'Geordie Shore' Ricci, Vicky get engaged during Cancun filming
Geordie Shore duo Ricci Guarnaccio and Vicky Pattison have got engaged while filming the summer special of the MTV reality show in Cancun.
Self-proclaimed "king of Newcastle" Guarnaccio, who has been dating Pattison for less than a year, popped the question while on location in Mexico.
"When I came into the Geordie Shore house I had been single for a long time and certainly didn't expect to fall in love - but that's what happened," said the 25-year-old.
"I couldn't be happier with Vicky and know I want to spend the rest of my life with her."
Pattison said: "'I'm so excited to be engaged to Ricci. He's an amazing person and I knew that as soon as he walked through the door and into the house, there was an instant connection between us.
"I'm very lucky to have found him."
The couple met during filming of Geordie Shore season two, when Pattison dumped her boyfriend to start a relationship with her new co-star.
Pattison and Guarnaccio's relationship hasn't always run smoothly and during a screening of the series two premiere, the pair walked out of a live spinoff aftershow following a slanging match at the event,
The latest summer special, Geordie Shore: Chaos in Cancun, starts on Tuesday, June 26 at 10pm on MTV.