Erica Rose from The Bachelor and her fiance, Charles Sanders, have tied the knot.
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Erica and Charles, who got engaged back in September, wed in a traditional Jewish ceremony on Sunday at Congregation Emanu El in Houston, TX, Us Weekly reported.
Erica donned a lace and embellished mermaid-style gown, complete with a thick silver necklace and tiara.
Following the romantic ceremony and formal cocktail reception held at their synagogue -- which featured a string quartet and harpist -- the reception was reportedly held a vintage converted movie theater called Majestic Metro.
Among the whopping 300 guests were many familiar faces from The Bachelor franchise: AshLee Frazier Williams, Vienna Girardi, Tara Durr, Holly Julian, Blake Durst, Sadie Murray, Jamie Otis Hehner, Kasey Kahl, Renee Simlak, Melissa Schreiber, and even Prince Lorenzo Borghese, who starred on The Bachelor's ninth season when Erica competed back in 2006.
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Erica, 35, and her daughter, Holland, were reportedly escorted down the aisle by Erica's dad while Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up" was being played.
And the bridal party included eight bridesmaids -- all wearing cherry-red cocktail dresses -- and eight groomsmen, who were childhood friends of the couple, according to Us.
Erica had one outfit change throughout the night, as she rocked a custom-designed blush lace dress by designer Alex Martinez for the reception, which boasted a large red, pink and white rose-wall with the word "Cherica," the couple's nickname, written across it.
Erica initially opened up about her wedding details during a September interview with the magazine.
"Charles and I are both obsessed with the '90s, so we want our theme to be '90s for the party," Erica shared with Us at the time, adding that the temple would be decorated with cherry blossoms and cherries to tie in their nickname.
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"It's a symbol of our relationship. I'm going to wear a tiara for the wedding and Charles wants to wear a crown!"
Charles, an independent insurance adjuster for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is not the biological father of Holland.
Erica welcomed her baby girl into the world with ex-boyfriend Galen Gentry in September 2016. Erica and Galen began dating in November 2015, and she revealed she was expecting her first child with the lawyer in February 2016. The pair planned to marry but their nuptials never came to fruition.
Erica therefore told Us that she was friends with Charles in high school and they became reacquainted while she was pregnant with Holland.
"I gained a lot of weight during my first pregnancy and I had random people including one of Charles' relatives stalking me," Erica previously shared. "She was literally following me into stores and taking pictures of me to show how much weight I'd gained. That's what made him start to think about me."
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Erica revealed that she messaged Charles on Bumble shortly after the incident and he replied right away, which sparked a romance.
Erica apparently fell in love with her new husband when they took a vacation to Aspen, CO, back in August.
"Holland was having altitude sickness and he took care of her," Erica recalled. "I never told a guy I loved him first in my entire life, but I said it then. We were going to bed and I told Holland I loved her and then I said to Charles, 'I love you too.' And he said it back."
After initially vying for the affection of Lorenzo on The Bachelor's ninth season, Erica went on to compete on Season 2 and Season 3 of Bachelor Pad. Erica also later appeared on VH1's You're Cut Off! reality series.
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