Tuesday 6 January 2009

Bride-to-be in contest final

A Desborough bride could be set for a change of luck after being chosen as a finalist in a national competition, with a chance of winning £3,000 towards her dream wedding.
Hayley Mullan, 27, Desborough, applied for the competition after seeing it in magazine Wedding Ideas, and was selected as one of the 10 finalists after telling the judges about her string of bad luck in preparing for her big day.She said: "I wrote to the magazine and told them I was unable to exercise to help me lose weight in the run-up to the wedding."I didn't hear anything so didn't think I had got through but then I got a phone call saying I was one of the 10 finalists."Miss Mullen decided to enter the competition after she tripped outside her home in March and sprained both her ankles.The accident has left her unable to exercise to lose weight for her big day with fiance Rob Desborough in June.She said: "I was just getting ready to go on holiday and went outside to check my sat nav and went over on my ankle."I missed my holiday, which had been planned for my birthday, and had to spend it at home."Miss Mullan met Rob, 35, through speed dating and he proposed last year on Christmas Day in front of her family.She said: "It was so nice because all my family were there and we were all in tears."If I win I am planning to put the money towards the tiaras and a few other things."It would be great to win the competition."The competition, run with weight loss tablets Lipobind, will now be decided by a public vote on the website.The winning bride will receive £3,000 worth of wedding vouchers and their wedding day photos will be featured in the magazine.

To vote for Hayley Mullan to win, visit www.LIPObind.com/bridalcompetition.

The closing date for entries is January 31 and winners will be notified by the end of February.

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