A staff of people armed with blue umbrellas set up outside of the Watch Hill Chapel to hide the bride from view, but everyone knew who she was.
Former Miss Rhode Island, former Miss Universe, model, reality show star Olivia Culpo. Now, the wife of NFL star Christian McCaffrey.
The Westerly wedding is Rhode Island’s equivalent of royal wedding. At least, that’s what Kristin Juszczyk, fashion designer and the wife of McCaffrey’s San Francisco 49ers teammate Kyle Juszczyk, called it on Instagram. And actual royalty, Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark, who is dating Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Brooks Nader, is believed to be on the guest list.
Vogue Wedding had the rights to the wedding. After the ceremony, they posted a picture of the bride in her ball gown wedding dress.
After getting married at Watch Hill Chapel, the wedding moved across to the road to Ocean House, one of Rhode Island’s premier hotels. A five-peaked tent was set up on the lawn for guests, shielded from view with drapery.
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How long have Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey been together?
The couple, who have been together since 2019, got engaged on April 2, 2023.
Culpo shared the news on April 7, 2023 on Instagram, showing a series of black-and-white photographs. Last summer, they celebrated their engagement with a party in Rhode Island.
Early in the wedding planning process, Culpo shared in a social media post that is was hard picking between McCaffrey’s home state of Colorado and hers for the wedding. But ultimately, Rhode Island, with its ocean views, won out.
“I have to say, there is a lot of pride from our little state,” she said in a TikTok video. “This is the smallest state in the country … so people think Rhode Island is an island or some people think it’s part of New York. It’s the best state in the entire world, and I’m getting married here.”
