Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello Are Married: Inside Their Star-Studded Palm Beach Wedding Weekend!
Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello are now officially husband and wife!
The gorgeous couple tied the knot at The Breakers Palm Beach resort in Florida on Sunday, surrounded by nearly 400 of their close family and friends. The 43-year-old actress wore a custom Zuhair Murad gown and was dripping in Lorraine Schwartz jewelry as her 23-year-old son, Manolo, walked her down the aisle. Meanwhile, Manganiello, 38, sported a John Varvatos tux.
Celebrity guests included her Hot Pursuit co-star Reese Witherspoon, his Magic Mike co-star Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan, True Blood's Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer and Vergara's Modern Family castmates Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ty Burell, Julie Bowen, Ed O'Neill, Ariel Winter, and Sarah Hyland. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harvey Weinstein, Georgina Chapman, Roselyn Sanchez and more were also in attendance.
Shortly before the nuptials, a priest was seen arriving. Guests were asked to check their cellphones and cameras into a security table prior to entering the space.
Mindy Weiss served as wedding planner for the event with celebrity florist Jeff Leatham providing elaborate floral installations, decking the ballrooms out with light green and dark pink flowers. Famed New York cake designer Sylvia Weinstock will provide the desserts for the evening. And the actors' spared no expense spoiling their guests, Vergara even provided hair and makeup for all the women attending.
The ceremony caps off an eventful weekend for the Vergara-Manganiello party. The lovebirds arrived Thursday night and enjoyed nightly dinners with their loved ones.
As more friends and family arrived at the resort, the celebrations increased, culminating Saturday when Vergara started off the day poolside. Later in the evening, guests were shuttled to The Brazilian Court Hotel’s CafĂ© Boulud for a rehearsal dinner before returning to Breakers for a dessert party that went into the wee hours. Vergara and Manganiello didn’t leave the festivities -- which included an elaborate cake spread, Colombian singer Jorge Celedon, a special performance by the groom and tons of dancing -- until 2 a.m.
In lieu of gifts, the couple requested donations be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital.
The nuptials mark Vergara's second wedding -- she wed her high school sweetheart, Joe, when she was 18, but they split three years later -- and Manganiello's first.
The couple have been dating since July 2014, after she ended her engagement to businessman Nick Loeb in May. After a whirlwind romance, Manganiello popped the question on Christmas Day.
In June, Vergara explained to ET why she decided on a destination wedding. "I want all the people from Colombia and South America and from Europe to be able to make it to the wedding and Los Angeles is very far away from everything," she said. She also confirmed that she's not having any bridesmaids or having a bachelorette party, citing her Latin America roots.
"In Latin America we don't do bachelorette parties," she explained.
Vergara has also admitted that she initially though Manganiello was too good-looking to date!
"I didn't want to go out with him for a long time because I thought he was too good-looking," she confessed to InStyle in September. "Like, it's too much work, and I'm older. I'm 43 years old. I don't want to deal with a guy that every girl is after, you know? But then I gave him a chance. I realized he's not like a typical handsome guy. He's not vain. He's very serious, very straightforward, very easy."
For his part, Manganiello has admitted to his immediate attraction to the Modern Family star, when the two first met at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in May 2014. The Magic Mike actor was even caught checking out her famous derriere, though the two had yet to start dating at the time.
But will the two be expecting kids soon? According to Vergara, it's a real possibility.
"He's younger than me and he's never had kids, so of course if we can do it, why not?" Vergara told ET in January at the SAG Awards. "It needs a lot of planning, but we have to leave it to God to see if it happens."
Among the famous faces in the crowd were Hollywood pals Reese Witherspoon, Vergara’s Modern Family costar Julie Bowen, and Manganiello’s Magic Mike megahunks including Matt Bomer. Vergara’s son Manolo, 23, was also in attendance.
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