After vows, the guests burst into spontaneous applause. Trump's best man and father, Fred Trump, lifted the bride's veil while the proud groom winked at her before planting a chaste kiss on her cheek.
Apparently, the event did not attract the promised legions of celebrities.
"It's just like I was afraid of, I'm the biggest name here. I don't see any big stars," complained self-proclaimed king of all media Howard Stern, who nonetheless wished the couple well but predicted: "I give him two weeks and he's back in the sack."
Robin Leach, another guest, said he wanted to see Trump, a casino owner, ''through the biggest gamble of his life."
"Donald lends spectacle to the bland '90s," said Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter. "He's our P.T. Barnum. This is the triumph of romance over finance."
Adnan Khashoggi, formerly the world's richest man, called it a "beautiful ending of their romantic travails."
Some 500 onlookers crowded outside the hotel. Dozens climbed atop the fountain outside the front of the hotel, hoping to see the star-studded crowd, as police struggled to keep the onlookers from crossing the barricades.
One man, who apparently has been on another planet, arrived from the airport with his bags, expecting to check into the hotel.
Security escorted him to a side entrance.
"I want to get some ideas for my wedding," said Queens groom-to-be Pete Acevedo. "I'm asking my girlfriend to marry me on Christmas. You can't beat this. Maybe I'll give it a shot."
Rubbernecking the Trump wedding, explained John Riddle, a native of Montana, "was the same thing that makes me slow down next to a car accident."
Barbara Clark, 16, who cut school to sneak into town from Roselle Park, N.J., announced that she and her friends "will stand in the cold until we see Donald."
Trump, who once admitted to having a "marriage phobia," overcame his fears to marry the model showgirl two months after the birth of their daughter Tiffany.
Inside, the grand ballroom and altar were flooded with white birch and white orchids.
After the double-ring ceremony, presided over by the Rev. Arthur Caliandro of the Marble Collegiate Church, the guests sat down to a wedding feast of caviar, smoked fish, lamb, beef, tuna and turkey.
During a brief interlude in the reception, the newlyweds appeared before cheering crowds for their obligatory wave and kiss.
All in all, it was a classic, raucous, very New York and very Trump event.
