Cape Town – Former pageant queens Miss Argentina 2020, Mariana Varela, 26, and Miss Puerto Rico 2020, Fabiola Valentin, 22, recently took to social media to announce their secret marriage.
According to Sky News, the pair met at a beauty pageant in Thailand in 2020 and had kept their relationship a secret.
They revealed they had tied the knot on Instagram.
“After deciding to keep our relationship private, we opened the doors to you on a special day,” the two captioned a video showing highlights from their time together, including travel, cuddles and the wedding proposal.
The caption was surrounded by heart and ring emojis.
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The Guardian reported that the couple got married on 28 October in a Puerto Rico courthouse dressed in white.
Same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina and has been legal in Puerto Rico since 2015 following a US supreme court ruling, the report said.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
