Sonya Deville is engaged.
Natasha Dye and Melody Chiu of People shared the news that Daria Berenato, also known as WWE star Sonya Deville, proposed to her girlfriend Toni Cassano on February 15, and Cassano gave Berenato a ring of her own. Berenato discussed the engagement with People
"I could go on for days about the way I feel about this woman, I never knew love could feel so happy and safe all at the same time. I found my best friend, my soul mate and my life partner all in one incredible human. She is the epitome of my ride or die. To be able to show her and her two daughters how much they all mean to me was what this proposal was all about. They are my world and now we are one family forever together," Berenato said.
Berenato also noted that she wanted the proposal to be epic, so she spent "months" designing the ring. Cassano and Berenato met in April 2022, as Toni agreed to meet her at a WWE show. Speaking of her journey as a gay woman in WWE, Berenato reflected on the days when she wasn't openly out, and she hid her relationships. She noted that she has evolved over the years and learned how to accept herself.
"It's so cool to me to be in this position right now, to be engaged as a gay female in the WWE, and to have proposed to my fiancée. Because I look back at seven years ago, eight years ago when I wasn't even openly out yet, and I was hiding relationships, and I was still trying to figure out my comfortability with being gay and who I was. So, I think it's crazy to see the evolution of my life and my journey and the fans that have been able to come along that journey with me. I think now it's just so cool to be like, 'I never thought I'd be here, but look guys, I'm here and you guys can do it too. It's okay to be who you are. It's okay to love who you love, and it's so special and so important to accept yourself,'" Berenato said.
In WWE, Deville continues to compete on SmackDown. She unsuccessfully challenged Charlotte Flair for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship on the February 3 episode of SmackDown.
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On behalf of Fightful, congratulations to Berenato and Cassano for their engagement.
