Are Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens Engaged?

Rumor has it that Zac Efron, star of High School Musical, proposed to his girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens on a promotional trip to Japan just a couple months ago. Could the "high school" sweethearts really be headed to the altar despite both of them only being in their early 20's?

If you've been following the Zanessa saga, you should know that the young couple had recently made the decision to move in together. But it seems that Vanessa Hudgen's mother, who is apparently very conservative, spoke out about her daughter's decision to live with her boyfriend before marriage.

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens have been together since they first met on the set of Disney Channel's hit movie, High School Musical, where they played boyfriend and girlfriend. It seems that in their case, life really did imitate art, and the two have continued to go strong as one of Hollywood's hottest and youngest couples.

High School Musical launched the careers of both Zac and Vanessa. Zac Efron has gone on to star in such big feature films as Hairspray, a remake of Footloose and the much-anticipated 17 Again. Vanessa parlayed her High School Musical success into a successful career in pop music having released a couple of hit albums.

Since then, all eyes have been on Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. The paparazzi frequently finds them out having dinner in a romantic restaurant or shopping around LA. Zac and Vanessa last made waves in the press when there were photos posted on the internet of the young couple shopping for sex toys. But it seems that they hadn't been at an adult shop after all, but instead a novelty gift store that just happened to sell adult toys.

Vanessa Hudgens is no stranger to photo scandals herself. She caused quite a stir among Disney and parents of her young, impressionable fans when naked photos of her surfaced on the internet. She later apologized for her lack of judgement and Disney stood behind her all the way.

So it's no surprise that fans of both Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are wondering if this alleged proposal is the real thing. There is some speculation going around that the proposal rumors were started to help ease Vanessa Hudgens' mom's feelings about her daughter moving in with her Hollywood heartthrob boyfriend.

While neither Zac Efron or Vanessa Hudgens have released a statement either confirming or denying the engagement rumors, you can bet that the paparazzi will be on full alert trying to be the first to snap that very valuable picture of Vanessa Hudgens rocking an engagement ring.