What a year! We look back at the loves, legends and losses
Were capture all the biggest moment soft he year that was
SHE’S HIS SHORTY
A storm was raging as Pua Magasiva married Lizz Sadler at a riverside tavern in Auckland. The former Shortland Street star told Woman’s Day, “Rain or shine, I can’t believe I was gifted this in life. When loves hits you with this intensity, you don’t want to spend a second apart.”
SO MUTCH LOVE
Waiheke Island was the perfect backdrop for a wintry wedding for TVNZ political editor Jessica Mutch and PM Jacinda Ardern’s “hipster bodyguard” Iain McKay, who got hitched at Mudbrick Vineyard. In his vows, the burly diplomatic protection officer declared to his bride, “I love you like a fat kid loves cake.”
GETTING GOOPY
Gwyneth Paltrow declared it “the best day of our lives” when she wed TV producer Brad Falchuk at her Hamptons home in September. She says, “When the last guest went home and the last champagne flute was cleared away, the day ended as it had begun – with beauty, love and very happy people.”
THIS IS LOVE!
Wearing a blush tulle Rodarte gown, This is Us actress Mandy Moore married her love, indie rocker Taylor Goldsmith, under an arch of pink jasmine in an intimate sunset ceremony in their Los Angeles backyard, attended by 50 guests.
SWANKY AFFAIR
“It was timeless,” says Oscar winner Hilary Swank of tying the knot to entrepreneur Philip Schneider in California. “I was overwhelmed with such gratitude and thanks to be marrying the man of my dreams.”
ROYAL FAIRYTALE
The wedding of the year saw longtime eligible bachelor Prince Harry marry Suits actress Meghan Markle in a royal wedding full of pomp, ceremony and plenty of celebrity guests at Windsor’s St George’s Chapel. “You look amazing – I missed you,” the prince said tenderly as his bride arrived at the altar on the arm of his father Prince Charles.
A PERFECT MATCH
Love was the winner on the day when former Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant married Joel Rore in a clifftop ceremony in Wellington in November. “Marriage was always on the cards for us,” the bride told Woman’s Day. “I know the future is full of awesomeness for us.”
INDIAN EXTRAVAGANZA
It was a six-day multicultural festival when Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra wed Hollywood singer/actor Nick Jonas in a lavish $8 million ceremony in her home country. The
Quantico actress tells, “I love that our wedding was a religious mash-up!”
HOFF DOWN THE AISLE
“I am truly in love with this woman and the luckiest man alive,” David Hasselhoff told us after marrying his 28-years-younger bride, Welsh model Hayley Roberts, at an historic villa in Puglia in July.
REGAL REPEAT
Just six months after her cousin tied the knot in the very same venue, Princess Eugenie was a gorgeous royal bride as she wed her prince charming, tequila ambassador Jack Brooksbank. Showing off the marks from her childhood spinal surgery in a low-backed Peter Pilotto gown, the princess explained, “You can change the way beauty is and you can show off your scars.”
YOU GO, GIRL!
After marrying Boston-born film producer Mike Gillespie amid the vines of a Waiheke winery, former
Short land Street and Go Girls actress Anna Hutchison told Woman’s Day, “I couldn’t be more excited about growing old with Mike. He’s the perfect person for me and it’s a treat to go through life together with him.”