Ana Beatriz Barros: My bridesmaids were all models but dresses were still a nightmare

The model admitted her bridesmaids' constant opinions on their dresses were a 'nightmare'
Ana Beatriz Barros with her model “bride squad”

Choosing a dress that suits all the bridesmaids is a headache for any bride. Even, it turns out, when the bridesmaids are models who would look great in anything.

Victoria’s Secret star Ana Beatriz Barros married businessman Karim El Chiaty on the Greek island of Mykonos last year, with fellow catwalk stars Alessandra Ambrosio, Fernanda Motta and Isabeli Fontana among her 10 model bridesmaids.

The Brazilian model, 34, told Hello! Fashion Monthly that the style credentials of her “bride squad” did not prevent drama over their outfits, saying: “Oh, they [the dresses] were a bit of a nightmare!

“They all wanted something different to wear; one would say, ‘I don’t look good in pink’ then another would say, ‘I don’t like the style of this or that’. Can you imagine, all these models, they’re so aware of what works on them and what doesn’t so they had all these opinions. And, of course, in the end they all looked amazing, and they would have looked amazing in anything!”

The three-day ceremony took place last July. Barros walked down the aisle in front of 1,500 guests in a custom-made Valentino gown and wore three other dresses during the celebrations. She said: “It was simply the best moment of my life. You stand there and think: ‘Is this really all for me? Do I deserve all this?’ It was just magical.”

She also joked how the guest list got some pulses racing: “Even my dad was saying on the day, ‘Oh my goodness, I have never seen so many beautiful women in my life’. And afterwards the whole of Mykonos was asking my father-in-law to thank me for bringing all these women to the island.”

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Barros was spotted by a scout on a beach when she was on holiday in Rio de Janeiro as a teenager. She was signed by Elite Model Management and at 15 moved to New York — with her mother to keep her grounded.

Ana Beatriz Barros in a shoot for Hello! Fashion Monthly (Andrew Woffinden)

“She didn’t let success go to my head,” Barros said. “She taught me that my integrity was my most valuable asset, that I had to be professional and always remember it’s a job.

“Some girls do become divas, I have seen it. But nobody can stand people like that — after a while nobody wants to work with a diva.”

The full interview appears in the June issue of Hello! Fashion Monthly, on sale today

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