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Kim's moving tribute to late father as she weds basketball star love


August 22, 2011
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Kris Humphries has officially caught up with Kim Kardashian - the basketball pro and the reality star are now husband and wife. Thirty-year-old Kim and Kris, 26, tied the knot on Saturday night in the exclusive Montecito area near Santa Barbara, California.

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The ceremony will be televised as a two-part special on E! in October. It is the first marriage for Kris, who last played for the NBA's New Jersey Nets, and the second for Kim, star of E!'s Keeping Up With The Kardashians. She was married to music producer Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004. Kim wore a gorgeous ivory gown designed by Vera Wang. Her stepfather, Bruce Jenner, walked her down the aisle in front of 440 guests. Among them were Demi Lovato, Mario Lopez, Eva Longoria, Sugar Ray Leonard, Alan Thicke, Avril Lavigne and Lindsay Lohan.

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The bride tribute to her late father Robert Kardashian in the wedding program which was given to invitees. "I so wish my dad could be here today to walk me down the aisle," she wrote. "But in a way I know he is here and I feel his loving presence all around me. "I love you and miss you dad." Kim's gown had a tulle skirt, basque waist and Chantilly lace, and was matched with a pair of Giuseppe Zanotti shoes. The brunette beauty planned to wear two other Vera Wang dresses before the night and the party were over.

Her sisters and TV co-stars Kourtney, 32, and Khloe, 27, served as maids of honour.

The groom wore a white peak lapel tuxedo jacket, black tuxedo trousers, a white shirt and a white bow tie, all designed by Ermenegildo Zegna.Kim and Kris began dating late last year and announced their engagement in May. He proposed on bended knee with a 20.5-carat ring by spelling out "Will you marry me?" in rose petals.More on celebrity weddings

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