Two women from Hertfordshire have chosen to marry complete strangers in a bid to find their perfect partners.

Whitney Hughes from St Albans and April Banbury from Hemel Hempstead are currently on the hit TV series, Married at First Sight.

On at 9pm, Mondays to Thursday, the E4 show sees 20 singles from across the country paired by relationship experts.

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The show documents the 10 pairings from the moment they get married, to the honeymoon and then them living together.

Whitney Hughes, 31, is a PA and a road safety campaigner.

Whitney faced tragedy in October 2019 when her mum, Gillian Williams, died in a crash on Redbourn Road, St Albans.

Watford Observer: Whitney and Duca on their wedding day. Picture: Si Johns / Channel 4 Whitney and Duca on their wedding day. Picture: Si Johns / Channel 4 (Image: Si Johns / Channel 4)

She began campaigning for enhanced road safety in Hertfordshire, and her "Make Redbourn Road Safe" petition on Change.org has since garnered more than 5,800 signatures to July 2022.

The show’s producers said: "Her mum was her best friend, and though she had a strict upbringing, she’s proud it made her the strong and independent woman she now is.

Watford Observer: Duka and Whitney on their honeymoon. Picture: CPL Productions Duka and Whitney on their honeymoon. Picture: CPL Productions (Image: CPL Productions)

"Although she has dated lots of men on a superficial level, she’s never found anyone good enough to bring home to her family."

Watford Observer: Whitney and Duca have a frosty relationship from the start. Picture: CPL Productions Whitney and Duca have a frosty relationship from the start. Picture: CPL Productions (Image: CPL Productions)

Producers added that Whitney now fears reaching the age of 50 without finding a partner to settle down with.

They said: "She feels ready to give someone a chance, and thinks that putting the responsibility of finding her partner into the experts' hands might be her only solution."

Watford Observer: Whitney has wanted to leave the marriage. Picture: CPL Productions Whitney has wanted to leave the marriage. Picture: CPL Productions (Image: CPL Productions)

The show first aired at the end of August and viewers have been gripped with Whitney’s marriage to Duka Cavollis.

It has been a rocky relationship for the pair with Whitney wanting to leave the marriage twice.

Watford Observer: April and her husband George Roberts on their wedding day. Picture: Si Johns / Channel 4 April and her husband George Roberts on their wedding day. Picture: Si Johns / Channel 4 (Image: Si Johns / Channel 4)

Alongside Whitney, Ms Great Britain 2020/21 winner April Banbury is looking for love.

Watford Observer: April and her husband George Roberts on their honeymoon. Picture: CPL Productions April and her husband George Roberts on their honeymoon. Picture: CPL Productions (Image: CPL Productions)

The 32-year-old, who is originally from Hemel Hempstead, is now a London-based dress designer whose friends joke she is "always the bridal designer, never the bride".

Watford Observer: Despite hitting it off in the beginning the relationship took a turn for the worse. Picture: CPL Productions Despite hitting it off in the beginning the relationship took a turn for the worse. Picture: CPL Productions (Image: CPL Productions)

Producers said: "For April this joke is wearing a bit thin.

"Determined to change this label, she’s ready to take the plunge and put her love life in the hands of the relationship experts.”

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