![]() ![]() ![]() Porsha was once involved with oil baron, Jide Omokare, who has since gone into oblivion, following his fraud case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.Īt another time, she was involved with Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue jnr, the son of a former President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. The two lovebirds became engaged last year in May 2021 following just a month of dating and after Guobadia’s divorce from Porsha’s Real Housewives co-star, Falynn Guobadia, was finalized.Ī native of Benin City in Edo State, Guobadia is the CEO of Simcol Petroleum Limited Company, as well as a relative of Aisha Guobadia, a former gold merchant and socialite jailed in the United Kingdom for some time before returning to Nigeria in 2000. The fairytale-inspired reception ball was held in an ornate room at the St. Porsha’s three-year-old daughter, whom she shares with her ex-fiance, Dennis McKinley, was the flower girl, while 58 year old Simon’s oldest son of five children from two of his three previous marriages, walked him down the aisle. He walked down the aisle with her on Saturday in a traditional church ceremony, after initially tying the knot on Friday in Nigerian traditional ceremony.ģ50 guests were in attendance to witness the nuptials that took place at a Methodist Church. When the couple returned home from the trip, Porsha did an ancestry DNA test and was surprised to discover that she’s 44 percent Nigerian, specifically from the western part of the country, where Simon’s mom is from.Nigerian businessman, Simon Guobadia and his American reality TV star wife, Porsha Williams had the lucky opportunity to say ‘I do’ again during a second and lavish wedding ceremony held in Atlanta. “If you didn’t know any better, you could’ve sworn she’d been to Nigeria a few times,” Simon told PEOPLE. I learned a lot.”ĭuring a trip to his hometown of Benin in October, Porsha and Simon really “embraced” Nigeria. So, I had to be very, very serious, and I was very adamant that each detail was going to be authentic to their culture. “I wanted to make sure that I was as respectful as possible because I didn’t want to not do anything that wasn’t within tradition, within their culture. “I looked up different things about an Edo bride, about the Benin culture, about their ceremonies, just so that I would not be totally green,” she said. As for the cake, it was a traditional Benin cake.Įver since they announced their engagement in May of 2021, after one month of dating, Williams said she “knew” she wanted “to honor” Guobadia’s culture at their wedding. ![]() To represent Porsha’s southern roots, they also had fried lobster, steak and cornbread. The entree was catered traditional Benin foods like snails, egusi, meat pies and okra stew from the local restaurant Little Lagos. It should be really, really beautiful and give you that authentic African feel.” “The whole room should be transformed with beautiful colors of browns and rose golds and tans and creams. “I want them to feel like they have taken a flight and landed in Benin,” she said. Then, at the reception, Porsha said she wanted her guests to feel like they were in Nigeria. Throughout the native law and custom ceremony, which was led by a spokesperson from each side of the couple’s family, traditional Benin singers and dancers performed. “It’s going to be a beautiful expression of fashion, love and family.” I should be a stylist after this! It’s going to be interesting to see people’s take on the fabric,” she added. “I personally chose the fabrics that they’re going to be wearing, including their head wrap, their gele. ![]() “It was a huge undertaking,” Porsha said. With the fabric, each family member could choose how they wanted to design it. Men, meanwhile, wear an agbada, an oversized kaftan designed from guinea or lace, and a hat made of asoke fabric.įollowing tradition, the couple provided the cultural fabric to make their family members’ clothing for the day. Real Housewives Of Atlanta Star Porsha Williams And Simon Guobadia Wed In Nigerian Ceremony NovemBy Kim Stempel Real Housewives of Atlanta fans were shocked when Porsha Williams. Women often accessorize with a gele (an ornate head wrap) and by carrying a fan. Typically, Nigerian Yoruba and Edo cultural attire for women includes iro and buba, a vibrant skirt and top that is usually heavily beaded. ![]()
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