Curly Sue Star and Voice winner Alisan Porter got engaged to dancer Justin de Vera

Engaged

The singer, who is best known for her breakthrough performance in the 1991 film Curly Sue and for winning The Voice, announced on social media on Sunday that she and dancer/choreographer de Vera were engaged. She recounted the moment he proposed while the two were at a David Gray concert the previous weekend.

Took to social media

Porter, 41, captioned a series of photos of the couple showing off her square-cut diamond ring on Instagram with, "Last night as @davidgray played our song, @jtrvth did the damn thing! It was perfect, full circle, and very American.

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Their kids

Porter and de Vera's first child together, was born in October 2021. Porter and her ex-husband Brian Autenrieth, to who she was wed from 2012 to 2017, also have a son named Mason Blaise, 10, and a daughter named Aria Sage, 8.

Proposal

Porter and de Vera described Saturday's David Gray performance as "parents' night out" in a video she posted on Instagram. De Vera said to the camera, "Yeah, this is going to be fun," as a look of anticipation crossed his face as he realized he was about to pop the question.

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Revealed her pregnancy in 2021

Porter first revealed she was pregnant in April 2021 by posting a picture of a sonogram she was holding up while posing with de Vera and her children on Instagram.

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Her Statement

"We always knew you would join us," she wrote. "We dreamt of you. We talked about you. We felt you just outside the realm of reality. But, now you're here. We are all so excited in our own way."

Expressed their happiness

After Shilo Bee was born, the newly engaged couple expressed their happiness. The pair declared last October that they were "over the moon" and "very in love with her." "She is the ideal representation of us and the final piece we were missing. She's here, and we couldn't be happier."The parents said, "Bee is meaningful to us because we have always called each other B." of the infant girl's name.

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Her acting debut

Porter starred in the movie Curly Sue as the title character years before Christina Aguilera's team on the singing competition show team in 2016 won season 10 of the competition.

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Always wanted to be a singer

From the beginning, the celebrity had been prepared to shed her reputation as a child star, and in her spectacular blind audition, she admitted that she had always wanted to be a singer.

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She told the coaches "I was an actress when I was very young. It's not my passion. This is my passion".

Season's final event

Porter couldn't help but get emotional months later as the season's final events drew closer." I stood on stage in the dress rehearsal and cried my eyes out. Literally, like the ugly Oprah cry," she told in an interview in 2020. "Because I have envisioned that moment, that particular moment for some reason struck such an emotional chord with me."