Married Andrew Dixon on September 21st, 2019

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HOW THEY MET…

Kira and, now husband, Andrew’s meeting was pure fate. While Miss America (to be) was working in a restaurant in the year of 2012, the marine-in-training, Andrew, walked in and immediately had his eyes set on Kira. He took a leap of faith when he asked for her number (with a little liquid courage, of course). After a whirlwind of a summer romance, the leap of faith proved to be successful when two years later, timing was perfect and they began their beautiful relationship.

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the venue…

*Kira described her private ranch venue as the “dreamiest location ever”*

the dress… the ceremony…

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Kira explained on her Instagram story that she just couldn’t seem to track down the perfect, unique, gown that didn’t make her feel like she was in a pageant…. until KJ stylist, Cassidy, showed her a photo of the Kim dress by Lee Petra Grebenau. She said the second she saw the horizontal lines and leather belt, she was SOLD! They decided to add an overskirt and make a few customizations in order to make the gown perfect for Kira’s style.

“Every detail of the ceremony had a special meaning behind it. We didn’t want the wedding to feel scripted or copied. We wanted it to be entirely unique to us,” says Kazantsev. “We spent a lot of time with our officiant in the year leading up to the wedding. He is a big fan of music and wine. One night when we were indulging in wine and discussing music and of course, the wedding, it somehow came up that the ranch where we were getting married was like a chapel. Then we spontaneously broke into singing ‘Chapel of Love,’ which stuck so much that we ended up singing it during the actual wedding ceremony.”