Dani G says it was the ‘most beautiful’ she had ever felt when she got married to her now husband Jack
16:51, 03 Jan 2026Updated 17:26, 03 Jan 2026
Dani G went wigless down the aisle when she married husband Jack Willis in May 2025.(Image: SWNS)
A Newcastle swimmer with alopecia has revealed the heartwarming reason she ditched her wig to talk down the aisle. Dani G, 27, was just two when her mum Julie, 57, began to notice patches of her hair falling out.
She was diagnosed with alopecia universalis and lost all of her hair in her teens. She usually wore a wig, but was without it when she met her now husband Jack Willis in 2018 in the gym.
The pair married in Crete in front of 20 of their closest friends and families in May 2025, and Dani surprised guests by walking down the aisle without her wig, accompanied by her dad Lance, 58. Later in the day, she wore a blonde wig for the dinner and speeches, and a brunette one for the evening party.
Six months into married life, she says it was the “most beautiful” she had ever felt. She said: “Going wigless down the aisle was something he had mentioned before we’d even got engaged.
“Obviously we got engaged and I was looking at different wigs and dresses, stuff like that. I asked him again at that point and said what do you think I should do I have so much choice?
“He said I’d love to marry you and see you how I fell in love with you on the day.”
Dani on her wedding day(Image: SWNS)
Dani says that Jack “never pressured her” and that the decision was always down to her. She continued: “On the day I felt super confident, it’s one of the most beautiful times I’ve ever felt.”
Content creator Dani started posting makeup looks without wigs in 2017, saying: “I started posting online just makeup tutorials, it wasn’t necessarily to be like about alopecia awareness in the beginning, it was just because I enjoy makeup.
“My parents brought me up to be confident and beautiful whether I wanted to wear a wig or not. I would always go out without my wig or makeup because I was training for swimming two times a day.
Dani G went wigless down the aisle when she married husband Jack Willis in May 2025.(Image: SWNS)
“I think people were amazed at how confident I was and how open I was. A lot of women go through hair loss and it’s not talked about or shown. That’s where it all started.”
Dani shared her wedding day online and said that the “support and love” she received was overwhelming. She said: “Reading comments from people going through hair loss or have had hair loss most people were saying it gave them hope or encouragement – the hope that single video can give to people is the best thing ever.
“That was one thing for me, thinking will anyone ever love me without hair. People are saying it proves you don’t need hair to look beautiful”.
Husband Jack said: “As soon as I saw Danielle from the get go I was pretty sure Danielle was my person. Obviously I wanted her to go down the aisle without a wig on as it was where we first met.
“I know she’s such a confident woman and know she just oozes positivity. I love my wife a lot and she’s my my best friend really.”