{"id":122304,"date":"2017-10-09T03:44:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T07:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=122304"},"modified":"2017-10-09T03:44:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T07:44:48","slug":"iza-calzado-engaged-to-boyfriend-ben-wintle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/09\/iza-calzado-engaged-to-boyfriend-ben-wintle\/","title":{"rendered":"Iza Calzado engaged to boyfriend Ben Wintle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_122313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122313\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Iza-Calzado-and-Ben-Wintle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122313\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Iza-Calzado-and-Ben-Wintle.png\" alt=\"Actress Iza Calzado and British-Filipino entrepreneur Ben Wintle are engaged (Photo: anakarylle\/Instagram)\" width=\"599\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Iza-Calzado-and-Ben-Wintle.png 599w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Iza-Calzado-and-Ben-Wintle-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actress Iza Calzado and British-Filipino entrepreneur Ben Wintle are engaged (Photo: anakarylle\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2014Iza Calzado has said \u2018yes!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The A Love to Last star is now engaged to boyfriend British-Filipino entrepreneur Ben Wintle after he popped the question on Sunday at the famed-Sonya\u2019s Garden near Tagaytay.<\/p>\n<p>Iza who was overcame with emotions as Ben kneels down to present the engagement ring jokingly bit it and declared, \u201cIt\u2019s real!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress couldn\u2019t hold back her tears while the ring was being slipped into her finger. Speechless, she asked Ben what to say. He assured her by giving her a big, warm hug.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes!\u201d Iza said afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>However, the actress who\u2019s known to have a bubbly personality had one condition after saying \u2018yes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a condition. As long as you shower every night before you go to bed,\u201d Iza said with a big grin. Ben, of course, accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Iza jumped in joy and the couple hugged.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZ-fpZZnLMo\/\" target=\"_blank\">AND THE GREATEST OF ALL &#8230; IS LOVE. #IBIza #IzaBenWintle<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Noel Ferrer (@iamnoelferrer) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-10-08T06:10:33+00:00\">Oct 7, 2017 at 11:10pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was witnessed by the couple\u2019s family and friends. Among the attendees were singer-actress and Iza\u2019s co-star in the original Encantadia, Karylle Tatlonghari-Yuzon; designer Rajo Raurel; fashion stylist Katrina Cruz-Villanueva; and Iza\u2019s manager, Noel Ferrer.<\/p>\n<p>In a tribute to the couple, Karylle recalled in an Instagram post her first meeting with Ben and how she stood as witness to the couple\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched him gently stay at Iza&#8217;s side during the bad times,\u201d she wrote, adding that Ben gained the approval of Iza\u2019s father, Lito, before he passed away in November 2011.<\/p>\n<p>On her birthday in August, Ben described Iza as one of life&#8217;s \u201cgreatest teachers on how to be loving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to a future where I can prove to you I have learned something!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.5% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXqYq9Ajtba\/\" target=\"_blank\">I love this picture because it captures the kookiness, charm and beauty of the girl who is forever between tasks. More importantly the ice cream she is making is delicious and it&#8217;s for me. @missizacalzado you are one of my life&#8217;s greatest teachers on how to be loving. I look forward to a future where I can prove to you I have learned something! Happy birthday my love !<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by @benmwintle on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-08-11T17:42:00+00:00\">Aug 11, 2017 at 10:42am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When and where Iza and Ben\u2019s wedding will take place has not been made public yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2014Iza Calzado has said \u2018yes!\u2019 The A Love to Last star is now engaged to boyfriend British-Filipino entrepreneur Ben &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":122313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","mauthors-katherine-padilla","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}