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Mario Lopez pops the question to his girlfriend

Courtney Mazza and Mario Lopez attend the launch of Kiehl's "Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleansing Masque" on April 7, 2011 in Santa Monica, Calif. Getty

(CBS) Mario Lopez proposed to his longtime girlfriend Courtney Mazza over New Year's Eve weekend in Ixtapa, Mexico.

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"We took a walk alone as the sun was setting," Lopez, 38, told Us Weekly. "I told Courtney that I wanted the mother of my children to have their last name. She was silent at first from shock, then she leaped for joy and did a little jete!"

The former "Saved by the Bell" star has been dating Mazza, a 28-year-old stage actress, since 2008. The couple, who met while performing in "A Chorus Line" on Broadway, has a 2-year-old daughter named Gia. They plan to exchange vows later this year in Mexico.

Lopez wed Ali Landry in 2004, but they annulled the marriage two weeks later.

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