Scott Hoying and Mark Manio.Photo: Lindsay Fondren
Nearly six months have passed sincePentatonix’sScott Hoyingproposed to his longtime loveMark Manio, but the couple still can’t seem to stop raving about their special day — and each other.
“I have never met anyone that was so kind and selfless,” says Hoying, 31, during a Zoom interview with PEOPLE alongside his beaming fiancé. “I have always just felt so comfortable with him. Right from the beginning, we would talk for hours about things. We have so many similar interests and we have so much fun together.”
“It was so easy to fall in love with Scott,” adds Manio, 31. “He’s the most lovable, kind, caring, compassionate, handsome guy ever. I honestly fell in love very quickly. And honestly, every single day I fall in love with them even more. Every day just feels like magic with him.”
Scott Hoying and Mark Manio.Lindsay Fondren
Certainly, the two won’t ever forget the day the Grammy-winning a cappella group’s baritone singer — who justreleased his first solo single, “Mars” — proposed to the love of his life.
“Actually, it was the most nerve-wracking thing that I’ve ever done in my life,” laughs Hoying of his April 13 proposal to Manio, captured in a series of photos exclusive to PEOPLE. “Even though Mark and I had talked about [the engagement] a million times, I still put the pressure on myself to make it perfect.”
And perfect it was.
Having just celebrated their fifth anniversary, Hoying and Manio made their way to The Ocean Club – Four Seasons Resort in Nassau, Bahamas, last spring for the big ask.
“[Scott] actually played it perfectly,” remembers Manio, who works as a model and an aspiring songwriter who collaborated with Hoying to write the song “Thank You,” which was featured on Pentatonix’sWe Need a Little Christmasalbum. “He had a private dinner set up on the beach and it was so perfect. We started dancing and Scott started saying the most beautiful and meaningful and caring things to me. I instantly started crying and tearing up. Then he got down on one knee and I could barely believe it. It was everything I could have imagined.”
Granted, the couple has long known that they ultimately wanted to spend the rest of their life together.
“One of the things we first bonded about when we were falling in love was how we just loved tropical vacations and relaxing on a beach, just the two of us,” explains Hoying. “Mark and I are really at our best when we’re alone together. I think that having the proposal be just the two of us was the most romantic thing I could have ever dreamed of.”
Indeed, romance has certainly been in the air in the Pentatonix camp as of late, as Hoying’s Pentatonix bandmate Matt Salleetied the knotwith his wife Sarah Bishop earlier this year, while Pentatonix singer Kirstin Maldonado and her director beau Ben Hausdorffwelcomed their first childthis past summer.
And yes, even Hoying and Manio are now starting to talk about babies too.
“We plan on starting a family in the next few years,” says Hoying, who plans to marry Manio next June. “We are so excited to raise kids together.”
source: people.com
