Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

Celebrity News

Avery scores! Ex-Ranger engaged to Hilary Rhoda

The smile on Hilary Rhoda’s face won’t be forced as she struts down the catwalk at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show on Wednesday night.

The model just got engaged to Sean Avery, the former Rangers hockey player. The two have been dating on and off for three years and most recently reconciled last May after months of separation.

While Rhoda’s taciturn mother/manager, Marianne, gave me a terse “no comment,” a friend confirmed the engagement and told me: “She is thrilled.”

No word on whether or not Rhoda, who is the face of Estée Lauder, will be showing off her diamond engagement ring on the Victoria’s Secret runway.

Avery is between jobs, having left the Lipman Agency just before the fashion advertising house imploded. It seems unemployment gave him time to appreciate his dark-haired beauty.