'Virginity can be cool and sex, my virginity is something I stand strong in.” The stars who would only have sex on their wedding night...

Call them old fashioned but a number of people still choose to abstain from sex until the night of their wedding day. Whether for religious reasons, to test the strength of a relationship or because of self-respect these stars all said no to sex until they said "I do". From Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima to pop heartthrob Justin Bieber, find out what celebs remained celibate until their big day...

The former Victoria’s Secret Angel is regarded as one of the sexiest women alive. But despite spending much of her career modelling underwear and using her sex appeal, the Brazilian beauty claimed she was a virgin until the night of her wedding. In 2009, Adriana tied the knot with NBA player Marko Jaric - who she shares two children with, Valentina, 12, and Sienna, 10 – before getting divorced in 2016. She said: “Sex is for after marriage. You have to respect that this is my choice. "If there’s no respect, that means they don’t want me."

The Australian supermodel - who shares son Flynn, 11, with ex-husband Orlando Bloom, who she divorced after three years of marriage in 2013 – had to wait to consummate her union to second husband, Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, upon his wishes that they only have sex after their wedding. The couple married in 2017 and share two sons, Hart, four and Myles, two. She said before getting hitched: "Not until after we get married. "[Spiegel] is very traditional. We can't… I mean we're just…waiting."

The ‘Lizzie McGuire’ star wanted sex to feel special on her big day, after being put off by everyone talking about it all the time. Duff married former Canadian ice hockey player Mike Comrie in 2010, and they welcomed their son Luca two years after they exchanged vows. Hilary - who divorced Mike in 2016 - said: “But when they talk about it, it doesn't sound special, like you would imagine it to be. “It just seems like everybody has slept with each other - you know what I mean?"

Clean cut pop star turned bad boy Justin Bieber melted many hearts before reconnecting with supermodel wife Hailey in 2019. On the road to redemption to repair his tarnished reputation, Justin had taken a vow of celibacy. After rekindling his romance with Hailey, the couple continued to refrain from having sex until they tied the knot in 2018. Justin said: “[God] doesn’t ask us not to have sex for him because he wants rules and stuff. He’s like, I’m trying to protect you from hurt and pain. I think sex can cause a lot of pain. Sometimes people have sex because they don’t feel good enough. Because they lack self-worth. Women do that, and guys do that. I wanted to rededicate myself to God in that way because I really felt it was better for the condition of my soul. And I believe that God blessed me with Hailey as a result.”

Kevin and his younger brothers stayed true to their Christian roots and wore purity rings for the majority of their adolescence. Despite younger brothers Nick and Joe removing their bands, Kevin continued to wear his with pride until his wedding night with wife Danielle in 2009. Kevin said: “I could’ve gotten married the day after we got engaged. We’d have gone crazy waiting any longer.”

The iconic pop diva wasn’t a virgin before meeting then husband Nick Cannon back in 2005. But after they officially began dating in 2008, Mariah and Nick both decided to abstain from sex until they married in the Bahamas that same year. The couple separated in 2014 and finalized their divorce two years later. She said: “It’s not that we had no intimacy; we just didn’t have complete intimacy. It’s just me, and my feelings. I definitely don’t want to push it on anybody else. But we both have similar beliefs, and I just thought that it would be so much more special if we waited until after we were married. And it was, and it still is.”

The ‘Battlefield’ singer grew up in a very strict Christian household and vowed to remain celibate until she married husband Dana Isaiah in 2017. She said: "I don't want to give away bits of my soul to lots of different guys - I want to give all of myself to the right man on the right night. And the right night is my wedding."

She’s known across the world for playing Phoebe Buffay in ‘Friends’, but did you know that Lisa and her husband Michael Stern waited until the pair tied the knot in 1995 to have sex. She said: "I don't know if you'd characterise me as uptight, but I understood what it is to be so afraid of sex - of your sexuality. “For me it was just, 'No, I'm saving myself because I have to make myself worthy of the kind of man I have in mind.'"

The country-pop singer received a purity ring from her father at 12-years-old and remained celibate until she got married. Jessica tied the knot to singer Nick Lachey in 2002 before splitting in 2005 and officially divorcing a year later. Their relationship featured in MTV reality series ‘Newlyweds’. Speaking before getting wed, Jessica said: "Virginity can be cool and sexy. “My virginity is something I stand strong in.”

The actress-and-comedian was raised an Eastern Orthodox Christian and stuck to her Christian values until she tied the knot with her husband Jeff Richmond when she was 24. Speaking about her decision to remain a virgin until she was wed, Tina said: “[I] couldn’t give it away. "That’s just good, Christian values, or, being homely.”