Tim Tebow & Former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Marry In South African Wedding

Football star Tim Tebow has scored his greatest touchdown yet – marrying Former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters in her native South Africa.

The wedding was an intimate gathering which incorporated both American and South African traditions, aligning with Nel-Peters’s claim that she and Tebow are both “very traditional.” A day before the wedding, Tebow posted a picture with Nel-Peters, writing, “Dems, I’m so grateful to share in your culture… and thank you South Africa for sharing @demileighnp with me!”

About 260 guests attended the Cape Town wedding where the bride donned a custom-made dress from David’s Bridal and earrings from Marian Rehwinkel Jewellery. She said she looked at about 50 dresses before deciding on the gown she would walk down the aisle in. The bride and groom served steak, mussels, pasta an assortment of cheeses, their favorite spinach-bacon-berry-cucumber salad, a wedding cake that the couple hadn’t seen before the wedding and a Keto-friendly cheesecake to accommodate Tebow’s diet.

The two both posted photos from the wedding on their instagram accounts. “Forever,” Tebow wrote, sharing an image of the two smiling and embracing on their big day, Nel Peters‘s veil whipping around them. Peters’ posted a candid of the two walking back up the aisle together after where guests threw white petals at them. She captioned the photo, “Forever and Always.”