The ChallengeStar Sylvia Elsrode Is Married: 'My Heart Was Beating Out of My Chest'
Mar. 15, 2025Sylvia Elsrode (left); Sylvia Elsrode and Sergio Lyra.Photo:Sylvia Elsrode /Instagram
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The Challenge’sSylvia Elsrodeis officially married!
Elsrode, 35, reposted several of her friends' photos and videos from her special day on herInstagram Stories, one of which shows her and Lira sharing their first dance as a married couple in their formal wear and matching cowboy hats.The Challengealum wore a white mermaid gown with balloon sleeves as her partner wore a classic tuxedo.
The bride also shared a candid photo of herself in her gown and long, lace veil. She captioned the pre-wedding moment, “My heart was beating out of my chest.”
Sylvia Elsrode in her wedding dress.Sylvia Elsrode /Instagram
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According toThe Knot, the wedding took place in the evening at The Legacy at Green Hills in Kansas City, Missouri. The bride had a maid of honor and a matron of honor, as well as six bridesmaids. Meanwhile, Lira had a best man and seven groomsmen.
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Sergio Lira (left) and Sylvia Elsrode.Sylvia Elsrode /Instagram
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Per the wedding website, the couple met in 2015 when Elsrode was working as a bartender. She shared that Lira “made it a point to visit me at the bar” numerous times after their first interaction. “Each time my heart would skip a beat, loving every moment we got to spend together. After several weekends of playful flirting, I finally gave him my number,” she wrote.
The two had a rocky start, but felt that the “timing was finally right” in 2018. Now, they share two sons after having welcomed their second child in February.
“We’re a little late to the party. Mommy had to have an unexpected extended stay at the hospital but world 🌎 we’d like to introduce: Enzo Nico Lira,” she wrote in an emotionalInstagrampost at the time. “Our hearts couldn’t be fuller, our family is complete. Officially a family of 4 🩵.”
Elsrodeannounced her engagementto Lira on her Instagram in March 2023 in a since-deleted post that read, “I get to marry my best friend! #FutureMrsLira 💍.”
Earlier this summer, Elsrode paid tribute to her friends while sharing a carousel of pictures from an “INCREDIBLE weekend” that they planned for her while she was 55 days out from her wedding day. “So thankful for these women,” she wrote inthe caption.
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