Jillian Michaels and DeShanna Marie Michael have exchanged vows for a third time at the Aman hotel in Venice, Italy.
A three day celebration that started with a sunset welcome dinner where the brides dined with friends and family.
The guests arrived by mahogany Venetian boats, greeted with champagne and then received a three course meal consisting of tomato steak salad with samphire and pumpkin seed sauce, ricotta and spinach mezzelune with aged parmesan, and scallops with a pistachio sauce and potato puree.
Jillian and DeShanna walked down the aisle the next night hand in hand and exchanged personal vows in front of 50 of their closest.
Jillian got emotional during her vows and surprised DeShanna with a 7 carat emerald wedding ring with diamond baguettes.
"I didn't think I was going to cry!"
“She's beautiful, she's funny and she's so creative. But all that shiny stuff in the beginning doesn't last. So what makes you say to yourself, 'I want to walk alongside this human for the rest of my life.' And I take that really seriously. I'm 49. I've never married anyone. I just didn't believe that there was a human I could do that with until DeShanna."
"What made me believe it, and her more than anything, is truly what we've been through and the quality of her character, her strength, her empathy and her intelligence.”
DeShanna was wearing a boat neck mermaid gown with cascades of asymmetrical handmade beadwork with a faille overskirt and bow detailing, which took over a year to design.
Jillian wore a black dress with sheer sleeves and beaded applique.
After the ceremony was a cocktail hour in the hotel's garden where the guests were served with aperol spritz cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
They then had a candlelit dinner of tuna tartare, paccheri cacio e pepe and fillet with courgettes cream and a saffron and Amarone reduction.
There were custom made table linens, dark and blush roses around, glass candelabras, and delicate handmade Murano glass flowers.
Then the guests took boats to Chiesetta della Misericordia, a historic church turned nightclub for the night for a masquerade after party.
Dancing carried on through the night while acrobats performed on a disco ball.
“DeShanna comes from a very big Italian family and it's her favorite country in the world. She planned the entire thing.”
Being the third time the two have wed, it's important to note the previous times.
Jillian proposed in November 2021, announcing the news on Instagram saying, "1153 days... here's to thousands more. She said 'yes' ❤️."
The were married for the first time on July 11th, 2022 in a Miami courthouse with a small group, then travelled to Namibia later that year for an intimate ceremony.
“She really is my best friend and my rock. She has this insatiable desire to learn and that's really been such an amazing thing for me and for us as a couple just to grow together.”
After the wedding, guests had a farewell garden brunch on the island of Torcello.
It was revealed before the big day that DeShanna and Jillian were looking forward to “having people on both sides that have meant a lot to us throughout the years come together and celebrate in one place.”
"It’s a dream come true. It's us two against the world. No matter what, we have each other, we have each other's backs."
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