90 Day Fiancé: Did Shawn Finch & Alliya de Batista Get Married In Season 11? (She Stood Him Up At The Altar In The Preview)

90 Day Fiancé season 11 features Alliya de Batista and Shawn Finch, who were first seen in 90 Day Fiancé: Love In Paradise and suggests that they never ended up together, but there is a twist in this storyline as usual. Alliya from Rio de Janeiro and Shawn from Los Angeles were a part of Love in Paradise season 4. Shawn is a gay hairdresser from West Hollywood and had crossed paths with trans woman Alliya during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alliya is 30 years younger than Shawn, but that alone did not complicate the 90 Day Fiancé couple’s relationship. Shawn had previously revealed to Alliya that he was not committed to monogamy and even had another lover. Alliya felt devastated, but Alliya did get engaged to Shawn at the end of the season, with her next step being coming to the U.S. on a K-1 visa, this time around, there are more problems for Shawn and Alliya to face as a couple.

How Did Shawn Meet Alliya?

Shawn and Alliya had been together for three years when they filmed 90 Day Fiancé: Love In Paradise. Shawn revealed that they met online and described Alliya as “dynamic and sexy and beautiful. All the fantasy things.” He said that Alliya was the whole package because she was super smart and had a good soul. Shawn also revealed that when he met Alliya, she was he, and his name was Douglas, as she was biologically male. As Douglas, Alliya wore makeup, but she always had “boy clothes, boy muscularity, boy hair.” However, everything changed a year and a half into their relationship.

“Have you ever like, gone in drag or put on a wig?”

Shawn and Douglas were on a vacation in Spain when he was asked to perform on a float. Shawn wondered if Douglas was interested in doing drag or putting on a wig for his performance. Since it was something Shawn was an expert at. The two went wig shopping. When he put that first wig on his head, Douglas “changed and immediately was a new person.” The usually shy, quiet, and introverted Douglas started dancing and smiling, and “I think that’s when Alliya was born,” Shawn added. Soon, Alliya told Shawn that there was “no more Douglas.”

What Challenges Shawn & Alliya Face In 90 Day Fiancé Season 11

Shawn and Alliya, featured previously on 90 Day Fiancé: Love in Paradise, are embarking on the next chapter of their life together in America. Their journey, however, is anything but simple. In addition to the significant 30-year age difference, Shawn has kept his relationship with Alliya hidden from friends and family. The question remains: will he be prepared to bring his love into the open?

Shawn’s biggest struggle lies in his own internal battle—Alliya, a trans woman, is evolving into someone quite different from the person he initially fell for as she continues her transition and explores surgical options. Now, Shawn faces a crucial question: can he still commit to a future with someone whose identity is constantly changing before his eyes?

Where Is Alliya Living Now?

The latest episode of 90 Day Fiancé season 11 begins in Los Angeles with Shawn and Alliya sitting at a café “day after wedding date” and Shawn asking her how she could do “this” to him when he had done so much for her. Shawn reveals that Alliya left him standing at the altar, waiting for her at a 104-degree temperature outside where every minute felt like an hour until there was no patience to wait anymore. Alliya reveals that she was “frozen inside” and feeling lost. She felt like everything was falling apart.

“I’m here, I should be happy. I should be leaving my fairy tale. I’m in a country, I don’t have anyone here. I just dreamed about all these different. So everything’s very uncertain.”

While 90 Day Fiancé takes fans into a flashback of “three months earlier” to document Alliya’s fears of getting a visa as a trans woman, it suggests that Shawn and Alliya never made it to the altar. However, Alliya’s Instagram confirms that she is still living in the U.S. and it wouldn’t have been possible unless she married Shawn, considering a video posted by GalaxyL7 on Reddit showed Shawn and Alliya reuniting at the LAX airport a year ago, in April 2024 to film season 11.