TRISTA AND RYAN
The Bachelorette — December 6, 2003
Spectacle doesn't even begin to describe it. After a public courtship via The Bachelorette, Trista Rehn got ABC to throw her the Barbie Dream Wedding she always wanted — complete with paparazzi in helicopters hovering overhead and 17 million viewers watching at home. Much like Shelby's Steel Magnolias nuptials, Trista and Ryan's affair looked like it was hosed down with Pepto Bismol, from the pink chair covers and bridesmaid dresses to the reported 30,000 pink and white roses and the ''sand ceremony,'' in which the bride and groom poured colored sand (his blue, hers pink, natch) into a single vase to symbolize their unity. The wedding was such a testament to girlyness, in fact, one almost expected it to end with Ryan's ritualistic castration — with a pink sword. —Kristen Baldwin
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