It seems rumors of a holiday engagement for gorgeous young couple Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are premature. Australia’s Sunday Telegraph reported that Bloom, 31, and Victoria’s Secret model Kerr, 25, were engaged and planning a wedding to take place in the middle of next year, which would be the start of winter in Kerr’s native Australia.

Men and women on can all breathe sighs of relief because Kerr’s rep says the story is not true:

“The story … is completely false and misleading,” the rep says. “Miranda herself has clearly stated she is not engaged. There is nothing else to be said.”

[From People]

Kerr has been a bit more outspoken about her relationship with Bloom and she possibly spilled the beans to some friends, though. She confirmed their relationship to Hello! Magazine in an issue published in early September, calling him a “sweetheart,” and saying that it was common knowledge that they were together.

Reports in July had Bloom and Kerr engaged, and this rumor has persisted for a while.

Kerr is quoted in a recent edition of Page Six Magazine as saying that she’d like children and that her “ideal situation would be to live on a farm in a solar-powered house with a hammock and a vegetable patch.” Bloom is an ardent environmentalist and shares her commitment to renewable energy. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s just as ready for a family, too.

Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are shown sightseeing in Venice on 11/24/08. Credit: Bauergriffin