Showgirl Holly Madison is engaged, shares her 18-carat sparkler

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They “just liked the name. Thought it was a good name, a very American-sounding name, and I don’t know a lot of kids named Ford so it seemed kind of original,” he told E! (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

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Bell revealed on “Ellen” that Lincoln has “always been Dax’s favorite name,” and it’s likely because he has a prized 1967 Lincoln Continental, not for their love of the 16th U.S. president. Shepard chose the girl’s name because “he is substantially bigger than I am, so I lost,” she said. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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The music moguls haven’t offered a direct explanation for Blue Ivy, but Bey posted a limerick about water on her website that hinted at the inspiration. Iv comes from of the number 4 -- or IV. Bey and Jay Z were born on the 4th of their respective birth months and they married on April 4, 2008. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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The Playboy model explained the colorful name like this: “I wanted to give my daughter a unique name,” Madison said. “Growing up, there was a girl in my school named Rainbow and I was so envious of that name. I thought it was so pretty and unique!” Anyone else craving some exotic pasta now? (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

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The musician chose unlikely names for all his children. Here’s the rundown... Peaches Honeyblossom: Fruit, but not totally uncommon. Fifi Trixibelle: She got her first name from Geldof’s aunt; the latter is from Yates, because she wanted a belle in the family. Pixie: Perhaps they liked fairies? (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Per Wentz: “‘The Jungle Book’ is something me and Ashlee bonded over. It’s really cool... I feel weird, because all these people have all these ideas on what [Mowgli] means. I don’t think anyone knows the real story of why or how.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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The retired boxer has 12 kids, and though they have traditional names, it seems that he may have been confused by the whole Roman numeral thing, or at least thought repurposing it was a better approach. He has five sons, all named George Jr. through VI. Thankfully, they go by nicknames. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)

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Parents: Jermaine Jackson and Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza

Delusions of royalty must have run in the family and Jermajesty is just the tip of the Jackson family baby-naming iceberg. Apparently, Jackson has three children with Oaziaza, who also has three children with Randy Jackson, Jackson’s younger brother (but that’s another story). Jackson has eight kids in all, but the three with standout names come from his relationship with Oaziaza: Donte Randall (adopted), Jaafar Jeremiah and Jermajesty. Need we say more? (Angela Weiss / Getty Images for Omega Watches)

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Maddox comes from the Celtic name meaning “son of Madoc” and has a Welsh root meaning fortunate. It started the “X” trend for the boys too. Jolie adopted Zahara from Ethiopia, had Shiloh in Namibia, adopted Pax from Vietnam and gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne. Is that all of them?! (Toru Yamanaka / AFP / Getty Images)

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Adams’ quirky names decoded: “[Mirabella Bunny] arrived like all good Easter bunnies on Easter Friday,” he told People. “Lula RosyLea decided to arrive at tea time. RosyLea is cockney rhyming slang in London for ‘cup of tea’ and the name Lula comes from Gene Vincent’s song ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula.’” (Patrik Stollarz / AFP / Getty Images)

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The onetime power couple named their daughter Suri, which is a play on the name Sarah that originates from the Hebrew word meaning “princess” or “red rose” in Persian. They never explained the meaning behind the moniker. (James Devaney / WireImage)

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Uma Thurman had her baby girl in April 2012 and in October, the baby’s name was announced. It might have taken that long to spell out the whole darn thing. She’s “better known to family and friends as Luna,” Thurman’s rep said. What does it all mean? Mom and Dad aren’t telling. (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

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The unusual name was inspired by the Grandaddy’s song “He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot.” “The opening track ... absolutely blew my mind when I first heard it,” Lee said. “It was from this track that my wife, Beth, came up with the name Pilot for our son.” (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)

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Apple is a “biblical” and “wholesome” name that sounded “so sweet” and conjured up “a lovely picture,” Paltrow said. Blythe and Alison honor the names of Paltrow’s grandmothers. Moses is named after a song Martin wrote for Paltrow and it’s her father’s Hebrew name. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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OK, these names are actually kind of clever. Their son Jaden’s name is a play on his mother Jada’s name. And their daughter Willow’s name is play on the blockbuster actor’s name. Get it? (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

By Nardine Saad

June 25, 2013 12:37 PM PT

<em>This post has been corrected, as detailed below.</em>

Holly Madison is engaged, and she has a gargantuan ring that says so.

Madison, 31, one of Playboy editor Hugh Hefner’s many ex-girlfriends, who had their relationship chronicled in the E! reality show “The Girls Next Door,” announced the big news on her blog late Monday.

“I got engaged on Sunday!” Madison wrote. “My fiancé was so wonderful in creating such a romantic night!”

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Pasquale Rotella proposed to her Sunday while riding the Ferris wheel at Las Vegas’ Electric Daisy Carnival. Pasquale is a party promoter and founder of the annual rave.

“I was so happy that so many of our close friends were there to share the wonderful moment with us!” she added. “We rode around the festival on the art car until the sun came up! I couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful or magical proposal!”

The couple, dating since 2011, is currently based in Las Vegas where Madison worked in the topless burlesque “Peep Show.” They are already parents to baby girl Rainbow Aurora Rotella, whom they welcomed last March. The pair said they had planned to get married over the summer, and Madison recently told E! News that she already had a venue in mind.

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“I have a secret place for the wedding picked out and it’s a place that no one has been married before,” she said.

This will be the first marriage for the Playboy cover girl, who has previously been romantically linked to illusionist Criss Angel and musician Jack Barakat.

And in the manner of all things sparkly, studded and excessive that only come by way of Sin City, her ring features an 18-carat, cushion-cut yellow diamond that is surrounded by pink and yellow diamond flowers. It was designed by Rotella along with celebrity jewelers Layna & Alan Friedman of Beverly Hills.

“My fiancé designed it himself,” she said, “because I told him that’s what would make it most special.”

The sparkler incorporates a bit of personal whimsy as well. (P.S. She was wearing a butterfly costume dress when Rotella proposed, and her daughter is named after a meteorological phenomenon.)

“Because we love owls, there is a hidden owl engraved on the rose gold in between two of the flowers,” she said. “The band is art nouveau-inspired, to go with the flowers.”

In May, Madison told People that she was planning to have more kids and that she and her fiancé would like “a huge family, like a Kardashian-sized family.”

Perhaps “Holly’s World” is ready for that, but the rest of the the world might not be.

[For the record, 9:55 a.m. June 26: This post originally said the ring was designed by Allen Schwartz. The designers were Layna & Alan Friedman.]

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