Tiffany Trump & Lebanese Billionaire Michael Boulos Tie Knot at Lavish Wedding at Mar-a-Lago
Edited by: Fern Sidman
Having been engaged since January of 2021, Ms. Tiffany Trump, daughter of former President Donald J. Trump and actress Marla Maples finally tied the knot on Saturday afternoon at her father’s Palm Peach, Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago. Her new husband is 25-year old Lebanese-American billionaire, Michael Boulos. Ms. Trump is 29 and a 2020 graduate of Georgetown University law school.
Boulos is the heir to Boulos Enterprises, a Nigerian distribution and assembly company for vehicles including motorcycles and power bikes, run by his father, Massad Boulos, as was reported by the New York Times. The couple started dating in 2018.
As guests gathered before the ceremony, the sound system piped in “Nessum dorma,” from Puccini’s opera Turandot, the Palm Beach Daily News reported. It is the song that Donald and Melania chose for their first dance at their own wedding more than 15 years ago.
The Saturday afternoon ceremony was perfectly timed so that the couple finished their vows just as the sun was going down, the Palm Beach Daily News reported. Former President Trump escorted Tiffany down the aisle and kissed her on the cheek before she exchanged vows with Boulos, the New York Post reported.
Hurricane Nicole slammed into Florida earlier this week and shut down Palm Beach International Airport, which affected who was able to fly in for the couple’s big day, the Post reported.
A source previously told Page Six that the newlyweds were expecting 500 guests to attend their Mar-a-Lago nuptials. It was unclear at the time just how many people had to change their RSVP due to the storm.
Toni Breiss, a Lebanese wedding and event planner known for his over-the-top productions, was brought on to realize the couple’s dream wedding, the New York Times reported.
The bride wore a custom dress designed by Elie Saab and her mother, Marla Maples also wore a mother of the bride dress designed by Saab.
“Elie Saab helped create the magic,” Marla Maples said via her representative, Stuart Watts, the NYT reported.
The bride chose the Grecian goddess-inspired gown by the Lebanese designer as a nod to Boulos’s heritage and thought it fitting for their American-Lebanese wedding, the bride said, as was reported by the NYT.
The bride’s parents were married from 1993 to 1999 and while Tiffany is the only child of that union, she is close with her half siblings, her father’s children from first wife, Ivana Trump who passed away earlier this year at her Manhattan home.
At her bridal shower last weekend, Tiffany was photographed with half sister, Ivanka Trump and at her wedding rehearsal dinner held this past Friday at Mar-a-Lago, Tiffany was in the company of Lara Trump, who is married to her half brother Eric, as well as former Fox News television host Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is engaged to her other half brother Donald Jr., who also attended the shower, according to the NYT report.
At the bridal shower, the NYT reported that Tiffany wore a white lace dress with cutouts at the waist and puff-sleeve shoulders designed by Oscar Lopez. The groom’s mother, Sarah Fadoul Boulos, was also in attendance.
The identities of guests who attended the wedding were kept confidential, but days before the event, a friend of Tiffany Trump’s who asked not to be named said in an email that Gaia Matisse, the daughter of artists Sophie Matisse and Alain Jacquet, Karen Shiboleth, a socialite, and Peter Brant Jr., a socialite and model, were invited and expected to attend, the NYT reported.
In an Instagram post, the bride’s mother, Marla Maples wrote: “Tiffany Ariana: Once I held you in my arms. Now as I watch you move forward with love, know you’ll always be my baby, now and beyond your wedding day. Love, Mom,” as was reported by the NYT.
In a text sent through her representative, Ms. Maples wrote, “This is such a special opportunity for family and close friends to celebrate Tiffany and Michael’s divine union with so much love, joy and unity.”
