50 Fun Facts About 90 Day Fiancé

On which network does 90 Day Fiancé air?

TLC. The letters once stood for The Learning Channel, an educational service that grew out of a NASA-backed satellite teaching project, long before reality shows took over its schedule.

90 Day Fiancé's Big Ed Brown became a meme by conditioning his hair with what before flying out to meet Rose?

Mayonnaise. He said dyeing his hair had irritated his scalp and the mayo left it softer, cheerfully admitting that he smelled like an egg salad sandwich.

Jenny Slatten left Palm Springs at 60 to live with Sumit Singh in which country?

India. Sumit had first charmed her on Facebook while posing as a young man called Michael Jones; she forgave the catfishing and flew out to meet him anyway.

Which 90 Day Fiancé bride became a professional wrestler?

Paola Mayfield. Known on the show for the modelling work her husband Russ disliked, she made her ring debut in Florida in May 2021 as 'Paola Blaze'.

The K visa category was created in 1970 to help American soldiers marry partners from which country?

Vietnam. A US vice consul in Saigon recalled soldiers' fiancées who could get neither a visitor visa nor an immigrant one, a deadlock that led to the new category in April 1970.

90 Day Fiancé's Anna Campisi and Mursel Mistanoglu first bonded online over which shared hobby?

Beekeeping. They met in a Facebook group for beekeepers and needed a translator to talk, yet married anyway and opened a honey shop in Omaha called Beauty and the Bees.

Season one's Paola came to Oklahoma from which country?

Colombia. Russ met her while working there as an oil-industry engineer; she later moved to Miami alone to chase modelling work, and he eventually followed.

Season two's Danielle Mullins married Mohamed Jbali, who came from which country?

Tunisia. They met in an online chat room, and soon after the wedding he left for Florida with a female friend, so Danielle sought an annulment in the hope of having him deported.

How did season one's Alan Cox, a Mormon, meet his wife Kirlyam?

On his mission trip to Brazil. He got to know her family while she was still a child; romance came only years later, when he went back for a friend's wedding and met her again as an adult.

Loren Goldstone met her husband Alexei Brovarnik, then working as a medic, on a group trip to which country?

Israel. She was leading a Birthright heritage trip in 2013 when she fell for Alexei, a medic, and the couple went on to hold weddings in both the United States and Israel.

Big Ed Brown flew from San Diego hoping to propose to Rosemarie Vega in which country?

Philippines. Rose ended it herself: he had kept quiet about wanting a vasectomy though she hoped for more children, and embarrassed her by asking for an STD test, so she packed up and left their hotel.

Which 90 Day Fiancé bride demanded a $10,000 handbag from her fiancé Jorge Nava before flying to America?

Anfisa Arkhipchenko. She told Jorge to his face that she was with him for his money, once keyed 'Idiot' into his car, and still married him at a courthouse in 2017.

Nicole Nafziger flew to which country to be with her fiancé Azan Tefou?

Morocco. A two-week visit in March 2020 stretched to five months when the pandemic halted flights, while her young daughter stayed behind in Florida.

What did Chantel Everett first tell her parents about Pedro Jimeno's move to America?

He had a student visa. She admitted the truth only shortly before the wedding, and the lie left the Everetts suspicious of Pedro's motives from then on.

Colt Johnson shared his Las Vegas home with his mother, known to 90 Day Fiancé fans by what first name?

Debbie. Her first dinner for Colt's fiancée Larissa ended with Debbie in tears, and she later returned to the franchise to look for love on her own account.

Elizabeth Potthast met her husband Andrei Castravet, then working as a bouncer, on a visit to which city?

Dublin. She matched with him on a dating app while planning her 2016 trip, and after only a few dates there she filed for the visa that brought him to Florida.

David Toborowsky met Annie in a bar while living in which country?

Thailand. He had moved there after a divorce and a stroke, heard her singing in a karaoke bar and proposed ten days later.

Colt Johnson lived in Las Vegas with his mother when he brought over Larissa from which country?

Brazil. They met online, and Colt proposed within days of first seeing her in person; they married in 2018, and he filed for divorce the next year after she was charged with domestic violence.

Kenneth left Florida for which country to marry Armando, as the 90 Day franchise's first gay male couple?

Mexico. The two met in an online support group for gay fathers, and Armando, not yet out to his whole family, at first told his parents the cameras were for a documentary.

Kalani Faagata met Asuelu Pulaa while he was working at a holiday resort in which country?

Samoa. Asuelu worked at the resort where she was on holiday, and when he finally landed in the US he greeted her with a shirtless traditional dance in the middle of the airport.

Angela Deem married Michael Ilesanmi, who is from which country?

Nigeria. After his fiancé visa was denied they married there in January 2020 and applied as spouses instead, and he waited almost four more years before joining her in Georgia.

Before 90 Day Fiancé, Angela Deem twice took family rows to which host's daytime talk show?

Maury Povich. Angela and her daughter Scottie went on his show twice for DNA-test episodes, having aired a similar family row on The Trisha Goddard Show in 2014.

When Yara Zaya arrived in America on her fiancé visa, which city did she and Jovi Dufren live in?

New Orleans. The pair had matched on a travel app and kept meeting up around the world; after marrying in 2020 they later left Louisiana for Miami.

Where did 90 Day Fiancé's Mike Youngquist propose to Natalie Mordovtseva?

In front of the Eiffel Tower. Mutual friends had asked the two to be godparents to the same child, and he proposed in Paris on only their second meeting.

How did Bilal prank Shaeeda when she arrived in America?

He took her to a run-down house. It was his childhood home, and he collected her in a battered work van instead of his Mercedes, to test whether she was there for him or his money.

Emily Bieberly met Kobe Blaise at a nightclub while she was teaching English in which country?

China. She was teaching in Xi'an and Kobe, who is from Cameroon, was working there as an underwear model; their son was born in the US before his visa came through.

Jasmine Pineda left which country to join her fiancé Gino Palazzolo in Michigan?

Panama. Gino, a Michigan automotive designer, flew there to meet the teacher after they matched online, and her visa then took more than a year to come through.

Nikki Exotika, from season 10, travelled to which country to visit her fiancé Justin?

Moldova. The pair first met online some 17 years earlier and had been engaged once before; after about 15 years apart they tried again, this time on camera.

Which 90 Day Fiancé spin-off follows couples who met online as they meet face to face for the first time?

Before the 90 Days. No visa has been filed and nobody is engaged yet, so after that first trip each couple must decide whether to press on or call it quits.

Which 90 Day Fiancé spin-off follows Americans who move abroad to marry their partner?

The Other Way. Its first season followed Jenny Slatten, a 60-year-old Californian who left her children and grandchildren behind to be with a man half her age.

Which was the first 90 Day Fiancé spin-off?

Happily Ever After? The question mark earned its place: the show catches up with married couples from earlier seasons, and some of those marriages have since fallen apart.

What kind of show is the 90 Day Fiancé spin-off Pillow Talk?

An alumni reaction show. Past cast members watch the newest episodes from their own beds and sofas and pass judgment on the current couples, a format since copied for several other spin-offs.

Which 90 Day spin-off launched in 2021 with Big Ed Brown, Colt Johnson and four other veterans?

The Single Life. All six had watched an international romance fall apart on the franchise, so the cameras followed them back onto the dating scene.

Corey Rathgeber left Washington state for a fishing village in which country to be with Evelin Villegas?

Ecuador. He moved to her home village of Engabao, and only in 2026, after years of visa delays, did Evelin make the reverse trip to live in the United States.

Stephanie Matto flew to which country to meet Erika Owens, as 90 Day Fiancé's first same-sex couple?

Australia. The visit was fraught and the pair split, with Stephanie unwilling to tell her mother she was bisexual, but later the same year the franchise cast its first gay male couple.

Which clothing brand did 90 Day Fiancé twins Darcey and Stacey Silva found in 2010?

House of Eleven. The name honours their brother Michael, who was born on May 11 and died on July 11, 1998.

Which former Access Hollywood anchor became host of the 90 Day Fiancé Tell All specials?

Shaun Robinson. She spent sixteen years covering red carpets and awards shows for Access Hollywood, then in 2016 swapped A-list interviews for refereeing 90 Day couples' reunion rows.

90 Day Fiancé's Usman Umar, who married American Lisa Hamme, is what kind of entertainer?

A musician. He raps as SojaBoy and dedicated his song 'I Love You' to Lisa on the show, but by December 2020 he had served her with divorce papers.

Deavan Clegg moved from Utah with her young daughter to live with Jihoon Lee in which country?

South Korea. The couple had matched on a dating app and Deavan became pregnant the first time Jihoon visited Utah, so she moved there with her daughter and their baby.

Ariela Weinberg left New Jersey to have her baby with Biniyam Shibre in which country?

Ethiopia. She met him while waiting for a taxi on a trip there and was pregnant within three months; their son Avi was born by emergency caesarean in a local hospital in December 2019.

Darcey Silva's first on-screen romance was with Jesse Meester, who came from which European city?

Amsterdam. The relationship unravelled when he came to stay with her in Connecticut, most famously in a row over how she was cooking and slicing a steak.

Stacey Silva married Florian Sukaj, who comes from which country?

Albania. With courthouses closing in the 2020 lockdown, the pair moved their wedding up and married almost overnight; the big celebration, at a Connecticut marina resort, waited until 2022.

In the Darcey & Stacey season two finale, the twins travel to which country for plastic surgery?

Turkey. On the eve of their operations the sisters visited a Turkish bathhouse, and Darcey said the surgery would help her heal from her break-up with Georgi.

The Family Chantel followed Chantel and Pedro living in which US city?

Atlanta. Their feuding families earned the franchise's first spin-off built around a single couple, and the cameras kept rolling through the pair's 2022 divorce filing until the show ended in 2023.

Tania Maduro flew to South Africa to meet another man, then fell for Syngin Colchester, who was working as what?

A bartender. When her dating-app date didn't work out she got talking to the man serving the drinks, and she stayed on in the country for months to be with him.

Which 90 Day Fiancé spin-off follows couples who met in the Caribbean and hope to last the distance?

Love in Paradise. By its third season the cast included Lidia Morel, mother of The Family Chantel's Pedro Jimeno, who was meeting her American boyfriend in person for the first time.

The dowry Annie Suwan's family asked of David Toborowsky included cash, gold and two of which animal?

Buffalo. Two water buffalo, to be exact, on top of $15,000 in cash and some $6,000 in gold, a bride price that David, broke after his divorce, had no way of paying at the time.

Gino Palazzolo was almost never seen on camera without which accessory, despite Jasmine's pleas to take it off?

A hat. He held out through years of her pleading, then took it off at their wedding for a single photograph when she told him it would mean a lot to her.

An April 2022 special of 90 Day Diaries featured cast members affected by what?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The special followed three Ukrainian-born cast members, Yara Zaya, Natalie Mordovtseva and Maria Divine, as they worried over relatives still in the war zone.

What must a K-1 visa holder do if they have not married within 90 days of entering?

Leave the country. K-1 status expires automatically after 90 days and cannot be extended, and even after a wedding the first green card is conditional, valid for only two years.