Cummins was accompanied at the event by her mother, aunts, and three of her original seven bridesmaids. She said that her former partner had footed most of the bill for the wedding and ceremony, which included a DJ, harpist and photographer. She and her parents, and one of Araujo’s family friends, paid for the rest.

Araujo gave his blessing when Cummins told him of her idea for what to do with their abandoned wedding day, although he did not attend the event himself. Cummins said that she only decided to attend when one of the homeless programme directors said how much they were looking forward to meeting her.

“Everyone has done so much to give me the most wonderful experience and it just really sucks that they had to waste it,” Cummins said. “It was a huge loss. But you gotta do what you gotta do, I guess.

“And that was one of the reasons I wanted to do something with the reception, because it literally felt like I was throwing that money in the trash.

“At least we can use it somehow.”

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Woman invites homeless people to the party after cancelling her wedding