Big Brother star Chanelle Hayes has made the decision to put her wedding dress shopping on hold as she prepares to undergo more surgery.
34-year-old Chanelle – who said "yes" to businessman fiancé Dan Bingham after he proposed earlier this year – has exclusively told OK! that he insecurities regarding her figure have prevented her from wanting to find the perfect dress just yet.
When asked if she's decided on the perfect style she has in mind, the mum-of-two revealed: "Not yet because I’m getting my boobs done in January, and until then I don’t even want to look at a wedding gown."
She added: "I’m also considering a tummy tuck to get rid of some of the loose skin I’ve developed since losing so much weight.
"I feel like nothing would fit properly until those two things are done and that would get me down. I don’t know whether I would have wanted to get married if I was still bigger."
Despite this, Chanelle – who shares sons Blakely, 11, and Frankie, four with respective ex-partners – has insisted that she's not going to let her weight concerns get in the way of her special day.
"But I am excited because I feel confident as I am now," she explained. "I know I definitely don’t want a big meringue-style dress and will probably go for something quite simple, but I’m not deciding anything for certain just yet."
Reality star Chanelle – who appeared on the eighth series of Big Brother back in 2007 when she was just 19-years-old – received gastric sleeve surgery in August 2020, just months before being introduced to fiancé Dan.
Chanelle's weight had risen to 17 stone before she had under the knife and since then, she has wanted to wanted to show fans that despite her body not being perfect, she can still be happy.
Though her first few dates with Dan, who has one daughter Amelia, 14, were held in the middle of a national lockdown and therefore involved eating takeaways and playing online music quizzes as opposed to being wined and dined, the pair quickly fell head-over-heels for each other, and back in April we exclusively revealed that he’d asked her to be his wife.
"This is the first time I’ve seen her without her pyjamas on," jokes Dan, as they pose for pictures during our OK! engagement shoot.
"Everyone’s got ‘a person’ and Dan is mine," she says, looking lovingly at him.
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