BEST BRIDES: Second placed Simone Jarmai-Gill, left, winner Kelly Win, third placed Katie Harrhy, and fourth placed Zoe Allen after Saturday evening's event in the Rutherford Hotel.

Photo & Story copyright Nelson Mail, July 16th, 2007

Three months after her big day, new Nelson bride Kelly Win slipped on her
wedding dress again - but this time for charity.

On Saturday Mrs Win beat 17 other Nelson-region brides to became First National
Real Estate Bride of the Year at a Nelson Hospice fundraising event in Nelson's
Rutherford Hotel.

"I was quite surprised," she said, after having her name read out as winner following the day-long event.

She said she hadn't been overly nervous on her wedding day but there had
been a few nerves getting up on stage.

Organiser Heather Harley said Mrs Win won a prize package valued at about
$1000, which was made up by retailers around Nelson.

It was too early to say how much money was raised through ticket sales but
about 200 people crowded the event.

Most of the audience were family members of the brides and there were a surprising
number of men present, she said.

This was the second year she had run the show but she was undecided if it
would be an annual event.

Second place went to Richmond's Simone Jarmai-Gill, Nelson's Katie Harrhy
was third, and Nelson's Zoe Allen was fourth. They all won prize packs.