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Priyanka Chopraknows how to get what she wants!

Chopra told PEOPLE exclusively that she gave fiancéNick Jonassome subtle guidance to help him pick out her dream engagement ring.

“Well, I may have dropped that hint,” Chopra explained during the Tiffany & Co. 2018 Blue Book Collection in New York on Tuesday night. “I think we had a conversation about it when we were dating and I’ve always known it had to be Tiffany.”

“I just knew it since I was a kid,” she said at Studio 525. “First, it wasBreakfast at Tiffany’sthat did it for every girl in the world and then, of course,Sweet Home Alabamacame and put a stamp on it that it has to be Tiffany!”

The actress continued, “Since I was a little girl, it was just something that was stuck in my head and I may have said that and I guess he remembered.”

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Melanie’s jaw drops and as the store employees look on, Andrew gets down on one knee to give his leading lady the most romantic proposal money could buy.

While Jonas did close down a Tiffany store — asPEOPLE revealed in July— Chopra was not there.

“No, I wasn’t there, he and his brothers went and did a whole thing to buy the ring for his future wife,” she tells PEOPLE.

Jonas, 26,popped the questionto Chopra in July. In August, the actressdebuted her customized Tiffany & Co.cushion cut diamond with tapered baguettes, captioning the sweet photo with, “Taken.. With all my heart and soul.”

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The fondness for the diamond destination seems to run in the family, asKevin JonasSr. was seen exiting the India airport with a big Tiffany & Co. bag in his hand, ahead of meeting Chopra’s family for the first time in August.

source: people.com