Nicolette van Dam and Bas Smit to wed

Nicolette van Dam and Bas Smit © Facebook/Nicolette van Dam

Dutch presenter, actress and model Nicolette van Dam recently announced her pregnancy and now she's got more good news to share: she got engaged too!

Bas proposed to Nicolette, 26, when on holiday on Richard Branson's private Necker Island. The ingredients for the proposal were beach, torches, and waves breaking on the shore. It was there that Bas dropped onto one knee and popped the question. Her initial reaction was "oh no" - as in, what are you doing? - but she quickly said yes, after which they both cried tears of joy.

The couple will get married after the arrival of their first child in February. Nicolette has said that she's going to enjoy being pregnant AND engaged first, before the couple will tie the knot.

Nicolette van Dam is pregnant

Nicolette van Dam and Bas Smit © Edwin Smulder

Dutch presenter, actress and model Nicolette van Dam and her boyfriend Bas Smit are expecting their first baby. Nicolette, 26, tells Dutch newspaper de Telegraaf, "Bas and I are super happy."

Shortly after Nicolette went off birth control she got pregnant. "I felt it and had already told my mother, but when we saw the result of the pregnancy test, Bas and I yelled to each other, 'How bizar! It's really true, we're having a baby!'"

The show host says about her pregnancy, "I don't suffer from morning sickness, but I do notice that I'm tired more often."

The Smit-van Dam baby is expected in February 2012.