( PEOPLE.com ) -- Saturday was the big day for `` Bachelor '' and `` Dancing with the Stars '' contestant Melissa Rycroft , who tied the knot with her fiancé , insurance agent Tye Strickland , in Mexico on Saturday , PEOPLE has learned . The couple , who met three years ago in their hometown Dallas , got engaged in June , less than four months after Rycroft was jilted on national television by `` Bachelor '' star Jason Mesnick . `` I 'm really happy for her , '' Mesnick told PEOPLE . `` This whole journey took her to a place where things looked like they were down for her . But then she ended up with the person she was meant to be with . That 's what life 's all about . I could n't be happier for her . '' Indeed , after what looked like a downer season of `` The Bachelor '' , it turns out that Mesnick and his top three choices on the dating show all found love in 2009 . After splitting with Rycroft , Mesnick began dating runner-up Molly Malaney . The two became engaged last October in New Zealand . Then second runner-up , Jillian Harris , starred on `` The Bachelorette . '' She and Chicago , Illinois software consultant Ed Swiderski got engaged on the season finale last May and are now living together in Chicago . Rycroft , 26 , and Strickland , 28 , were previously a couple but split shortly before she left to be a contestant on `` The Bachelor '' last year . The couple rekindled in January , Rycroft told PEOPLE . `` Tye and I picked right back up , '' Rycroft said shortly after getting engaged . `` He 's my best friend . '' Rycroft wore an Alfred Angelo gown at the south-of-the-border nuptials , which was attended by family and close friends . `` We want to have it be as fun and relaxing as possible for our families , '' Rycroft said last summer as she and Strickland planned for the big day . `` I just want it to be fun and a day everyone will remember . Tye is my true love . '' © 2010 People and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
` ` The Bachelor '' contestant got engaged Saturday after being jilted on national television . Rycroft married insurance agent Rycroft in Mexico on four months . Strickland and Tye Strickland earlier ended their relationship when she left for `` The Bachelor ''