Former Miss USA surprised by proposal in Kansas City, celebrates at 1587 Prime
When it comes to really great places to propose, Kansas City is fit for royalty. Just ask music queen Taylor Swift. Or now, Miss USA. Miss USA 2025 Audrey Eckert got engaged here last month in a surprise proposal. People magazine recently shared the details . Eckert, who represented her home state of Nebraska in the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants last year, has dated her high school sweetheart, Austin Schneider, for seven years. “There’s something really special about getting to marry the person who has been beside you through so many versions of yourself,” Eckert told People. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Audrey Eckert (@audreyeckert_) Schneider planned a proposal surprise with help from his sister, Kansas City commercial and sports photographer Sydney Schneider, who also does work for the Kansas City Chiefs. He planned the proposal for Oct. 24, one year from the day Eckert was crowned Miss USA. He honored that achievement by including a blue sapphire inside the band of the engagement ring. As Miss USA, Eckert wore the pageant’s new “Infinite Dreams Crown” featuring 602 lab-grown diamonds, 43 cultured pearls, 31 sapphires and a London blue topaz. “The crown represented such
