Pedro Moves On: 90 Day Fiancé Star Engaged Four Years Post-Divorce

Sometimes the best plot twist isn’t on television—it’s what happens after the cameras stop rolling. 90 Day Fiancé star Pedro Jimeno, 34, announced his engagement to Valentina Malagon on Tuesday, June 23, marking a major life chapter that feels like a world away from his messy 2022 divorce from Chantel Everett.

The proposal went down in Hawaii, though not quite as smoothly as Jimeno had planned. He orchestrated an elaborate setup to take Malagon to what he promised would be the best restaurant in Hawaii, then drove her an hour out into the middle of nowhere.“She was a little pissed because she was hungry,”he recalled with a laugh. Mission accomplished, though—he got the“yes,”and Malagon shared that despite her initial bewilderment, the moment turned into something“amazing.”

What’s striking here isn’t just that Jimeno has moved on (four years is plenty of time), but the tone of how he’s doing it. Gone are the drama-filled storylines and family feuds that defined his relationship with Everett on The Family Chantel. Instead, we’re getting heartfelt Instagram captions about recognizing true love rather than searching for it, about peace having a name, and about becoming a better man. It reads like someone who’s genuinely processed what came before and is approaching this next chapter with intention.

The couple met in Tulum and are already planning their wedding, considering Colombia, the Dominican Republic, or the United States as potential locations. Jimeno’s message to Malagon—describing their connection as an“answer”and a“blessing”—suggests this relationship exists in an entirely different emotional space than what viewers witnessed during his tumultuous run on reality TV.

For longtime 90 Day Fiancé fans, this is actually the kind of ending worth rooting for: not a dramatic blow-up or a shocking revelation, but quiet happiness with someone new. That’s way less entertaining for television, sure. But it might be exactly what Jimeno needed all along.