CONFIRMED: Jericho Rosales and his girlfriend Kim Jones are getting married on May 1, Labor Day, in Boracay, just as Jericho hinted at in an exclusive interview with The STAR in August last year, saying he wanted the event to be solemnized on a beach.
Both Jericho and Kim, a Fil-Brit model/TV host, are Born-Again Christian, members of New Life Christian Center. He proposed to Kim during a Sunday worship which had Jesus is…Unli Love as theme on Aug. 4, 2013, which happened to be Kim’s birthday. After the worship, Jericho asked Pastor Jeric Soriano, who was officiating, if he could go onstage to express his message of love and he started by saying that he could never explain why Jesus would choose to die for a sinner like him. “Why me?†Jericho asked aloud.
Then he sprang a big surprise when he turned to Kim and asked her, “Will you marry me?†Breaking into a big smile, a hint of tears in her eyes, Kim said yes. Then she announced on her Twitter account how Jericho had made her the happiest lady on earth, with a big scream: “I’m engaaaaggggeeeddd!!!†Replied Jericho, on his own Twitter account, “God is amazing! Yeeeeehaaaa!â€
Kim was born in England to a British father and a half-Filipina (who is part-Spanish/part-Chinese) and grew up in Adelaide, Australia where she studied Architecture (undergraduate). She came in 2010 for a five-week “look-see†and then came back (“On a one-way ticket,†she told The STAR) and promptly ventured into modeling and TV-hosting.
The sweethearts met at a dinner in Rockwell hosted by a make-up artist who is their mutual friend.
“It was Kim’s eyes that first attracted me,†recalled Jericho. “Actually, before that meeting, I saved on my iPad her photos which my friend had sent me. Yes, those eyes. They are very caring. Aside from her eyes, what I love about Kim is her being very caring and nurturing. Magaan siyang kasama. Even at first meeting, you feel comfortable with her.â€
Asked how he felt having Kim as lifetime partner, Jericho blurted out, “Jackpot!â€