By Jack Elsom For Mailonline
Published: 17:02 GMT, 3 March 2019 | Updated: 17:03 GMT, 3 March 2019
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A rooftop in Paris or a table in a swanky restaurant are some of the romantic fairytale spots in which many partners dream of being proposed to.
But for one competitive couple, a soggy field in Dorking surrounded by panting strangers provided the perfect backdrop to pop the question.
The annual UK Wife Carrying Race ended in joy after an accepted proposal between the winning pair on the finish line.
After coming ahead of the pack in treacherous and slippy conditions, Chris Hepworth and Tanisha Prince, both 28, will now enter the world championships in Finland officially as man and wife.
Chris sprung the surprise on his carrying partner after being presented with the trophy beer keg on the finish line, and the pair leapt into each other's arms to rapturous applause from the crowd.
Before getting down on one knee, Chris said that Tanisha had been an 'amazing wife to carry', but that he wanted to go to Finland as a proper married couple.
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Christopher Hepworth proposes to his partner Tanisha Prince, both 28, at the UK Wife Carrying Race
The newly engaged couple share a kiss after Chris gets back up from one knee to propose to Tanisha
Chris lifts up his fiancée, who flashes her new engagement ring, in a field in Dorking after winning the wife carrying race
Tanisha said: 'He woke up with bad ribs and I was trying to persuade him not to run.'
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