Who wore it better? MAFS’ Jacqui Burfoot and Count Nikolai’s girlfriend Benedikte Thoustrup arrive to Australian Fashion Week in matching ruffle dresses

By MARY MRAD FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 01:48 BST, 15 May 2025 | Updated: 02:05 BST, 15 May 2025

Jacqui Burfoot and Count Nikolai’s girlfriend Benedikte Thoustrup stepped out in matching looks at Australian Fashion Week on Wednesday.

The Married At First Sight star, 29, and Benedikte, 24, both arrived in ruffle dresses to day three of the fashion event.

Jacqui looked stylish at she posed for photos outside Carriageworks in a peach maxi dress from Australian label Aje.

The $695 frock featured layered ruffles throughout, a halter neckline and a fetching floral embellishment on the décolletage.

The reality star accessorised with a pair of gold drop earrings and two silver heart pendants around her neck, while her hair was styled in loose waves.

Meanwhile, Benedikte looked equally as radiant as she arrived to the Aje fashion show in Barangaroo, Sydney, in the exact same dress but in a different colour.

Jacqui Burfoot (left) and Count Nikolai’s girlfriend Benedikte Thoustrup (right) stepped out in matching looks at Australian Fashion Week on Wednesday

The elegant lilac gown hugged her figure before flaring out into a billowing skirt.

She complemented the dress with a diamond bracelet and gold earrings which shimmered under the lights, while her brunette hair was styled in a neat bun.

Benedikte and Nikolai’s appearance at the fashion show marks his confident stride into the fashion world, a journey he embarked on last year.

The couple looked happy as they enjoyed the Aje show from their coveted seats, doing away with previous rumours of a split.

Late last year, the pair were rumoured to have split after Nikolai and Benedikte had not shared to social media any photos of them together for months.

Benedikte, who is the founder of Danish hair beauty company BénéSoie, had posted several glamorous modelling shots to Instagram – and Nikolai was absent from all of them.

However, it was clear all was well as the genetically blessed couple cuddled up at hottest event on the Aussie fashion calendar.

Nikolai’s appearance at Fashion Week comes after tensions had risen between the Danish Royal Family since late 2022, after Queen Margrethe stripped Prince Joachim’s four children – Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Athena – of their titles.

Jacqui looked stylish at she posed for photos outside Carriageworks in a peach maxi dress from Australian label Aje

Benedikte also looked radiant as she arrived to the Aje fashion show in Barangaroo, Sydney in the exact same dress but in a different colour 

At the time, Margrethe insisted the move would be ‘good for them in their future.’

She said it would allow the children – who have maintained their positions in the line of succession – to ‘shape their own lives without being limited by the special considerations and duties’ that a formal affiliation with the Danish Royal Family involves.

But Prince Joachim publicly spoke out against his mother’s decision in the days that followed – claiming that his children had been ‘harmed’ in the process.

Joachim, 55, hit out at her ‘punishment’ and claimed his four kids’ identity was being ‘removed’.

Nikolai has since launched his own Instagram account to promote his modelling career – and has seldom been seen with his cousins and aunt since the announcement.

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Who wore it better? MAFS’ Jacqui Burfoot and Count Nikolai’s girlfriend Benedikte Thoustrup arrive to Australian Fashion Week in matching ruffle dresses

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