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Umar Kamani proposes to model girlfriend with £1.45m diamond ring

Umar Kamani proposes to model girlfriend with £1.45m diamond ring

THE founder of PrettyLittleThing Umar Kamani has proposed to his girlfriend Nada Adelle at the Monte Carlo Opera House with a £1.45m diamond ring, according to a report in The Daily Mail.

Kamani, 33, went down on one knee and popped the question in the Opera House, which he hired out for the occasion, the report added.


He is the son of Manchester-based billionaire Boohoo founder Mahmud Kamani.

Umar Kamani and Adelle only stepped out publicly together for the first time in March 2020.

According to the report, the Manchester-based model has been featured in magazines such as Look Magazine and Harper's Bazaar.

Adelle, a law graduate, has also fronted a campaign for Beyonce's Ivy Park, as well as working with make-up brand L'Oreal.

In 2012, Kamani and his brother Adam co-founded PrettyLittleThing after witnessing the phenomenal success of Boohoo. Their company now enjoying a host of celebrity endorsements including Khloe Kardahsian, Hayley Bieber, Little Mix, Nicole Scherzinger and Paris Hilton.

Before he founded his firm, which is forecast to be worth around £2.1bn by next year, Kamani was an amateur boxer.

In 2006, he started working for the fashion family business as a manager, while attending theatre school. He went on to study international business at Manchester Metropolitan University.

In 2019, society journal Tatler named Kamani its eighth most eligible bachelor, alongside the Duke of Roxburghe and former One Direction star Harry Styles.

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