New York man proposes to his girlfriend during the Super Bowl through a TV commercial
- Chris Garguilo proposed to Kourtney Lynn Myers with a TV commercial
- He won a contest at Northeastern Fine Jewelers to make a Super Bowl proposal
- Garguilio filmed the commercial a week before and it aired at halftime
The 51st Super Bowl will be remembered for the New England Patriots pulling off the game's biggest comeback ever for their fifth NFL title.
A New York woman will remember it as the night she got engaged at halftime.
Unknown to Albany-area resident Kourtney Lynn Myers, her boyfriend had won a local jewelry store's contest dubbed 'Surprise Super Bowl Proposal.'
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![Chris Garguilo (right) proposed to Kourtney Lynn Myers (left) at halftime through a Super Bowl commercial](http://web.archive.org./web/20170208005801/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/07/22/3CF0590400000578-4200022-Kourtney_Lynn_Myers_and_Chris_Garguilo_are_hoping_to_get_married-a-22_1486505490730.jpg)
Chris Garguilo (right) proposed to Kourtney Lynn Myers (left) at halftime through a Super Bowl commercial
He was shopping for an engagement ring at Northeastern Fine Jewelers when he stumbled across the contest.
WTEN-TV reports Chris Garguilo taped a short video last week at the store during which he asked Myers to marry him.
Myers told the station she did not see it coming: 'I was really shocked,' she said
![Chris Garguilo saw the 'Surprise Super Bowl Proposal' contest while shopping for an enagagement ring at Northeastern Fine Jewelry](http://web.archive.org./web/20170208005801/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/07/20/3CEFF8C900000578-4200022-image-a-1_1486500815570.jpg)
Chris Garguilo saw the 'Surprise Super Bowl Proposal' contest while shopping for an enagagement ring at Northeastern Fine Jewelry
![Kourtney Lynn Myers and Chris Garguilo are hoping to get married sometime next year](http://web.archive.org./web/20170208005801/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/07/22/3CEFF8C300000578-4200022-Chris_Garguilo_left_proposed_to_Kourtney_Lynn_Myers_right_at_hal-a-18_1486505330077.jpg)
Kourtney Lynn Myers and Chris Garguilo are hoping to get married sometime next year
The ad aired locally just before the halftime show as the couple watched with friends at home. Garguilo repeated the question in person, she said yes and he placed the engagement ring on her finger as their friends whooped for joy.
The couple met in college five years ago and is hoping to get married next year.
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