ANDY JACKSON
There was a suitably exuberant reaction from the husband of Taranaki's bride of the year on Saturday night.
Jacqueline McFadyen's husband Jordan leapt to his feet to whoop out his delight when she was named as the supreme winner.
"Very proud, he was," event convenor Diane Barley said yesterday.
The annual parade of brides and their entourages at the Quality Hotel Plymouth International in New Plymouth made for a very colourful night, she said.
"It was an absolutely beautiful night. The entrants came up later and said how much they loved it."
A total of 23 brides took the opportunity to don their wedding garb for a second time.
They were accompanied by 11 bridesmaids, a junior bridesmaid and pageboy, and four mothers of the bride or groom. Six brides were accompanied by their grooms.
The brides weren't the only ones on display. Dancers from the Gilbert-Smith Dance Trust also put on a show for the crowd. The night doubles as the trust's annual fundraiser.
Heemi Hill has now compered 23 of the 24 shows that have been staged. The former Taranaki radio host now lives in Auckland.
"He's very professional and absolutely fantastic," Ms Barley said.
Results:
Taranaki Supreme Bride of the Year: Jacqueline McFadyen
Runnerup bride: Sarah Betteridge.
Third-placed bride: Bonita Hobby
Audience choice: Sarah Betteridge
Personality bride: Tabitha Bloomfield-Garrett
Bride & groom: Olivia & Brendon Kaye
Bridesmaid winner: Renee Warner
Runner-up bridesmaid: Celeste Herlihy
Winner junior bridesmaid: Jorgia Roebuck
Winner page boy: Travis Goble
Winner mother of the bride or groom: Cathryn Buttimore
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