Former model and star of the sizzling Fountains of Wayne video “Stacy’s Mom” Rachel Hunter, 40, was unceremoniously dumped by her 27-year-old fiance, hockey player Jarret Stoll, just two months before their wedding. According to The Sun, Hunter and Stoll were set to wed in a lavish, star-studded ceremony - but he called off the engagement and sent out an e-mail to guests, saying the wedding was off.

ROD STEWART’s ex-wife RACHEL HUNTER has been dumped by her toyboy sweetheart — less than two months before they were due to wed.
Ice hockey star JARRET STOLL stunned the former model by walking out without even saying the reason.

He told guests by email that the star-studded ceremony on August 14 was cancelled, but still gave no explanation.

Last night a source close to Rachel said: “She is absolutely devastated. Everything was in place for their wedding — she had the venue, the designer dress, the guest list.

“She has absolutely no idea why Jarret has done this. It sounds like it could be a classic case of cold feet. He is a fair bit younger than her.”

The Los Angeles Kings player turns 27 today while Kiwi Rachel will be 40 in September.

Rachel, who has two children with Rod, also wanted to start a new family.

Her daughter Renee, 17, and son Liam, 14, are said to be “in pieces” at the break-up — especially Liam who is a keen ice hockey player.

Canadian Jarret proposed last August.

He and Rachel bought a £2.2million home in Hermosa Beach, California, and were due to tie the knot in front of guests including MICHELLE PFEIFFER and SHARON STONE.

Rachel married singer Rod in 1990. They separated nine years later but their divorce was not formalised until 2006.

The pair are still friends.

Rachel told a pal: “Rod has been amazing through all of this — a real support.”

When they met Rod had just been dumped by swimsuit model Kelly Emberg, angry he wouldn’t marry her.

After the split, Rachel’s romances included a 10-month fling with ROBBIE WILLIAMS in 2002.

[From The Sun]

And to think, just last November, Rachel was telling Hello! Magazine all about how Jarret got down on one knee and proposed to her in front of her children and her mom, saying he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. But I guess when you’re a 27-year-old pro hockey player, that’s a long time to be tied to one woman. This guy sounds like a class act. But you know, as painful as it must be to call off a wedding, it’s a heck of a lot better than a divorce. I’m sure a hottie like Rachel won’t be sitting around shedding tears for very long. Who needs him?

Rachel Hunter and Jarret Stoll are shown out on 8/1/08 in the header and 6/3/09 below. Credit: WENN.com

Model and Celebrity Circus contestant Rachel Hunter, 38, has just gotten engaged. The ex-Mrs. Rod Stewart was proposed to by her boyfriend of two years, hockey player Jarret Stoll, 26. The pair have been together for two years.

Score one for the cougars. Nine years after her split from Rod Stewart—though just two years after the duo formally divorced—Rachel Hunter is ready to walk down the aisle once more, confirming her engagement to Canadian ice-hockey player Jarret Stoll.

Though no date has yet been set for the planned vow swap, the nuptial news was confirmed when the 38-year-old model and 26-year-old athlete toook their first joint trip to Hunter’s native New Zealand this week.

“We are all delighted for her,” Hunter’s longtime manager, fellow Kiwi Andy Hayden, told local station 3 News. While the couple opted not to share any details of the proposal, Stoll did say that the question-popping was “a romantic one.”

The duo was accompanied on the trip by one of Hunter’s children with Stewart, 14-year-old son Liam. Hunter, Stoll, Liam and 16-year-old daughter Renée, her other child by Stewart, all live together in Los Angeles. Hunter and Stoll have been together for roughly two years.

[From E! News]

Aww. I did some internet sleuthing, but couldn’t find out any details on the proposal. Nothing will ever top Seal’s proposal to Heidi Klum. Rarely does a man outfit a custom igloo with a bed and rose petals. The best you can ask for is maybe a decent fire and a door that somehow closes. But if Stoll’s proposal was even half that romantic it was probably pretty good. Congrats to them both.

Here’s Rachel and Jarret in Redondo Beach on July 9th. Images thanks to Fame.

Model and Rod Stewart’s ex-wife Rachel Hunter has been criticized all over the internet over the past couple of days for what appears to be a bit of weight gain. Hunter is one of the stars of NBC’s Celebrity Circus. Yep, it’s exactly what it sounds like: celebs who learn circus acts. Definitely a useful life skill that they can use later on. The women are all in tight sequined outfits, which are pretty unforgiving.

In some recent pictures Hunter is shown performing in a corset, and it appears pretty obvious that she has gained some weight. She claims that the show’s vigorous routines and her naturally athletic shape have caused her to bulk up, making her appear heavier on camera. No matter what’s going on, everyone from the mainstream media to internet bloggers are attacking Hunter and harping on her figure.

She made her name as the super-svelte swimwear model with endless legs.

But Rachel Hunter cut a chunkier figure when she appeared on the American reality television show Celebrity Circus, her somewhat sturdier shape barely contained by a corset-style outfit and unflattering fringed miniskirt.

The 38-year-old has complained that the athletic nature of Celebrity Circus has caused her to gain muscle and made her look bigger.

Her increased strength was certainly evident in her bulging biceps and broad shoulders - she has performed on the trapeze and walked the tightrope during the series.

[From the Daily Mail]

The Daily Mail is actually much kinder in their phrasing than a lot of the other articles out there. I think it’s pretty clear that Hunter has put on perhaps a bit of weight and a good deal of muscle. It’d be hard to do her routines over and over and not get stronger. I think she still looks gorgeous; she just doesn’t look the same as she did fifteen years ago. And who the hell does? It’s sort of ridiculous that we expect that from people, models or not.

Images thanks to the Daily Mail.