Bachelor Nation’s Brayden Bowers and Christina Mandrell tease wedding
Bachelor nation Brayden Bowers And Christina Mandrell aren’t walking all the way down the aisle yet.
At first glance, the couple’s latest Instagram posts suggested they have already tied the knot as they posed for photos in front of a chapel wearing a wedding dress and a tuxedo. However, the videos were actually a behind-the-scenes look at Bowers and Mandrell’s wedding photo shoot.
“Since the day I bought my car @thedollycarton I’ve been dreaming of this elopement style shoot,” read a caption on Instagram footage shared by event company Dolly Carton on Tuesday, March 19. “Thanks to an incredible team of talented and creative rock stars, it turned out even better than I ever imagined.”
In the clip, Bowers, 25, complemented his fiancée’s many white wedding looks in a gray tuxedo and pink tie as he posed in a pink convertible with a “Just Married” sign at Nashville’s White Velvet Chapel. Mandrell, 28, paired her dresses with both white and hot pink veils and a variety of fun heels, one of which looked like an ice cream cone topped with a cherry.
Disney/James Clark Brayden Bowers and Christina Mandrell’s relationship was one that none of us saw coming after his appearance on Bachelor in Paradise season 9. “She DMed me! She added my DMs and it was funny because we hit it off,” Brayden revealed ahead of The Golden Wedding in January 2024. “We […]
Photographer Caitlin Gore shared more images from the photoshoot on another Tuesday Instagram video of Bowers and Mandrell sharing sweet kisses and cutting a wedding cake.
“Can we go back and relive this day?” What a dream,” Gore commented under the post. “It’s such an honor to be part of that. I loved you all! 🥰.”
Bachelor Nation fans were introduced to Mandrell and Bowers Zach Shallcross And Charity Lawson‘seasons of The Bachelor And The bacheloretterespectively. After Bowers tried to find love in season 9 of Bachelor in ParadiseBowers connected with Mandrell via social media after she messaged him.
They debuted their relationship in December 2023 during the BiP season 9 finale “where are they now?” segment.
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“AHHH! We can shout ‘FINALEy’ from the rooftops!! “Besides the cameras and reality show drama, Brayden (aka MY BOYFRIEND!) and I have found something very special,” Mandrell wrote in the caption Instagram clips of her and Bowers’ off-camera time together with her daughter Blakely in December 2023. (Mandrell shares Blakely, 7, with her ex-husband, Blake Dennis.)
She continued, “In each other, we have a space where being unapologetically ourselves is not only accepted but celebrated! Something I never knew I was missing until I did it. We can finally share our crazy, love-filled world.
Just days after Mandrell revealed she was moving in via her Instagram Story The bachelorette alum, Bowers popped the question during The Golden wedding especially on January 4. The golden bachelor‘S Gerry Turner unveiled during the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast later that month, he gave Bowers permission to propose at his wedding to Theresa Nist.
“I’ve heard a few comments like, ‘Oh dear, that was inappropriate’ and ‘Why steal the thunder and spotlight from the wedding?'” Turner, 72, shared. “Brayden called [me]and he was very sincere and earnest in his request.’