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Teresa GiudiceandLuis “Louie” Ruelasare celebrating one year of marriage!
Sunday marked the couple’s first wedding anniversary since Giudice, 51, and Ruelas, 48,tied the knotin front of 220 guests at thePark Chateau Estate & Gardensin East Brunswick, New Jersey, on Aug. 6, 2022.
The Real Housewives of New Jerseystar’s wedding was one for the books. Theevent was even filmed for a special that aired on Bravoin May titledTeresa Gets Married, as PEOPLE previously reported.
On her wedding day, Giudice donned a custom Mark Zunino Atelier blush mermaid gown that featured more than 300 yards of hand-draped English netting. The train was more than 100 inches long, covered in crystal and pearl details, with long white beaded evening gloves to match. Her veil was embroidered with three hearts and the words sempre insieme, which mean “always together” in Italian. She paired the gown with white lace gloves and adiamond crown.
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The reality star walked down the aisle to violin players and “Ave Maria,” a song chosen tohonor her late parents. She told PEOPLE exclusively of the moment, “My favorite memory is when the doors opened and I began my walk down the aisle to ‘Ave Maria. It was so magical and so surreal."
Teresa Giudice on her wedding day in 2022.Charles Sykes/Bravo
Giudice’s brother, Joe Gorga,and sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga,were excluded from the nuptialsshortly before the wedding. At the time, a source told PEOPLE that “Teresa betrayed them in a way that’s unforgivable” and they were “not going to celebrate Teresa’s new marriage when all she does is try to tear apart theirs,” referencing how Teresa played a part in spreading rumors that Melissa, 44, cheated on Joe, 43. (Melissa vehemently denied the “baseless” allegation at the time.)
Teresa Giudice and her husband Luis “Louie” Ruelas on their wedding day in 2022.Charles Sykes/Bravo
After the couple said “I do,” the pair had their first dance to Ruelle’s “I Get To “Love You” with smoke covering the floor as they twirled around. The couple and their guests danced alongside a wedding band, and at one point a group of professional dancers performed a choreographed number to “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” from theMoulin Rouge!soundtrack.
“We did have a lot of entertainment,” Giudice told PEOPLE ahead of the premiere of her wedding special in May. “That’s the thing. This time around, our wedding, everything we did was for us. I didn’t think about everybody else.”
As for the décor, the affair featured gold accents, white linens and lush floral arrangements, including two oversized hearts made of white flowers and tall, cascading centerpieces.
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Guests were treated to a multi-course menu that included “the biggest cowboy steaks” Zarin, 59, had ever seen, as well as Shake Shack and both a pizza and candy truck.
“Seeing the people that I love, my friends and family, many of whom were crying and each step getting closer to the altar, seeing the smiles and tears on my girls faces and the smiles on Louie’s sons faces and then standing there face to face with the love of my life, the man I am going to spend the rest of my life with, this is my favorite memory from my wedding,” Giudice told PEOPLE.
source: people.com
