained. “I just froze and stared at him, ‘No, no, no!’”
Keep reading for a look back at the couple’s relationship leading up to their recent milestone.
January 2020: Happy New Year...
Dobrev and White hit it off after they partied together with friends, including her Vampire Diaries co-stars Kayla Ewell and Candice Accola King, at the opening of the Bellagio Resort & Casino's new supper club The Mayfair in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve.
A year later, amid the coronavirus pandemic, Dobrev would share this photo of her and White at the bash, as well as a video of him lifting her up Dirty Dancing-style only to have them both topple into the snow. She wrote, "How we thought 2020 would go...how it actually went."
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March 2020: Romantic Bike Ride
Dobrev and White spark romance rumors after they are spotted riding bikes together in Malibu, Calif. A source tells E! News that the two began to "ease into a relationship" after spending New Year's Eve together, adding that things "really accelerated" between the two after the coronavirus pandemic broke out.
"After spending weeks together during quarantine," the source says, "Nina and Shaun have made it clear to their friends that they are a serious couple."
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May 2020: Snip Snip
The two make their relationship Instagram official when both share a photo of the actress trimming White's red hair. Most hair salons closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Under her post, Dobrev writes, "Adding to resume: hairdresser."
Instagram / Shaun White
November 2020: Happy Thanksgiving
Dobrev and White celebrate Thanksgiving with his family, as seen in photos he posts on Instagram.
Instagram / Shaun White
December 2020: Road Trip!
Judging from their Instagrams, Dobrev and White vacationed together in the Zion National Park area in Utah twice in 2020, in May and in December.
December 2020: Happy Holidays
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December 2020: "So In Love"
Just before New Year's Eve, another source tells E! News that the two "are genuinely so in love."
"They openly talk about their future together," the insider continued. "They're just super happy, and things are going really well with them."
January 2021: Happy Birthday, Nina... Again!
Dobrev celebrated a "redo" of her 31st birthday on her 32rd and White paid tribute to her with photos of the two sporting these looks.
October 2021: Check Mate
Alonside pal Adam DeVine, the couple dressed up as characters from The Queen's Gambit for Halloween with White going as as the iconic Beth Harmon and Dobrev channelling U.S. chess champion, Benny Watts.
January 2022: Snow Bunnies
Dobrev hit the slopes with her pro snowboarder love at Copper Mountain in Colorado.
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February 2022: Last Olympics
After White finished fourth in the Men's Snowboard Halfpipe at the 2022 Olympics and officially retired from competing, Dobrev expressed how proud she was of him.
"The end of one chapter, means the beginning of an exciting new one with endless possibilities," she wrote in part of an Instagram post. "You will forever be the G.O.A.T. of snowboarding. Not to mention you are also the G.(B).O.A.T. = Greatest Boyfriend Of All Time."
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May 2022: Red Carpet Debut
The couple finally went red carpet official at the Top Gun: Maverick film premiere in London.
May 2022: Red Hot Romance
Alongside her tux-clad boyfriend, Dobrev sizzled in a red Monot gown at the 28th annual amfAR Gala during the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
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May 2022: Hearts Racing
The pair watched the qualifying for the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco ahead of the big race. For the occasion, Dobrev looked wore a chic, chalk-colored suit by Smythe.
June 2022: Fun in the Sun
The two turned up the heat while vacationing in the Maldives.
September 2022: Birthday Boy
"I really picked a winner [ and he really picked a booger ]," Dobrev wrote in an Instagram tribute for White's 36th birthday. "Happy belated Birthday you weirdo. My weirdo. @shaunwhite."
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October 2022: Degrassi Days
What did White really think of Dobrev's cheerleading scene from Degrassi: The Next Generation? The athlete gave his reaction on TikTok and proved once again they're always on each other's squads.
December 2022: Family Time
The duo celebrated the holidays with a family trip to Mexico.
January 2023: An Out-of-This-World Tribute
"What planet are you from and will you take me with you?!" White wrote on Instagram for Dobrev's 34th birthday during their trip to Antarctica. "Thanks for making life incredible! Happy birthday my love."
February 2023: Valentine's Day
"Life is a roller coaster with you," the actress wrote on Valentine's Day 2023. "It goes from serious to baby birding in seconds … thank you for always making me smile. happy valentine’s day @shaunwhite."
January 2024: Sweet Shout-Out
"Life with you has been my greatest adventure!!" White wrote on Instagram for Dobrev's 35th birthday. "Happy birthday my love!!"
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March 2024: Oscars Night
The duo looked so sharp at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party they deserve their own trophy.
Instagram / Nina Dobrev
July 2024: Happy Independence Day
The two celebrated the Fourth of July with several celebrity friends, including Miles Teller and Keleigh Teller and Usher.
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