{"id":20419,"date":"2011-12-23T08:42:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T08:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/holly-valance-engaged-to-billionaire-nick-candy\/"},"modified":"2011-12-23T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T08:42:41","slug":"holly-valance-engaged-to-billionaire-nick-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/23\/holly-valance-engaged-to-billionaire-nick-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Valance engaged to billionaire Nick Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&#038;authornamef=Emily+Sheridan\" rel=\"nofollow\">Emily Sheridan<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&#038;authornamef=Ben+Todd\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ben Todd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last updated at 8:42 AM on 23rd December 2011<\/p>\n<p><span>Australian singer\/actress Holly Valance is ecstatic after her billionaire boyfriend Nick Candy asked her to marry him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The property tycoon, 38, got down on one knee on a beach in the Maldives with the words &#8216;Will you marry me&#8217; written in fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He had whisked her away to the Indian ocean island on Wednesday for a Christmas break, following the finale of Strictly Come Dancing last weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bb19article-2077662-0F345F9D00000578-659_634x660.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"660\" alt=\"Loved up: Holly Valance and Nick Candy, pictured at the Strictly Come Dancing party last Friday, are engaged\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Loved up: Holly Valance and Nick Candy, pictured at the Strictly Come Dancing party last Friday, are engaged<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Uploading a photo of the intimate moment<br \/>\non her Twitter page, an excited Valance, 28, wrote: &#8216;And I said YES!!! \u2665<br \/>\nHappiest day of my life!!!!! Xxxx.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A close friend revealed: \u2018They are a really lovely couple and are so happy together. We couldn\u2019t be happier for them.\u2019<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Among those to congratulate the couple was Valance&#8217;s presenter friend Lisa Snowdon, who tweeted: &#8216;Congratulations!&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rather tellingly, in an interview published just days ago, Candy was rather coy when it came to marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/22\/article-2077662-0F42137D00000578-215_634x332.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Romantic: The billionaire got down on one knee on the beach on the couple's Christmas holiday\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Romantic: The billionaire got down on one knee on the beach on the couple&#8217;s Christmas holiday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>When asked about marrying Valance, he told Today Online: &#8216;I always get asked that. No comment.&#8217;<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The couple started dating in late 2009 after meeting at a mutual friend&#8217;s dinner party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Recalling their meeting in an interview last year, she said: &#8216;<\/span><span>I didn\u2019t know anything about him. I just<br \/>\nthought &#8220;Cor, if I didn\u2019t fancy you so much, we\u2019d be the best of<br \/>\nfriends. Instead, I just want to make out with you all the time.&#8221;&#8216;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They soon moved in together last year and have become regulars on the London society scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During Valance&#8217;s recent appearance on<br \/>\nStrictly Come Dancing, supportive Candy was often seen on screen<br \/>\ncheering her on from the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/22\/article-2077662-0F42177100000578-449_634x126.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"126\" alt=\"Big announcement: Valance revealed her engagement on her Twitter page\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big announcement: Valance revealed her engagement on her Twitter page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Last year, Valance admitted being in love with a billionaire sometimes irked her friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She said: &#8216;I&#8217;ve got such a disgusting, wide, smug grin on my face all the time that my friends just want to slap me. I\u2019ve never been so happy&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I am a spoilt brat. My friends and my sister say: &#8220;I hate you!&#8221; when I show them what he\u2019s bought me.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The couple&#8217;s Christmas holiday comes after they spent last weekend in Blackpool for the Strictly Come Dancing final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, while the majority of the cast and crew went up to Blackpool in a coach, Candy took Valance and her fellow competitor Nancy Dell&#8217;Olio up north in his private jet.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/22\/article-2077662-0F2F2AB300000578-132_634x675.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"675\" alt=\"Dancing queen: Valance and Artem Chigvintsev ended up in fourth place in this year's Strictly Come Dancing\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dancing queen: Valance and Artem Chigvintsev ended up in fourth place in this year&#8217;s Strictly Come Dancing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Melbourne-raised Valance leaped to fame in 1999 when she was cast as Felicity &#8216;Flick&#8217; Scully in Australian soap Neighbours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2002, she quit the Aussie soap to move to London, where she signed a record deal with London Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She released four singles over a 12<br \/>\nmonth period and scored a number one hit with her debut Kiss Kiss, a<br \/>\ncover of a Turkish pop song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After poor sales of her second album<br \/>\nState of Mind, Holly parted ways with London Records and returned to<br \/>\nacting, taking roles in DOA: Dead or Alive, National Lampoon&#8217;s Pledge<br \/>\nThis! and Miss Marple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prior to dating Candy, she also romanced Hawaii 5-0 actor Alex O&#8217;Loughlin and Peter Veveris.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/22\/article-2077662-0CD3F565000005DC-159_634x717.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"717\" alt=\"Family ties: Holly and Nick with his brother Christian and his wife Emily at the opening of One Hyde Park earlier this year\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Family ties: Holly and Nick with his brother Christian and his wife Emily at the opening of One Hyde Park earlier this year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, Mr Candy \u2013 along with his<br \/>\nbrother Christian and their firm Candy &#038; Candy \u2013 has become one of<br \/>\nBritain\u2019s most successful luxury property developers. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Astonishingly, he and Christian turned a \u00a36,000 loan from their grandmother in 1995 into a \u00a39billion global property portfolio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Their most famous development is the<br \/>\nOne Hyde Park: The Residences which link to the Mandarin Oriental hotel<br \/>\nin Knightsbridge, South West London. This development boasts the<br \/>\ncountry\u2019s most expensive apartment, the penthouse which sold for<br \/>\n\u00a3136million earlier this year. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In September, Mr Candy \u2013 who has<br \/>\nopulent homes in London and Monaco as well as a private plane and a<br \/>\n\u00a350million super-yacht &#8211; was named entrepreneur of the year by GQ<br \/>\nmagazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Double life: A young Valance in her soap star days with Neighbours co-star Carla Bonner (left) and performing her debut single Kiss Kiss in London in 2002 (right)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2077662\/Holly-Valance-engaged-billionaire-Nick-Candy.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Holly Valance engaged to billionaire Nick Candy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holly Valance engaged to billionaire Nick Candy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Emily Sheridan and Ben Todd Last updated at 8:42 AM on 23rd December 2011 Australian singer\/actress Holly Valance is ecstatic after her billionaire boyfriend Nick Candy asked her to marry him. The property tycoon, 38, got down on one knee on a beach in the Maldives with the words &#8216;Will you marry me&#8217; written in fire. He had whisked her away to the Indian ocean island on Wednesday for a Christmas break, following the finale of Strictly Come Dancing last weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holly Valance engaged to billionaire Nick Candy - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/23\/holly-valance-engaged-to-billionaire-nick-candy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Holly Valance engaged to billionaire Nick Candy - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Emily Sheridan and Ben Todd Last updated at 8:42 AM on 23rd December 2011 Australian singer\/actress Holly Valance is ecstatic after her billionaire boyfriend Nick Candy asked her to marry him. 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