She said 'Yes': Congratulations to newly-engaged It couple Mondo Duplantis and Desire Inglander

24-year-old Swedish-American pole vault star Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis is engaged to girlfriend of four years, 23-year-old Swedish model and content creator Desiré Inglander, after an elaborate surprise proposal in The Hamptons.

Vogue Scandinavia was invited by Duplantis to help plan and exclusively capture the intimate moment, with Inglander believing it was simply an editorial shoot for the magazine – before Duplantis got down on one knee towards the end of the day, blindsiding her with the big question – and a sparkling substantial oval-cut diamond on a gold band – as the sun set over the stunning sandy beach location.

“This is way more nerve-wracking [than competing]” the pole vault world champion and Olympic gold medallist told Vogue Scandinavia ahead of the proposal. During and after the proposal, Inglander expressed a state of disbelief. “I’m still shocked,” she said. “I’m such a control freak, it’s impossible to surprise me.” But Duplantis had one more surprise in store for Inglander: he had arranged for both of their families as well as Inglander’s closest Swedish friends to travel from Stockholm and Louisiana to celebrate their engagement just as the shoot wrapped.

In the cover story accompanying the intimate engagement photos, Duplantis also shares that he has known Inglander was the woman he wanted to marry “for years”, ever since the couple met at a Midsummer party in 2020. He waited until after his Olympics triumph to stay planning, “on the way home actually – on the flight” he says. “The second after the Olympics was done, I was ready to do it.”

Want the full story? Read the exclusive interview in full with all the engagement details – and the intimate proposal snapshots – here.