{"id":2433967,"date":"2026-05-27T09:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2433967"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:50:32","slug":"mikayla-nogueira-reveals-high-school-sweetheart-fought-to-be-with-her-for-10-years-before-they-rekindled-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mikayla-nogueira-reveals-high-school-sweetheart-fought-to-be-with-her-for-10-years-before-they-rekindled-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikayla Nogueira Reveals High School Sweetheart \u2018Fought\u2019 to Be with Her for 10 Years Before They Rekindled Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mikayla Nogueira shared more details about how she ended up rekindling her romance with her high school sweetheart, Zach, in a new TikTok post recalling their history<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As the 27-year-old beauty influencer explained, they recently started dating again after 10 years apart<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In February, Nogueira told her followers that she was getting a divorce from her husband, Cody Hawken<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mikayla-nogueira-posts-transformation-video-with-nod-to-her-ex-11964155\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Mikayla Nogueira;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mikayla Nogueira&quot;}\">Mikayla Nogueira<\/a> shared some new details about what happened before she and her high school sweetheart rekindled their romance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Sunday, May 24, the content creator posted a TikTok <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mikaylanogueira\/photo\/7643263590451006733\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:recalling her history with her boyfriend;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;recalling her history with her boyfriend&quot;}\">recalling her history with her boyfriend<\/a>, Zach, using three photos of them together. The first slide featured the pair posing for a selfie snapped in the car with their lips pouted, seemingly just a few moments away from kissing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nogueira, 27, introduced him in overlaying text, writing, &#8220;We just started dating again after 10 years. We dated in high school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Mikayla Nogeuira and boyfriend Zach.<br \/>Credit: Mikayla Nogueira\/Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The following photo shows them walking together with their arms around each other. In another blurb set over the picture, the Point of View Beauty founder continued, &#8220;After high school, Zach fought to be with me for ten years straight. I was in college, he was in the military,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;The timing was never right. I didn&#8217;t want to do long distance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite their previously incompatible circumstances, Nogueira said they remained in each other&#8217;s lives and &#8220;always cared deeply for each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We rooted for each other through every relationship, success, and struggle,&#8221; she told her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mikaylanogueira\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:17.4 million TikTok followers;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;17.4 million TikTok followers&quot;}\">17.4 million TikTok followers<\/a>. &#8220;Every few years, he tried again to win my heart. He respected when the timing wasn&#8217;t right, but was patient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She concluded with another selfie of them grinning while looking into the camera. &#8220;He never gave up. And that&#8217;s my why,&#8221; she wrote. In the TikTok&#8217;s caption, Nogueira added, &#8220;No one brings out my smile quite like him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The makeup mogul first confirmed that she was dating her high school sweetheart, whom she said she met &#8220;naturally in class 10 years ago,&#8221; in March. Over one month earlier, Nogueira revealed she was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/influencer-mikayla-nogueira-says-she-and-husband-cody-hawken-are-divorcing-11906070\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:divorcing her husband;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;divorcing her husband&quot;}\">divorcing her husband<\/a> of over two years, Cody Hawken, 28. She recently discussed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mikayla-nogueira-heads-to-court-for-divorce-from-husband-cody-hawken-11981268\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:their legal proceedings;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;their legal proceedings&quot;}\">their legal proceedings<\/a> in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mikaylanogueira\/video\/7642016894798548237\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:candid video;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;candid video&quot;}\">candid video<\/a> posted to her TikTok on May 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cQuite frankly, I could throw up,\u201d Nogueira told her online community as she did her makeup before appearing in court. \u201cI would not wish divorce on anybody. This has been the hardest thing I have ever gone through in my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nogueira said that she and Hawken have a trial date set for July, calling the divorce process \u201cagonizing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe main thing I&#8217;ve learned about divorce is that you don&#8217;t just sign a piece of paper and call it a day. It takes an extremely long time,\u201d she said. \u201cFor me, I at least have an end in sight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mikayla-nogueira-reveals-boyfriend-fought-to-be-with-her-for-10-years-11983239\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Mikayla Nogueira shared more details about how she ended up rekindling her romance with her high school sweetheart, Zach, in a new TikTok post recalling their history As the 27-year-old beauty influencer explained, they recently started dating again after 10 years apart In February, Nogueira told her followers that she was getting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2433968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[477525,477524,477523,22488],"class_list":["post-2433967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-cody-hawken","tag-high-school-sweetheart","tag-mikayla-nogueira","tag-tiktok"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mikayla-Nogueira-Reveals-High-School-Sweetheart-\u2018Fought-to-Be-with.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2433967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433969,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433967\/revisions\/2433969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}