Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello are Engaged

By Cheri Cheng - 30 Dec '14 12:37PM
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Actress Sofia Vergara and actor Joe Manganiello have gotten engaged after six months of dating. According to E! News, the "True Blood" hunk popped the question during the holidays in Hawaii. Vergara was seen with a ring on her wedding finger.

"He said he wanted to keep it private just in case she didn't say yes," a source close to the couple told PEOPLE Magazine exclusively. "It actually didn't seem like he was joking about that. He did seem genuinely nervous that maybe this wasn't going to go well. He said this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with a one-in-a-million woman."

The source continued, stating, "This wasn't spontaneous. Joe definitely planned ahead and contacted the hotel weeks in advance to discuss certain things he wanted to do. He didn't want to propose in a public setting, even though there are so many beautiful spots on the hotel grounds that have spectacular views and are well-known as places where people pop the question. But Joe said he didn't want to risk anyone walking by and witnessing it, and he didn't want to tip off Sofia by having security there shooing people away."

Vergara, 42, best known for her role as Gloria Delgado on the Emmy-wining TV series, Modern Family, recently stated that Manganiello, 38, was "too handsome" to date.

She said on the Ellen DeGeneres show: "Yeah, there is such a thing as too much...or so I thought."

"I've never seen two people so truly in love," an unnamed source told E! Online. "The way they talk to each other, touch each other. It's incredible."

Prior to dating Manganiello, Vergara was engaged for nearly two years to Noel Loeb, a businessman from Florida. They broke up in 2014.

Vergara, who was born in Colombia, is America's best paid TV actress. Her career started when she was discovered by a talent scout at the age of 17. At 18, she married her high-school sweetheart. Vergara gave birth to her son, Manolo Gonzalez-Ripoll Vergara at the age of 20. In 1993, the couple divorced.

In 1998, the actress went to Miami to become an Univision star. Her career in American television started in the 2000s when she booked gigs on different TV shows, such as HBO's "Entourage" and "Dirty Sexy Money." In 2008, she was casted in Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns. In 2009, she landed the acting gig for Modern Family.

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