By Glen Williams
Pictures: Andrew Jacob
A year and a day after they met, the reality stars tie the knot…
There was a buzz running round the streets of Tamworth. Word had travelled over backyard fences and milkbar counters — the nice bloke from that TV show, The Farmer Wants A Wife, was getting married.
The locals were thrilled for Chris Newsome and his beautiful bride-to-be Kim Tierney. They’d been brave enough to go on a reality TV show but, better still, they’d actually found love.
“The local people have been so kind to us,” Kim tells Woman’s Day on the morning of the big day. “There has been such a positive buzz about town. Wherever we go, people have been wishing us well. We’re looking forward to sharing a happy day filled with laughter, friends, family and the people of Tamworth.
“Chris and I now live on a farm outside Byron Bay, but we wanted to come back here, to where it all began, to get married. It’s exactly one year and a day since Chris and I first met, sitting on that hay bale, and felt an instant connection.”
Indeed, the people of this northern New South Wales town can’t show Kim and Chris enough kindness.
When Woman’s Day shows up at St Nicholas Catholic Church, volunteers are tending the grounds so it looks immaculate for the couple. Some are so keen to see farmer Chris take his wife, they gather on the steps a couple of hours before the ceremony is even set to start.
For the full story, see this week’s issue of Woman’s Day (on sale June 23, 2008).
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