- Rachelle Graham claims she waved off Cisse on holiday last week
- But he failed to return her texts she went online and found wedding photos
- Beauty queen believed they had a
future but he wed Diallo Awa in Paris - She said: 'I'm disgusted to learn he got married without me knowing'
- Source close to the player claims that he and Miss Graham not a couple
Newcastle footballer Papiss Cisse has left his on-off girlfriend heartbroken after telling her he was going on holiday only to marry a volleyball player three days later.
Rachelle Graham, 24, a beauty queen and former Miss Newcastle, says last week she said goodbye to the Senegalese striker, 30, believing he was off to spend a month in his homeland.
But after he failed to return her texts she became worried and went online, finding a picture of her love's wedding to sportswoman Diallo Awa, 29, at a yacht club outside Paris.
Secret wedding: Papiss Cisse has left his on-off girlfriend heartbroken after she saw these pictures of his marriage to Diallo Awa three days after he said he was going on holiday
Mystery: Rachelle Graham, a beauty queen and former Miss Newcastle, thought she had a future with the footballer but in fact he was walking down the aisle with an international volleyball player, right
More photos of the smiling couple's wedding in Paris have since surfaced, with friends saying they suspect his religion and family prevented the two from having a future together.
They had broken up last year after trolls abused them because it was a mixed race relationship - but Miss Graham claimed recently they had started seeing each other more regularly again.
She even did a charity skydive to raise money for a community ambulance in the striker's native Senegal.
Miss Graham told The Sun: 'I'm hurt and disgusted to learn Papiss has got married without me knowing after we spent so much time together recently.
'But it's his life and if this is what he has chosen to do there is nothing much I can do about it. I just wish he had the decency to tell me first.'
Last night a friend of Cisse said the footballer had not been in a relationship with Miss Graham since the pair split last year.
He said: 'Papiss was not seeing that girl, despite what she says. They may have met socially on occasion since their split but they were not in a romantic relationship together anymore and haven't been for some time.'
His agent Madou Diene was not available for comment last night.
Miss Graham received horrific abuse after news of her relationship with Cisse became public in 2013 and it was reported to police.
Today it appears that she has been targeted again and said that she dated the footballer because she loved him, not for his money.
She tweeted: 'Yes I am upset and hurt as we were very close and I trusted him all these years. I had a good life before I met Papiss and I intend to get that good life back!
'Contrary to what a lot of you think I have never needed his money - I have my own thank you - and I did not date him because of his job and fame.
'I dated him for the same reason most people date someone and anyone who knows me and Papiss will tell you that!
'Now it's time for me to move on with my life and he will do the same. Everything happens for a reason'
Happy couple: Cisse married the sportswoman at a yacht club in Paris, left and right, and are believed to be in Senegal
Success: Miss Graham won Miss Newcastle and also became a Miss England finalist a year ago
Fan: The model, pictured at St James Park with friends last week, is also a huge Newcastle United fan and believed she would have a future with the club's star striker
In 2013 trolls from around the world criticised her for being in a relationship with a black man and a bogus Twitter account was set up in Miss Graham's name.
Miss Graham said at the time: 'At first the messages came from a US website which targets white people who are going out with black people.
'The person behind that may also have set up the fake Twitter account in my name.
'I am totally sickened by it. I cannot believe someone that would do this.'
Cisse's new wife is a Senegalese volleyball star and model who represents her national team and Stade Francais in Paris, where she lives.
She walked down the aisle in a long white dress while the footballer, who earns £40,000-a-week, wore a navy suit.
After the ceremony there was a lavish reception with cordon bleu catering and three cakes.
But the footballer would not have been drinking because he is a a
Their families, members of his new wife's volleyball team and dignitaries from Senegal also flew to France for the wedding last week.
In trouble: In the run up to the wedding Cisse was banned after spitting at Manchester United defender Jonny Evans
Model: Miss Graham, left as a Miss England finalist in 2013, first got to know the footballer in 2012 and even helped raise money for a community ambulance in Senegal by doing a skydive, right
Sports star: Diallo Awa, second left, celebrates scoring with her teammates during the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship Qualifiers between Senegal and Seychelles in Nairobi
Papiss Cisse would have had plenty of time to plan the wedding because in March he was banned for seven games for his part in the spitting storm that also involved Manchester United defender Jonny Evans.
He was fined a week's wages of around £40,000 by Newcastle, and was banned until May.
In 2013 Cisse, who is one of a number of Muslim players at Newcastle, had refused to wear the club's shirt because it was sponsored by Wonga, as it conflicts with his religious beliefs.
Under Sharia law, Muslims must not benefit from either lending money or receiving money from another person - meaning that interest is prohibited. Interest is not paid on Islamic bank accounts or added to mortgages.
But later an image emerged on Twitter that claims to show the Senegalese forward gambling in a casino. Eventually he agreed to wear the shirt.
Cisse's agent Madou Diene could not be contacted for comment.
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