page_title: Marian Rivera
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Marian Rivera / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Marain Rivera who are tying the knot with longtime boyfriend Actor Dingdong Dantes walks down the aisle with two of the most important people in her life: her parents Francisco Javier Gracia Alonso Amalia Rivera at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cubao, Quezon City, Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Showbiz Friends, guests and Releatives witness the Wedding of the year.
context_page_description: Marian Rivera Gracia-Dantes or Marian Gracia Rivera de Dantes is a Spanish-Filipino commercial model and actress, best known for her roles in MariMar, Dyesebel, Amaya, and Temptation of Wife.
  As a recording artist, Rivera has released two studio albums: the Marian Rivera Dance Hits and Retro Crazy. She has starred in such films as My Bestfriend's Girlfriend, You to Me Are Everything, and Panday 2.
  She was included in 2011's Top 20 Endorsers. She was hailed as FHM Magazine's Sexiest Woman in 2008, 2013, and 2014, setting the record of three cumulative victories through voting online and SMS.
context_section_description: In August 2014, during a live airing of Rivera's dance program, Dantes, her longtime boyfriend, made a special guest appearance. Dantes made a surprise live proposal to Rivera. It was the second proposal by Dantes; the first one was in Macau. In order to marry him, she had to be received into the Roman Catholic Church via conditional baptism as her baptism in Spain was not recognized as valid.
  On 30 December 2014, she married Dingdong Dantes. The wedding was held at Cubao Cathedral in Quezon City, while the reception took place at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, and was televised on GMA Network. Dantes and Rivera had invited over 1,200 guests to their wedding. In April 2015, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child. Rivera gave birth to a daughter, Maria Letizia (named Zia), at the Makati Medical Center on 23 November 2015.
  Rivera supports breastfeeding in public. She was given the Breastfeeding Influencer and Advocate Award by the Mother and Child Nurses Association of the Philippines on 25 November 2016, citing her advocacy for public breastfeeding.
  In September 2018, Dantes and Rivera announced that they were expecting their second child. Their son, Jose Sixto Gonzalez (named Ziggy), was born at the Makati Medical Center on 16 April 2019.
caption: Rivera walking down the aisle at her wedding, December 2014
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