And Kim Kardashian was certainly wooed by the pomp and circumstance.
The 33-year-old gushed to E! on Tuesday that she is 'the luckiest girl in the world,' in her first statement since her 36-year-old beau popped the questioned.
'I'm the luckiest girl in the world!': Kim
Kardashian gushed about her 'magical' engagement to Kanye West on
Tuesday, pictured on Monday night flashing her new ring
'Last night was truly magical!!! I am the luckiest girl in the world!' the reality star said. 'I get to marry my best friend!'
The rapper hired out the AT&T Park in San Francisco to propose to the mother of his child in front of friends and family.
Kanye, who is in the midst of a world tour, popped the question to Kim after serenading her with a 50 piece orchestra.
The band struck up the romantic ballad Young And Beautiful from film The Great Gatsby by songstress Lana Del Rey, followed by his own hit with Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo, Knock You Down.
Happy gal: Kim said she couldn't be happier to marry her 'best friend'
After Kim said yes, Kanye slipped a 15 carat diamond ring onto her finger and fireworks exploded in the sky as the rest of her family ran out of the dugouts.
Different affair: Kim was more low-key after her
news of her engagement to Kris Humphries broke in May, 2011, tweeting
'Couldn't be happier', pictured together in August of that year in Vegas
The couple's upcoming nuptials with be Kim's third marriage, and Kanye's first.The athlete asked Kim by writing 'will you marry me' in rose petals on her bed inside her $4.8million Beverly Hills home in May, 2011.
After Kim accepted, the couple celebrated with the Kardashian-Jenner clan during a family dinner.
However, the moment wasn't entirely private, the whole time the cameras were rolling for the family's hit reality TV show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
The pair married in August, 2011, but the union was short lived.
After 72 days of marriage, Kim filed for divorce from Kris, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause of the split.
WHAT KIM SAID AFTER KRIS HUMPHRIES PROPOSED
'I
didn't expect this at all. I was in such shock. I never thought it
would happen at home, and I never thought now,' Kim told People magazine
in May 2011.
'Kris really didn't want a big celebration, but he had jokingly told my mom he'd be fine if there were mini-horses there.
'Later that night at the party, my mom brought out two mini-horses, covered in glitter, for us! It was hysterical!' she added.
Kim's tweet after news broke of the engagement: 'Couldn't be happier'.
'Kris really didn't want a big celebration, but he had jokingly told my mom he'd be fine if there were mini-horses there.
'Later that night at the party, my mom brought out two mini-horses, covered in glitter, for us! It was hysterical!' she added.
Kim's tweet after news broke of the engagement: 'Couldn't be happier'.
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