Catriona Gray professes love for Sam Milby on his birthday

Paulea Jence Benoza

Catriona Gray is celebrating her fianc&eacute;, Sam Milby, on his birthday.On Instagram, the former Miss Universe shared her sweet birthday message for the actor as he turned 39 this Tuesday, May 23.&ldquo;Another year older, but you seem to be getting younger?! I know you hate celebrating your birthday, but I love celebrating you. Happiest birthday @samuelmilby I love you so much!&rdquo; she wrote.<iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CskYM1RxsnP/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A306489.10000002384%2C%22ls%22%3A305703.7000000477%2C%22le%22%3A305717%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>Catriona and Sam announced their engagement in February after three years of dating.In a recent interview with Vicki Belo for her vlog, the Filipina-Australian beauty queen confirmed that their wedding will take place next year.&ldquo;Oh gosh, mga next year&hellip; I just want to enjoy this season. It&rsquo;s a once in a lifetime season, so we just want to enjoy it and take our time,&rdquo; she said.<a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/5/19/catriona-gray-reveals-wedding-with-sam-milby-set-to-happen-next-year-1534">READ: Catriona Gray reveals wedding with Sam Milby set to happen &lsquo;next year&rsquo; </a>Recalling their love story, Catriona said it wasn&rsquo;t love at first sight as she had known Sam for a long time already.&ldquo;We had a lot of mutual friends. And when I did [Binibining Pilipinas], my stylist was also his stylist. So, we had a lot of common friends. But it wasn&rsquo;t until the end of 2018 where I had gone to Japan with Erickson (Raymundo) who is my mentor, [and] who happens to be Sam&rsquo;s manager,&rdquo; she shared.Catriona admitted that she felt &ldquo;apprehensive&rdquo; towards Sam as she didn&rsquo;t know his true intentions back then. However, the Miss Universe 2018 stressed that Sam never made her feel that she was being used.&ldquo;I felt like I was so guarded and apprehensive when I first met Sam. But he is just such a gentle and patient person that he really made me feel safe with him. I never felt that he wanted to use who I was. I&rsquo;m a public figure [and being] Miss Universe, there&rsquo;s this kind of hesitancy if this person likes me for me, or do they just want to be associated with me, but he always made me feel safe,&rdquo; she said.Despite her initial hesitation, Sam continued to show his true intentions which made her fall in love with him eventually.&ldquo;He never made me feel that he was trying to use [me] to his advantage, or anything. And we have such similar values, one being our faith. Two, we&rsquo;re both super family-oriented that he really made an effort with my family and friends,&rdquo; she added.It was in 2020 when the couple admitted that they were dating. No other details of their upcoming wedding have been shared with the public as of this writing.

Catriona Gray is celebrating her fianc&eacute;, Sam Milby, on his birthday.On Instagram, the former Miss Universe shared her sweet birthday message for the actor as he turned 39 this Tuesday, May 23.&ldquo;Another year older, but you seem to be getting younger?! I know you hate celebrating your birthday, but I love celebrating you. Happiest birthday @samuelmilby I love you so much!&rdquo; she wrote.

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