From correspondents in London, England, 12:30 PM IST

Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson got the 'biggest surprise' of her life recently when boyfriend David Otunga asked her to be his wife at a beach on her 27th birthday. He gave her a shovel to dig out the engagement ring.

They got engaged on Sep 12.

Contactmusic.com reports her as saying: 'It was a big deal. I got a beautiful ring and I got him. I had no clue at all. We went to the beach during the day and he blindfolded me and he gave me a purple shovel, because purple's my favourite colour... and I had to dig. I ended up digging through all this sand.

'When I found it, it was like a bunch of beautiful cards - one related to the other, and the last one said, 'Look around, take the moment in, turn around and I have a gift for you'.'

Hudson showed off the ring on a TV show recently and called her to be husband 'a beautiful guy' and boasted, 'He's an attorney, he went to Harvard Law School.'

(Staff Writer, © IANS)