Influencer couple announces beach engagement, pear-shaped diamond steals spotlight
A pear-shaped diamond on a gold band outshone the beach backdrop as Anna Sitar and Josh Brubaker shared their April 20 engagement. Her TikTok reach made the close-up travel fast.
The pear-shaped diamond was the first thing to grab the eye in Anna Sitar and Josh Brubaker’s engagement reveal, a stone set on a gold band and framed by Sitar’s butter-yellow manicure and floral sundress. The beach proposal gave the story its setting, but the ring delivered the payoff: a shape that reads long and elegant in photos, with a pointed silhouette that catches light cleanly in a tight crop.
Brubaker, 29, got down on one knee on the sand and asked Sitar, also 29, to marry him. The couple shared the news on Instagram on Monday, April 20, with Brubaker teasing the post with a playful “An announcement...” caption before the carousel of proposal images unfolded. The rollout leaned hard into visuals, with shots of the pair dancing, cuddling, hugging and watching the sunset, the kind of sequence that turns a private moment into a polished social-first reveal.
Their relationship has been public since 2021, and multiple reports say they have been together since December 2021 after meeting through mutual friends. That timeline matters because it places the engagement inside a relationship that has already lived in public for years, not as a surprise debut. Sitar’s audience alone explains part of the immediate traction: her official TikTok profile lists 11.6 million followers and 1.9 billion likes. Brubaker brings another layer of reach, with 4.5 million followers and 144.4 million likes on his own TikTok account, plus a radio career as host of The Bru Show.
That cross-platform visibility is exactly why the ring landed so quickly online. Sitar, who is also on Forbes’ 2026 30 Under 30 - Social Media list, has the kind of recognizability that makes a close-up ring shot work as a shareable moment. And the pear cut, especially on a plain gold band, remains one of the easiest shapes to understand at a glance: it elongates the finger, feels soft rather than severe, and gives just enough drama without overwhelming the hand. In this proposal, the beach was the backdrop, but the ring was the headline.
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