After a long term engagement -- five years to be exact -- La La Vazquez just announced that she and her fiancé, Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets, are finally tying the knot! While out and about in New York City yesterday with her mother, Carmen, the television personality said that the couple plan to get hitched in the city this summer. After confirmation from her publicist, it's safe to say that the couple is officially on their way to marital bliss. La La's publicist has confirmed to Black Voices that the couple has indeed decided to make it official this year, and the soon-to-be Mrs. Anthony has enlisted celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss, who has has worked with the likes of Eva Longoria, Heidi Klum and Gwen Stefani, to plan the affair. La La hasn't released any wedding details just yet, but her publicist told us that she will be shopping around for venues and a designer.

La La has been assuring people for years that she was content with her lengthy engagement to Anthony.

In May, she told Black Voices, "I just tell people it's not some hidden thing that's going on. Some people believe that if you're not married that something has to be happening, there's some catch to the relationship. I mean you wouldn't be with someone for five years and have a child with someone if you weren't happy."
However, she did admit that after giving birth to their son, Kiyan Carmelo Anthony, back in 2007 the desire to get married became a priority.

"Having a son now has made [getting married] more important because we have a child now, and I want my child to be able to say his parents are married and he doesn't have to deal with "Why is her last name this and his that?"

Even though they're planning a New York City wedding, the couple actually prefers to live on the West Coast. Vazquez was seen house hunting in Los Angeles last week, and the family plans to live in Hollywood during Anthony's off season.