She said yes to the dress! Golden bachelor bride Theresa Nist, 70, puts on her ivory wedding dress – just hours before tying the knot with Gerry Turner in a romantic sunset ceremony

Golden bachelor bride Theresa Nist was spotted in her ivory wedding dress on Thursday afternoon, hours before she tied the knot with Gerry Turner.

Exclusive photos from Ny Breaking.com show the glamorous septuagenarian riding a golf cart in a frothy tulle confection designed by New York fashion house Badgley Mishka.

Nist, who also wore a veil, paired the dress with a pair of simple pale gold satin sandals and held a huge bouquet of apricot roses.

Turner, 72, was nowhere to be seen but has said he will wear a smart tuxedo to exchange vows with Nist under a blush pink rose arch later in the evening.

Preparations for the ceremony were underway all day at the La Quinta Resort and Club in La Quinta, California.

Exclusive photos from Ny Breaking.com show the glamorous septuagenarian riding a golf cart in a frothy tulle confection designed by New York fashion house Badgley Mishka

Workmen were seen early this morning putting the finishing touches to the rose arch.

Meanwhile, rows of cream-cushioned chairs were laid out for guests, including several members of the Golden Bachelor cast.

The outdoor ceremony, which started at 5pm PST, was lit by large church candles, each on its own black cast iron stand.

Behind a rose arch made up of blush pink and cream flowers, the majestic Santa Rosa Mountains tower over the $300-a-night Coachella Valley hotel.

After the ceremony, guests were treated to a choice of two wedding cakes: a vanilla, chocolate and cappuccino confection, picked by Turner, and a lemon and raspberry number chosen by Nist.

Turner and Nist's wedding is the first in the Golden Bachelor franchise — itself a spinoff of ABC's Bachelor and Bachelorette series.

Like other shows in the series, The Golden Bachelor has not been without controversy after Turner, the “retired restaurateur” from Indiana, turned out to be a spa maintenance man who sold his last restaurant, a hamburger joint called Mr. Quick, in 1985.

And despite claiming to have been single since his 43-year-old wife Toni died unexpectedly in 2017, Turner has dated multiple women since her death — and even dumped an ex-girlfriend in January 2020 after she reportedly gained weight.

Nist, who also wore a veil, paired the dress with a pair of simple pale gold satin sandals and held a huge bouquet of apricot roses.

The outdoor ceremony, which began at 5:00 PM PST, was lit by large church candles, each on its own black cast iron stand

Turner and Nist's wedding is the first in the Golden Bachelor franchise

Even his romance with Nist hasn't quite gone to plan, with a blubbering Turner almost handing the rose to runner-up Leslie Fhima.

In the finale, broadcast on November 30, Turner spent a night each with Nist and Fhima, telling each woman individually that she was “the one.”

After finally choosing Nist and presenting her with a 3.5-carat princess-cut diamond ring from Neil Lane, a sobbing Turner said of Fhima, “The only time I've felt this bad in my life is when my woman died and this is fucking coming. close second.'

He added: “I took a very good person and broke her heart.”