Jilly Anais wears Deshaun Watson's $2.5 million engagement ring on runway

Jilly Anais stepped onto the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway at W South Beach with a ring that was never meant to stay private. The custom engagement piece, nicknamed The Glory Treasure, had already been framed as a $2.5 million object built around a premium center diamond, and its public turn on a Miami Swim Week catwalk made it look less like a keepsake than a statement piece designed for flashbulbs.

The ring was created with jeweler Vikar Ahmed over seven months and was said to center on a stone of more than 20 carats, with D-E-F color grading and IF to VVS clarity. That combination matters because it places the ring at the highest end of diamond grading, where near-colorless stone quality and exceptional cleanliness become part of the visual drama. On a runway, those specifications translate into scale and brilliance that can hold attention even from a distance.

Anais wore the ring during Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s runway show on May 31, 2025, at Miami Swim Week, where she walked as one of six finalists in the brand’s 2025 Swim Search open casting call. The finalists were competing for one rookie spot in the 2026 SI Swimsuit Issue, giving the appearance a double function: it showcased Anais as a model in her own right while also turning Watson’s ring into part of the show’s styling narrative. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit described Anais as a 29-year-old model, musician and cookbook author, a profile that helped place her in the mix as both celebrity and runway participant.

The timing sharpened the ring’s public meaning. Anais and Watson announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post on March 16, 2025, and the couple planned to marry on Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Miami, their sixth dating anniversary. By then, the ring was already doing what oversized celebrity jewelry increasingly does best: moving from private promise to public performance.

That shift is why The Glory Treasure landed so forcefully on the Miami runway. In a setting built on bodies, swimwear and camera-ready spectacle, the ring did not behave like a discreet engagement token. It read as performance jewelry, oversized and meticulously graded, with the kind of custom craftsmanship that turns a proposal into a fashion event.