I found this really great press relase from Brides.com, featuring the top ten celebrity proposals.

NEW YORK, NY—December 11, 2007—With the engagement news of President and First Lady Bush’s daughter Jenna, Brides.com decided to comb the archives of romantic, surprising and extravagant celebrity proposals and name the top ten of all-time. From royal rings to Eiffel Tower press announcements to an igloo made-for-two, here is the Brides.com top ten celebrity proposal list:

Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy: After meeting at a Georgetown dinner party in May 1951, John F. Kennedy proposed in the spring of 1953 right before Jackie was sent on assignment in Europe with the Washington Times-Herald. She smiled and said she would give an answer soon. While away, she received a note from the future President saying “articles excellent but you are missed.” Upon returning home, she was greeted with a diamond-and-emerald engagement ring.

June Carter and Johnny Cash: Love bloomed where they both felt most at home. In 1968, Johnny proposed onstage during a concert, leaving many in the audience wondering if it was simply part of their notorious repartee. Garth Brooks copied the Man in Black when proposing onstage to fellow musician Trisha Yearwood in 2005.

Grace Kelly and Prince Rainer: In late 1955, the Prince proposed through his friend Father Tucker, who came to America to ask Grace for her hand in marriage on behalf of the Prince—a royal custom by which a Prince doesn’t arrange his own marriage. The Prince later presented her with a 12-carat emerald-cut diamond engagement ring.

Seal and Heidi Klum: The singer proposed to his model-girlfriend two days before Christmas, 14,000 feet above sea-level in British Columbia, on a glacier, in an igloo built especially for his proposal.

Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles: Though he proposed three weeks earlier at a private, candlelit dinner at Buckingham Palace before she left on a trip to Austria, the official announcement came on February 24, 1981. He intended to have her use the trip to think about the proposal, but she accepted immediately. He presented her—and they presented the press—with an 18-carat sapphire engagement ring surrounded by diamonds.

Nick Cannon and Selita Ebanks: After leaving the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Gala, he took her to Times Square in a chauffeured Rolls Royce where he presented her with a 12-carat diamond ring and pointed to the MTV jumbotron where the words, “Selita will you marry me?” were projected.

Courtney Cox and David Arquette: Never to let anyone outshine him, David proposed on a beach in Florida and arranged to have a fireworks display go off the precise moment that he planned to pop the question.

Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman: The music executive groom proposed to his songbird bride in a room filled with flowers, balloons and a stack of gift boxes, each of which contained a different gift and poem; the last box had the ring.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes: In a press conference following his proposal, Tom gave the details of his early-morning Eiffel Tower offer of marriage to the Dawson’s Creek starlet. Before their midnight trip to the French landmark, the two shared a candlelit dinner at Le Jules Verne restaurant.

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe: The young couple was reportedly engaged on vacation in South Carolina when he proposed to her in late 1998 over a breakfast in bed of strawberries and cream.

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