{"id":749392,"date":"2022-01-14T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/14\/look-danielle-brooks-ties-the-knot-in-miami\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:16:10","slug":"look-danielle-brooks-ties-the-knot-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/14\/look-danielle-brooks-ties-the-knot-in-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"LOOK: Danielle Brooks ties the knot in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cOrange Is the New Black\u201d star Danielle Brooks has married Dennis Gelin in Miami.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old actress – who is best known for playing Tasha ‘Taystee’ Jefferson in \u201cOrange Is the New Black\u201d – recently married Dennis Gelin at the historic Alfred DuPont Building in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her wedding day, Danielle said: “Getting to walk down the aisle with my dad, Dunnel, who just had hip surgery after living with pain for two years, meant the world to me.”<\/p>\n

However, Danielle’s wedding preparations were undermined by the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

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She told Vogue: “Everything was going pretty well until Omicron hit the country.<\/p>\n

“It was a bit too late in the process to turn back, so we added extra precautions with required PCR tests and rapid tests the day of the wedding. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say our wedding planner, D\u2019Concierge, was out of this world amazing. He never panicked and kept us level-headed during the ups and downs.”<\/p>\n

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Danielle turned to designer Oluwagbemisola Okunlol for one of the two dresses she wore on her big day.<\/p>\n

And the actress revealed she was determined to “highlight” the work of a black designer, who flew “all the way from London” to make sure that Danielle’s address arrived in Miami.<\/p>\n

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Danielle – who has shared some behind-the-scenes images from her wedding day on social media – added: “I feel like when it comes to the wedding process, black creatives aren\u2019t highlighted enough. Alonuko gave me the dress of my dreams.<\/p>\n

“She flew all the way from London to make sure it arrived. I knew I wanted her one-of-a-kind, flesh-toned mesh with custom embroidery and a big huge skirt. Wearing her dress made me want to get married every day, I loved it so much.”<\/p>\n