The Challenge Star Sylvia Elsrode Is Married: ‘My Heart Was Beating Out of My Chest’

The Challenge’s Sylvia Elsrode is officially married!

The reality TV star and real estate agent tied the knot with her longtime partner Sergio Lira on Saturday, Sept. 21. 

Elsrode, 35, reposted several of her friends’ photos and videos from her special day on her Instagram Stories, one of which shows her and Lira sharing their first dance as a married couple in their formal wear and matching cowboy hats. The Challenge alum wore a white mermaid gown with balloon sleeves as her partner wore a classic tuxedo. 

One video shared by her The Challenge costar Shane Landrum on his Instagram Stories shows the bride dancing on top of a chair while wearing a white halter dress at the reception. She was surrounded by her bridesmaids, who were rocking gowns in various shades of purple and cream. 

The bride also shared a candid photo of herself in her gown and long, lace veil. She captioned the pre-wedding moment, “My heart was beating out of my chest.”

Elsrode teased her special day on Friday, Sept. 20, when she shared a carousel of photos of her and her friend posed in front of a booth at a restaurant on Instagram. “Surrounded by the best. Truly grateful to have you ladies by my side. 1 more day,” she wrote in the caption. 

According to The Knot, the wedding took place in the evening at The Legacy at Green Hills in Kansas City, Missouri. The bride had a maid of honor and a matron of honor, as well as six bridesmaids. Meanwhile, Lira had a best man and seven groomsmen. 

Per the wedding website, the couple met in 2015 when Elsrode was working as a bartender. She shared that Lira “made it a point to visit me at the bar” numerous times after their first interaction. “Each time my heart would skip a beat, loving every moment we got to spend together. After several weekends of playful flirting, I finally gave him my number,” she wrote. 

The two had a rocky start, but felt that the “timing was finally right” in 2018. Now, they share two sons after having welcomed their second child in February. 

“We’re a little late to the party. Mommy had to have an unexpected extended stay at the hospital but world 🌎 we’d like to introduce: Enzo Nico Lira,” she wrote in an emotional Instagram post at the time. “Our hearts couldn’t be fuller, our family is complete. Officially a family of 4 🩵.”

Elsrode announced her engagement to Lira on her Instagram in March 2023 in a since-deleted post that read, “I get to marry my best friend! #FutureMrsLira 💍.”

Since then, the former reality TV star has shared insight into her wedding preparations on Instagram and even made a post in September 2023 to celebrate the wedding being “officially 365 days out!”

Earlier this summer, Elsrode paid tribute to her friends while sharing a carousel of pictures from an “INCREDIBLE weekend” that they planned for her while she was 55 days out from her wedding day. “So thankful for these women,” she wrote in the caption.