{"id":35279,"date":"2014-12-22T03:46:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T16:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/buddy-franklin-jesinta-campbell-engaged\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T01:01:04","slug":"buddy-franklin-jesinta-campbell-engaged","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/buddy-franklin-jesinta-campbell-engaged\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Buddy&#039; Franklin, Jesinta Campbell engaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33768\" alt=\"&quot;I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with you. There are no words to describe how happy we are #ENGAGED,&#039;&#039; says Jesinta Campbell on her Instagram account\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jesinta-campbell-and-buddy-franklin.jpg\" width=\"618\" height=\"387\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>&#8220;I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with you. There are no words to describe how happy we are. #ENGAGED,&#8221; says Jesinta Campbell on her <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/jesinta_campbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram <\/a>account<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">AFL superstar, Lance &#8216;Buddy&#8217; Franklin, and former Miss Universe Australia, Jesinta Campbell, are engaged.<\/p>\n<p>The surprise announcement was made by the bride-to-be, Jesinta, via her Instagram account, where she posted the black and white picture above with the caption, &#8220;I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with you. There are no words to describe how happy we are. #ENGAGED.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jesinta, 23, and Swans superstar Buddy, 27, are regular posters on Instagram where, 18 months ago, they officially announced they were dating.<\/p>\n<p>Buddy, a former Hawthorn player, relocated from Melbourne to Bondi to live with Jesinta, having signed a $10 million deal with the Swans in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Jesinta recently told <em>Who<\/em> magazine &#8220;I&#8217;ve never associated myself with the word sexy until being with Buddy. I&#8217;ve always been sporty and tomboyish &#8211; I wasn&#8217;t the pretty girl at school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, we&#8217;re pretty sure Jesinta&#8217;s going to be an absolutely beautiful bride! Congratulations to them both!<\/p>\n <strong><em>The happy couple enjoying a relaxing day by the beach on the Gold Coast. Image: Buddy Franklin via <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/buddy_franklin23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\n\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":12816,"template":"","au_article_tag":[768,769],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/35279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/35279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291168,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/35279\/revisions\/291168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=35279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}