Why Nikki Bella Opted to Walk Down the Aisle Alone at Her Wedding to Artem Chigvintsev

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Nikki Bella didn't need anyone to give her away at her wedding. In an interview with, the 38-year-old former WWE star reveals why she walked herself down the aisle at her August wedding to Artem Chigvintsev.«I walked myself down the aisle because I'm about to be 39 and I don't need to be given away,» she explains. «I’m a mother.

I'm an entrepreneur.»Bella and Chigvintsev, who were first linked in 2018, are parents to 2-year-old Matteo.While she didn't want an escort, Bella did want her loved ones close to her on her wedding day, so she carried two rosaries, one from her grandmother and another from Chigvintsev's mother, and wore her great-grandmother’s rose-shaped ring.«I’ve done a lot of things on my own in life, so while I knew I wanted to walk myself down the aisle, I also wanted to have the presence of all these strong women with me,» she shares.The pair tied the knot in Paris, after a Napa Valley reception unexpectedly fell through.«Artem and I went to Paris on a secret vacation when we were first dating and didn't want the world to know we were a couple yet,» she recalls. «After that, we always said, 'Run away to Paris with me.' It's always held a special place in our hearts, and when Napa wasn't working out, we were like, 'We just need to run away to Paris.

Let’s make it work.' It was literally a fairy-tale ending.»That fairy-tale included four outfits, which fans will get to see for the first time when her four-part wedding docuseries, , airs on  in early 2023.«Sometimes I feel like some people are scared to express themselves in fashion, so they hold back in real life.

When it's your wedding, it's time to be fearless,» she says. "... When I walked down the aisle, I wanted to be the strong, fierce woman, but also.