Seven people, two weddings, one baby on the way, and a blessing still missing after four years. The Chantel universe packed a whole season of chaos into 2026 without a single new episode — so we ranked every Everett and Jimeno by how messy their year was, from messiest to calmest.
No. 1 — Chantel: A Helicopter Exit and a Whole New Life
Chantel Everett takes the crown, and it isn’t close. On October 17, 2026, she married Ashley Bowen in Auburn, Alabama, then left her own wedding by helicopter for a surprise honeymoon in Cancun that Ashley had planned in secret. “It feels so good to be wives,” Chantel said in a video the couple shared on Instagram. She came out on 90 Day: Hunt for Love, met Ashley through her brother River at his birthday party, and said yes when Ashley proposed on December 17, 2025, at Uhuburg castle in Helen, Georgia. The messiest year — and the most cinematic one.
No. 2 — Pedro: Engaged in June, Still Waiting in November
Pedro Jimeno proposed to Valentina Malagon, a Colombian psychologist, on June 6, 2026, on an Oahu beach under a heart-shaped arch of red roses, and the couple announced the engagement on June 23. Pedro told PEOPLE that with Valentina, he learned “peace has a name.” Five months on, still no wedding date: Valentina wants Colombia, Pedro wants the Dominican Republic. Then, on October 21, days after Chantel’s wedding, Pedro reposted his Hawaii proposal. Pedro has not said the repost was connected to Chantel’s wedding, so any jealousy theory is fan speculation only. The proposal was perfect; the follow-through is stuck.
No. 3 — River: The Matchmaker Who Also Bluffed a Comeback
River Everett changed the family tree and then tried to change the TV schedule. He introduced Chantel to Ashley at his own birthday party — without River, there is no wedding, no helicopter, no “ChantAshley.” Then, in November 2025, he went on a livestream and told fans, “The Family Chantel is coming back, guys, to a TV near you,” even naming July 2026 as the return date. Chantel immediately called it a bluff, and July 2026 came and went with no new season. Contradiction: the brother who delivered the family’s happiest ending also promised a comeback that never came.
No. 4 and No. 5 — Lidia and Karen: The Mothers Who Won’t Budge
The two mothers share a spot because they share a strategy: hold the line and say nothing new. Lidia Jimeno has still not given her blessing for Pedro to marry Valentina, according to reports — four years after the divorce. Karen Everett, the mother who once hired a private investigator to vet her own son-in-law, has stayed just as quiet, and whether she even attended Chantel’s wedding remains unconfirmed. Their standoffs outlived the marriage itself — but they lose points for doing it all off-camera.
No. 6 and No. 7 — Nicole and Winter: The Quiet Ones (Yes, Really)
Nicole Jimeno spent 2026 doing what she has always done: standing by her mother Lidia through every family fight. Loyalty without scandal is, by this family’s standards, a holiday. And then there is Winter Everett, the least messy Chantel of 2026 by a mile. She married in May 2025, and on December 26, 2025, she announced she was expecting her first child, sharing a sonogram and calling the baby their “2026 miracle.” Her husband is reportedly Dr. David Hodgson of Ghana. Winter’s year was a wedding, a baby on the way, and peace. In this family, that is practically a plot twist of its own.
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