When announcing her marriage to her fiancee, the celebrity fitness guru reveals that they will head to Venice in 2023 'for a celebration with family and friends.'
- Jul 23, 2022
AceShowbiz - Congratulations are in order for Jillian Michaels and DeShanna Marie Minuto. On Friday, July 22, the former trainer on "The Biggest Loser" revealed that she eloped with her fiancee during their trip to Namibia, Africa.
Making use of Instagram, the 48-year-old shared some photos and a video from their vacation. In the caption, she first penned, "@deshannamarie Michaels - it's an honor and an adventure saying I do to you. Finding you... my person... and eloping in Africa together has been one of the most magical and transformative chapters of my life."
"A special thank you to Susan Neva at @alluringafrica , the team at @wearewilderness and the Himba people for helping us commemorate our union in style. We will treasure these experiences for the rest of our lives," the celebrity fitness guru added. "On to Venice 2023 for a celebration with family and friends."
Jillian and DeShanna got engaged in November 2021 after three years of dating. When sharing the happy news, the former posted a picture of herself embracing DeShanna as the latter showed off her engagement ring. "1153 days... here's to thousands more. She said 'yes,' " so read the accompanying message.
When speaking to PEOPLE about the engagement, Jillian showered her new fiancee with compliments. "DeShanna is 'all the things' -beautiful, smart, funny, creative, quirky, passionate ... I could run down the list of adjectives. Those characteristics obviously attract you to someone. But it's the quality of their character that makes you think 'Thank God for this person laying next to me' every night when you fall asleep," she raved.
"It's easy to stay together when everything is going great, but when real life sets in and things get messy, challenging, scary, and even downright ugly - that's when the truth reveals itself," the Fitness App by Jillian Michaels creator continued. "And this woman has revealed herself to be strong beyond measure, wise beyond her years, and loving beyond my wildest dreams. I am so grateful to officially call her mine."
