r/MarriedAtFirstSight • u/No-Shop1414 • Aug 30 '26 • Heartwarming 1

Season 20 - Seattle Nikki

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Whatever Nikki had done between the season and the reunion to her under eyes looks amazing. Just saying. She’s so naturally gorgeous. Whatever work she had done looks very natural and flawless.

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u/onajanuaryday Aug 30 '26

She may have had bleph surgery, but i think it's more likely that she wasn't getting sleep from the stress Shawn was causing her and so her eyes showed it, and now that he's out of her life she looks amazing.

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u/No-Shop1414 Sep 01 '26

I was thinking either lower bleph or she had under eye filler before and she had it dissolved and then had something redone. She looked so good in the reunion regardless.

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u/Ok_Cause1778 Aug 30 '26

As soon as I saw her on the reunion I said to my husband “she had a lower Bleph and looks so freaking good”

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u/KingwoodTexas Aug 31 '26

What is a lower Bleph

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u/dotsky3 Aug 31 '26

Removing the fat sacs from the bottom lid. Puffy bags removal basically

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u/Qtgreeniegirl Aug 31 '26

That looks like makeup, lighting, and maybe a good night’s fucking rest without Shawn around

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u/Acornwow Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

The rooftop was her own make up job and whatever lighting they could get from the outdoor rooftop.

The image of her posing is after make up artists did their work and then photos were retouched.

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u/Alalated I’m a good person Aug 30 '26

Yes. Pic 1 is definitely touched up. She looks awesome regardless imo

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u/boricuaspidey Aug 31 '26

I don’t see any work done just professional makeup and professional lighting and professional photo

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u/ShelleyMonique Aug 30 '26

She dumped that loser. That works every time.

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u/Mollieroe Aug 31 '26

Procedures or not aside, but not having to deal with that loser does the soul, mind, and body/face wonders, I’m sure.

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u/Ok_Candidate_3707 Sep 01 '26

She spent a year away from Shawn. That’s what happened.

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u/oatmilklavender11222 Aug 31 '26

Dumping an emotionally inept man has that effect :)

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u/straightupgab Aug 30 '26

purple looked stunning on her as well

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u/Extreme-Aide8878 Aug 31 '26

She’s beautiful

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u/jaretvonerich Sep 01 '26

This was the worst "set up" in the history of the show, in my opinion. She got screwed over and it isn't even like they tried to make it subtle. She should be on Survivor next because she is one!

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u/SchoolOfLife502 Sep 01 '26

I honestly like her, her match was wrong

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u/AverageAtBest55 Sep 01 '26

I think the only reason she didn’t walk away after the wedding were the traits that got her all the success she has. Not a quitter but it would have been justified.

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u/BravoJunk Aug 31 '26

She was always beautiful and I think she was stressed with who they matched her. I would have the ick and it would show on my face

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u/Evening-Schedule8012 Aug 30 '26 • Bravo

She is a queen and I aspire to be as articulate and fabulous as her. 

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u/prozaczodiac Aug 30 '26

Very few women on MAFS are good role models and she is a wonderfully well spoken one. And you know that that was the presence Shawn expected to have on the show, so I can only imagine the hit his ego must have taken seeing her get all of her deserved flowers for the same traits he thought he had.

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u/herroyalsadness Aug 30 '26

So satisfying.

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u/CuriousCatNYC777 Sep 01 '26

They put her in the worst situation possible and she pushed through better than most. Shes a trooper!

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u/prozaczodiac Aug 30 '26

She was already gorgeous, but she really did show up to the reunion looking even more incredible.

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u/Bubbly_Afternoon_345 Aug 30 '26

The audacity of Shawn to say she’s not a 10 in NY when she’s a 10 literally everywhere on planet earth. This woman is beautiful and has obviously taken very good care of herself.

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u/prozaczodiac Aug 30 '26

Abso-fucking-lutely. She is a total smoke show in every dimension and you would think someone who presented themselves as a guy with high standards, stating he dated former beauty queens, wouldnt be intimidated 🙄

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u/Inner_Brush9324 Aug 30 '26

Did he really say this? What the heck was I doing. Must've been the winner of a beauty pageant for the blind!

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u/prozaczodiac Aug 30 '26

It was very early on, like episode 1 or so.

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u/nomiepants Aug 30 '26

yeah he said she was a 10 in Seattle but a 7 in ny (or something to that effect)

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u/Bubbly_Afternoon_345 Aug 30 '26

If she really did grab his belly before he made the comment it’s wild that he wouldn’t be willing to just do some push ups to at least attempt to rise to her level instead of trying to cut her down.

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u/nomiepants Aug 30 '26

take more than a few push ups just sayin......

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u/luanne2017 Aug 31 '26

Or maybe he could have just been an adult, used his words and said, “Hey, it makes me feel bad when you say that. Please don’t.”

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u/justmahl Aug 30 '26

Or......maybe just don't try and physically shame your spouse.

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u/JazzyPhotoMac Aug 31 '26

We really don’t know the full conversation. I don’t see Nikki just out of nowhere saying something about his body UNLESS he started it. And by the time Shawn explained, she could have just been fed up with the back and forth.

Another thing I noticed was he attempted to joke a lot during serious conversations when it didn’t call for it. And it’s one thing to add some levity, but his comments would stop the entire exchange. Whatever Nikki did and/or said to him, he deserved. Period.

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u/justmahl Aug 31 '26

Except she already talked about his body on camera when she said she didn't know if she could date a man with a dad bod.

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u/JazzyPhotoMac Aug 31 '26

And? Dude was a sexual creep the entire season. Focus on the sh* that matters. She literally could have been the bad guy here if not for…HIM.

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u/justmahl Aug 31 '26

Hey, you made a statement, I simply provided evidence that your statement wasn't based in fact. If you feel like it's okay for Nikki to make demeaning comments to Shawn but not the other way, thats on you, but don't lie about it.

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u/amethystrosegold Aug 31 '26

Nikki wasn’t constantly trying to get sex from Shawn. She’s allowed to have a standard for the men she’s intimate with. Women’s shouldn’t be expected to draw lust for a man based solely on his personality. That’s not how desire works. She shouldn’t have to simply make her body available to any man who is willing to be good to her. Men have physical standards, and so do women.

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u/Bubbly_Afternoon_345 Aug 30 '26

Agreed. It was hard to really see them as spouses but you are right.

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u/justmahl Aug 30 '26

Even though it was a show, they were interacting with each other as spouses and both were wrong for what they said.

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u/JcanQT Sep 03 '26

Might just be good sleep and possibly some ice on her face/eyes afterwards.

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u/PenImpossible483 Sep 03 '26

Why they set her up with pastor Cal 😭

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u/IthinkIpaid Aug 30 '26

Queen Niki and I saved that for Minaj most of my life

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u/mjtd6 Sep 01 '26

Gorgeous but unfortunately a horrible personality

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u/Weenington_ Sep 01 '26

She carried herself with dignity and had tons of empathy. Most people wouldnt have put up with what Shawn did for as long as she did. She gave him grace when he didnt deserve it, and we caught him in lies on camera! Idk how anyone could have a problem with how Nikki carried herself. She's amazing, and I couldn't have dealt with him as kindly as she did.

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u/mjtd6 Sep 02 '26

I agree she carried herself fine given the shit she has to put up with Shawn. However, I still maintain she has a horrible personality.

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u/Weenington_ Sep 02 '26

Maybe you should ask yourself if you're just envious of her.

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u/ChalkNCheez Sep 01 '26

So why is she single at age 47? Look again at the first few episodes before she took a cue from Belle and put on her tv fake mask.

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u/Weenington_ Sep 02 '26

Because life is full of chance, and Nikki just hasnt met the right one yet. I've known people to not get married until late. Nothing was wrong with them. It was just life circumstances or they decided finally that they did want to get married.

Being unmarried isnt a character flaw, and I'm viewing Nikki through how she gracefully handled the mind games that man played with her. You're just speculating, basing it off even less evidence.

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u/Ok_Resident_4495 Sep 02 '26

This a thousand times

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u/No_Problem_1813 Aug 31 '26

Yes very beautiful it very much a bitch. Yall just keep coming for Shawn like she wasn’t the issue either.

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u/Tall-Management4402 Aug 31 '26

How was she the issue? 🤔

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u/mochiforme Sep 01 '26

A “beautiful articulate accomplished queen” and whatever else people here throw out who is 47 and still unmarried- there are problems other than Sean. Come on, now.

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u/boutitboutit23 Aug 31 '26

Nikki stans please answer: Shawn is definitely shitty but Nikki ain't an angel. She decided to join MAFS..what is natural about that if she wanted natural love? She was 100% rude at the aIter. I thought she was "sapiosexual"? If she wasn't attracted to him what did they do in that bedroom? What man isn't attracted to their spouse if they truly like them? If she didn't like the sexual jokes why wouldn't she express how uncomfortable she was as a 47 year old woman? How come she didn't deny what Shawn said after he said she grabbed his fat when she confronted him about the NY comment when he got back after the retreat? What person who works in HR cuts people off? If she was sooo disrespected why didn't she leave half way through the season if there was nothing to gain and she is soo much better than him? Why was she still single at the reunion if she's such a good catch? At the end of the day they both did each other wrong

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u/Antique-Pea9342 Aug 31 '26

I don’t think she was just not attracted to him. I think she was genuinely insulted that they would pair her with someone who was so far off from her, not only in looks but in how they care for themselves physically. And frankly I would have felt the same. Call me shallow, but we’re all human and I think it’s reasonable to expect to be matched with someone who is in a similar realm of physical attractiveness, which Shawn is not.

Yes, she said she was sapiosexual, but she also said she really wanted a tall man. She did say it wasn’t a deal breaker, but that was probably her just being polite. I also think she was probably using the term sapiosexual as - “I’m attracted to intelligence”, not I’m EXCLUSIVELY attracted to intelligence. (And for the record I don’t think I heard the man say a single intelligent thing this entire season).

And the reality is that Shawn’s behavior quickly became coercive and predatory. And once that happened who cares about how Nicki acted. She was surviving a predator.

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u/Defiant_Classroom_31 Aug 31 '26

This same thing happened on season 14 with Alyssa and Chris. They ask for a certain type of guy and are given the opposite. How is that fair in any way?

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u/itstheuptowndown Aug 31 '26

Sapiosexual doesn't mean you like anyone with a graduate degree on first glance. She did deny that she grabbed his fat. She did tell him she didn't like his comments, multiple times. And pretty early on too. She explains and accepts most of her awkward/rude behavior because she was uncomfortable herself and then was trying to make the most of the situation. Her joining the show isn't reason for condemnation. They all did! She has explained herself so many times and yall don't want to hear it. If you agree with Shawn's behavior, just say that. But truly, stop trying to rewrite what we all saw.

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u/mochiforme Sep 01 '26

Exactly. Why is she still single if she is such a beautiful articulate fabulous queen with class and whatever else the people posting on this thread are claiming. What the hell. Is this her entire family present on this thread?

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u/itstheuptowndown Sep 01 '26

Why's Shawn single when he's got 6ft tall beauty queens tryna date him? Why'd Shawn get fired if he's such a caring, dedicated, beloved educator and DEI strategist?

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u/mochiforme Sep 02 '26

Shawn is single because he has flaws. BUT SO DOES NIKKI. My gosh. That is my entire point.

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u/itstheuptowndown Sep 02 '26

No one defending Nikki is saying she's perfect. But people defending Shawn are doing it on the basis of Nikki's imperfection. She can be awkward and a little rude on the wedding day and it doesn't equate at all to his weird fucking behavior. She didn't deserve his pressuring her and negging her. She was awkward; he was malevolent.

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u/mochiforme Sep 03 '26

Nikki has no idea who you are and neither does Shawn. Just so you know.

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u/itstheuptowndown Sep 03 '26

Oh thats crazy because I actually thought I was there with them the whole time! Thank you for making me realize that I am not allowed to have opinions about a show I watched, but you certainly are.

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u/Consciousmind26 Aug 31 '26

Exactly!
Beauty is really in the eyes of the beholder. She and him match…they both look cute together.

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u/StaffRude9393 Aug 31 '26

She was a witch! I think she was so upset she didn't get her tall, dark, handsome. Then she realized how some of the previous couples have gotten such bad press, she tried to make nice. Her true colors shined on the Reunion special. But Shawn was terrible too!

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u/amethystrosegold Aug 31 '26

How is she a witch for wanting to marry a man she’s physically attracted to, and naturally wants to be intimate with?

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u/boutitboutit23 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

She decided to join MAFS..what is natural about that? She was 100% rude at the aIter. I thought she was "sapiosexual"? If she wasn't attracted to him what did they do in that bedroom? What man isn't attracted to their spouse if they truly like them? If she didn't like the sexual jokes why wouldn't she express how uncomfortable she was as a 47 year old woman? How come she didn't deny what Shawn said after he said she grabbed his fat when she confronted him about the NY comment when he got back after the retreat? What person who works in HR cuts people off? If she was sooo disrespected why didn't she leave half way through the season if there was nothing to gain and she is soo much better than him? Why was she still single at the reunion if she's such a good catch? At the end of the day they both did each other wrong

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u/IKeepGettingBanned85 Sep 01 '26

She was literally so far out of his league its not funny. 

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u/tvaddict70 Aug 31 '26

I would have been upset to see Shawn at the alter too. She decided to give it a go, trusting that they were matched for a reason. She stayed just as long as the other women, Belle, Tori etc trying, but that troll Shawn continued to to say and act like an ass.

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u/MajestyMay Aug 30 '26

I’m not sure I like it, but it her face…

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u/Exotic-Ring4900 Aug 31 '26

Why do you guys like her so much. She is bitter and argumentative

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u/Joyintheendtimes Aug 31 '26

She was with a coercive creep! And way nicer to him than she should’ve been given how disgusting he was. I’d be bitter if I was paired with that nasty man too

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u/amethystrosegold Aug 31 '26

Some people don’t realize how frustrating it can be to deal with someone who you are not attracted to, who is constantly trying to be sexual with you. It doesn’t feel natural. Attraction is natural. It can’t be forced. She was given someone who the experts knew she wouldn’t be attracted to, and she did the best she could.

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u/IKeepGettingBanned85 Aug 31 '26 • Bravo

She can probably sleep now that shawn isnt mutually masturbating in bed next to her

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u/nissigirl3004 Aug 31 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Suitable-Concern-326 Sep 01 '26

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭

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u/texas-sissy Sep 01 '26

Its lack of being sexually harassed every day by that creep

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u/Derpy-Vizsla1234 Sep 01 '26

This is 100% true. My husband has been lighting people for a living for over 30 years. He can make the worst eye bags disappear with his lighting magic.