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The BachelorettehostJesse Palmermight not have ended up with any of hisseason 5contestants, but he did find love with model Emely Fardo.
Shortly after ABC announced Palmer would betaking the reins as host of the popular franchisein September 2021, PEOPLE confirmed that the formerBachelorleading man wasmarried. Palmer had previously appeared on the series as the fifth Bachelor in 2004. He ended his season in a relationship withJessica Bowlin, but the pair broke it off a month later.
Palmer began dating Fardo around 2017, and the two became engaged in Paris in July 2019. “I’ve been so enamored, so in love with this woman and it only has grown. I’m head over heels for her,” he told theDaily Mailafter their engagement. In 2020, the pair said “I do” during an intimate ceremony after postponing their original wedding plans due to the pandemic. In 2022, they celebrated their love witha second wedding.
Fardo and Palmer welcomed their first child, daughterElla Reine, in January 2024.
“Our worlds have been forever changed. Our hearts are overflowing with love and gratitude,” the new parents wrote on Instagram in a joint post.
She’s a model and photographer
Fardo is originally from Brazil, but she later moved to New York City to start her career. While it’s unclear when she began modeling, shepostedabout her new modeling comp cards from New York Model Management in 2016.
Most of the shots Fardo has shared on her Instagram page appear to be from various fashion shoots, but she has also posted images of herselfwalking the runway.
Fardo doesn’t only enjoy being in front of the camera — she’s worked as a professional photographer, too. The Brazilian model previously shared several of her professional shots on Instagram. In 2016 and 2017, Fardo posted some of her food photography, includingcocktailsandsyrupy pancakesfrom restaurants in New York. She alsoshared a wedding photoof a recently married couple that she had taken.
She and Palmer met in a boxing class
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Although Palmer and Fardo both work in entertainment, they met off the clock — in a boxing class.
After getting engaged,the former NFL quarterbacktold theDaily Mailthat he and Fardo met during a boxing class and that he felt an immediate connection to her. “She has taught me, cares for me like no one else,” he went on to say. “She has made me be the best version of myself. She loves me unconditionally.”
They kept their wedding a secret
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Fardo and Palmer share a lot about their relationship online, but the two kept their wedding under wraps. In fact, fans didn’t even realize they had tied the knot until they were seen wearing wedding bands in the summer of 2021.
The couple gotmarriedon June 5, 2020, in a quiet and private ceremony at a close friend’s house in Connecticut after having to cancel their initial plans to wed in Provence, France. “We were only able to invite a small group of close friends that live in the greater N.Y.C. area and that were in quarantine at the time,” they told PEOPLE. “We had a lovely afternoon and look forward to celebrating our love with our parents and immediate families all together soon!”
Despite the scaled-down ceremony, the newlyweds couldn’t have been happier about their nuptials. “Big or small, wedding party or not, we feel so grateful and lucky to have found each other!” they said.
In June 2023, Palmer marked the couple’s anniversary with asweet Instagram post. “The love of my life 💕,” he captioned a selfie of him and Fardo. “#HappyAnniversary.”
They had a second wedding in France
In July 2022, Fardo revealed that the couple had a second wedding at Château De La Gaude, a luxury hotel in Aix-en-Provence, France. She shared photos of her and Palmer in a garden, both looking lovely in their wedding attire.
“And so this happened… I got to marry the love of my life AGAIN but this time in front of our immediate family,” shecaptioned the post. “It was a dream come true and the most beautiful and emocional day of my life! I’ll never forget it.”
She loves to travel
Fardo loves to travel, and her Instagram is full of photos from her trips around the globe.
She previously posted photos of herself takinga dip in the Blue Lagoonin Iceland, hanging out with Palmeron a boatin Italy, drinking wine inFranceand goingsightseeingin London — just to name a few.
When it came time for Palmer to pop the question, theBachelorhost knew the perfect place to do it. He planned a secret trip to Paris, where the couple took their first vacation together, but told Fardo they were heading to his home in Montreal to avoid any suspicion.
“On Monday morning I surprised her and said ‘Pack your bags, we’re going to the airport,’ " he told theDaily Mail. The pair spent a few days in Paris before heading to Champagne, where Palmer surprised Fardo with a 3.5-carat diamond ring.
“I was trying to find the right one she would like. I wanted to get the ring shape, setting and band right,” he said. “She said I knocked it out of the park.”
In December 2022, Fardo shared photos from a romantic trip to Saint Barths, including a cute picture of her and Palmer smiling in sunglasses and another of them kissing on the beach.
“Saint Barths is definitely a great place for a birthday celebration!! Birthday week with my love 🎂🎉🥂,“she wrotein the caption.
In March 2023, Fardo traveled to Thailand to visit Palmer on the set ofThe Bachelor.
She and Palmer have a dog
Fardo and Palmer adopted their dog LouLou in 2020. The Australian shepherd-poodle mix has her ownInstagram, which lists her full name as Mademoiselle Loulou Palmer. The pup’s bio says she is “the sweetest of the beasts” and will “do anything for food.” Loulou is regularly spotted in photos with Fardo and Palmer on their own Instagrams.
Given how the couple first met, it’s unsurprising that Fardo is a big fan of exercise. The model regularly shares photos of herself doing different kinds of workouts, often with Palmer as her gym buddy.
She’s posted photos of the pairdoing pilatesand shared a snap of herselfgoing for a runwith Loulou in tow.
Fardo and Palmer have also kept up with their boxing practice after their meet-cute — in 2020, Fardo shared that she completed 12Rumble boxing classesin three weeks and brought Palmer along to finish out the challenge.
She and Palmer share a daughter
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“She’s finally here,” they captioned the image.
In August 2023, Palmer and Fardo spoke with PEOPLE about becoming first-time parents.
source: people.com
