Dance Moms Alum Paige Hyland Announces Engagement
Hyland, 26, said yes to Jayvon Thrift, who she has dated since the two were seniors in high school.
Paige Hyland, who grew up on Dance Moms, is engaged to Jayvon Thrift, her boyfriend of eight years.
Paige Hyland announced her engagement to Jayvon Thrift on Instagram on Tuesday, eight years after the two started dating in high school. [Celebrity engagements of 2026 — Page Six] ['Dance Moms' Alum Paige Hyland Celebrates Engagement — Entertainment Now]
The former Dance Moms cast member, now 26, captioned the proposal photo 'the easiest YES.' Her sister Brooke Hyland married earlier in 2026, which makes Paige the second Hyland sister engaged or married this year after a childhood spent on reality television. [Celebrity engagements of 2026 — Page Six]
“We started dating my senior year of high school, and since then, we've grown up and experienced so many different chapters of life together,” Hyland told People. The announcement photo shows Thrift down on one knee, and Page Six dated the post to November 10. ['Dance Moms' Alum Paige Hyland Celebrates Engagement — Entertainment Now]
Her sister got there first. Brooke Hyland married in a destination wedding and legally wed in February, then held a small second ceremony at their church in October. “Yes, we had our destination wedding and legally got married in February,” Brooke told followers who asked about the two ceremonies. ['Dance Moms' Alum Paige Hyland Celebrates Engagement — Entertainment Now]
The Hylands' year underlines the shift. Two sisters, two weddings, and every step of it announced first to followers rather than to any outlet. The exclusives now belong to whoever holds the phone. [Celebrity engagements of 2026 — Page Six]
Page Six folded the engagement into its running 2026 ledger of celebrity engagements, alongside Post Malone and Sam Smith. Hyland grew up on camera, left the show as a teenager, and now delivers her biggest personal news in the same feed where the audience has followed her since childhood. [Celebrity engagements of 2026 — Page Six]
No wedding date has been announced. The post is the press release, and the ring photo has already done the work a publicist used to do.
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