Paris Hilton parisnickyengaged.jpg Ever since paps spotted Paris Hilton shopping for rings over the weekend, speculation's been running wild about whether the hotel heiress might be getting betrothed to her new beau Benji Madden.

Well, it sounds like we can put those rumors to rest - at Villa on Friday night, Paris's little sister Nicky told one of our photographers that Paris and Benji definitely weren't engaged!

Keep in mind that Nicky's denial came only hours after we spotted Paris browsing at XIV Karats - if Paris had been trying to keep her engagement a secret, Nicky's the only one she fooled!