In about a year, Pedro Jimeno and Valentina Malagon went from a stranger’s DM to an engagement, a baptism — and a wedding with no date on it. Every step arrived with a timestamp — except the last one.
October 2025: The DM, the Tulum Photos, and a Heart-Hands Emoji
Valentina Malagon, a psychologist from Colombia, found Pedro the modern way: she spotted an Instagram Story showing he was in her country and sent him a message. “I took my chances and sent him a message through Instagram,” she said at the Single Life season 5 Tell All. “And since then, we haven’t stopped talking.”
The first public breadcrumbs landed that October. Valentina posted photos from a trip to Tulum, and Pedro left a heart-hands emoji in the comments. Then they met in person in Tulum.
December 2025: Going Public
By December 2025, Pedro stopped hiding her, sharing a playful Instagram video of Valentina eating “like a truck driver” even though, as he put it, “she has the face of a princess.”
May-June 2026: The Tell All, the Rose Arch, and Peace Has a Name
In May 2026, Pedro appeared on Valentina’s Instagram feed for the first time, in a joint post where she wrote, “I love you, my love. You’re the most beautiful gift God has given me.” At the Single Life season 5 Tell All, Valentina joined by video call and Pedro introduced her to the franchise: “Her name is Valentina. She’s beautiful, amazing.”
On June 6, 2026, Pedro knelt on a beach in Oahu, Hawaii, under a heart-shaped arch of red roses, beside an illuminated sign reading “Will You Marry Me?” He gave her a pear-shaped diamond ring handcrafted by Diamondboi Designs. On June 23, they announced the engagement — with the words inside his engagement announcement that say the most about them. He told PEOPLE that with Valentina, he had learned “peace has a name.”
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The announcement promised a wedding “very soon.” Then came five months of almost nothing — no date, no venue, no guest list. Pedro rebuilt quietly in Georgia, working in real estate, while one disagreement stayed unresolved: Valentina wants the wedding in Colombia, Pedro wants the Dominican Republic.
Then, in early October 2026, came the quietest milestone of all: the baptism they shared in early October — Pedro and Valentina were baptized together. Still missing: his mother Lidia’s blessing. Pedro has said he will marry her with or without it — and it still has not come.
October 17-21, 2026: Her Wedding, His Repost, One Blank Date
On Saturday, October 17, 2026, Chantel Everett married Ashley Bowen at Fountainview Mansion in Auburn, Alabama, in front of roughly 60 guests, according to PEOPLE.
Four days later, on October 21, Pedro made his move: his October 21 repost of the June 6 proposal, with the original caption: “I am grateful to God for putting you on my path…” He has not linked the repost to Chantel’s wedding. But the timing wrote its own headline.
Today, November 14, is 161 days since the rose arch — Chantel is a wife, Pedro is a fiance. And the next entry on Pedro and Valentina’s timeline is still blank.
Date by date: a DM, a Tulum meeting, a public debut, a rose arch, a baptism — and a blank space where a wedding date should be. If you were Valentina, would you set the date now and let Lidia catch up, or keep waiting for a blessing that has not come in four years?
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