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Win a £25,000 Real Wedding with UKbride!

Win a Real Wedding with UKbride!

Each year UKbride gives away a £25,000 Wedding Prize to one lucky member! See the latest winner and what you could win below!

UKbride's Latest Winner!

The moment we called Justine and told her she'd won the competition!

The latest winner is Justine Kiernan who is engaged to Craig.
Read Justine's Story

One lucky UKbride member's wedding dreams came true when we called her on Valentine's Day 2024 to announce that she had won our incredible Dream Wedding competition, worth up to £25,000!

Excitement was again in the air at the UKbride Headquarters on Valentine’s Day as the wait was nearly over and we would finally be announcing the winner of our once-in-a-lifetime £25,000 dream wedding prize! With an incredible collection of prizes assembled, the team at UKbride have carefully curated the perfect wedding package to bring any bride-to-be’s dream wedding into reality.

With anticipation building, our UKbride Prize Draw Host hit dial and after just a few rings our lucky winner Justine Kiernan tentatively answered “Hello..?” Following some initial curiosity over what the call might be about, this quickly turned to pure elation as we told Justine the amazing news that she had won her dream wedding, with a range of fantastic prizes worth up to £25,000!

We caught up with Justine after the call and she told us “We never normally win anything! I don’t think my fiancé believed me when I just told him! We’ll need a chance to let the news sink in, but we are both absolutely thrilled! This has got our whole day covered and we could not be happier! Thank you so much UKbride!”

Justine and her fiancé Craig live in Romford with their puppy Barry and met in the summer of 2022 after matching on an internet dating app. Justine tells us that after they first matched, they instantly shared a connection, with those first few messages clear that they shared the same banter and sense of humour. A first date at a local restaurant in Hornchurch confirmed for Justine and Craig that they just ‘clicked,’ and Justine told us it was “pretty much love at first sight,” although she had previously “never thought such a thing was possible!”

It turns out that Justine and Craig’s paths had seen them closer than they realised in their younger days. Justine told us that Craig grew up in Dagenham and Romford whereas she was close by in Rainham and in fact her best friend since the age of 4 actually knew Craig. But it took the power of the Internet to draw them together, as Justine confirmed it was a match on Tinder that struck that initial connection.

Fast forward 18 months and Craig surprised Justine by proposing on Christmas Day 2023. “We were getting ready to go to my parents’ house for lunch with the family and I came out the bedroom in our flat to find little notes everywhere. Following them led me to Craig”, Justine excitedly explained. “The notes led me to our living room and Craig was there; he’d prepared a little speech and then dropped down on one knee. I couldn’t believe it and was absolutely thrilled.”

Justine couldn’t wait to tell her parents and wider family the news later on Christmas Day, but it turns out her Dad was already in the know. “Craig is quite traditional and so is my Dad, so Craig had already asked his permission a few days before. That meant a lot to me, and I know it meant a lot to my Dad, too,” Justine told us.

With Christmas out of the way and the family excited about making plans, our winning bride and groom-to-be had begun to plan their wedding in October 2025 in earnest, but other than booking the venue and being able to make use of Justine’s Dad’s Corvette, they had only just begun to consider all the other aspects of their big day. “UKbride has been a massive help,” Justine told us. “I wouldn’t have known where to start, or where to get inspiration. I particularly like the budget tool and table planner, and it has also been really useful having all the Wedding Supplier listings there so we can easily make contact with suppliers and get prices. It’s made things so much easier. Our wedding venue is also featured on the site, and looks stunning! UKbride had already been playing a big role in our wedding planning before this win. But I still can’t believe it!”

Our bride-to-be was delighted to now have so much of the wedding planning taken care of by winning our huge giveaway. Justine spoke to us about the size of the task of organising everything and the inevitable challenges in affording everything. “The prize is going to make such a difference to us! We were wondering how we were going to pull all of this off and had joined UKbride for a helping hand with the planning and inspiration, but now we have got so much of our big day sorted with these incredible prizes. We are so happy, thank you!”

Now that many of the decisions on wedding suppliers are taken, Justine explained that there is probably still going to be one debate that continues in the couple’s household right the way up to their big day! “We’re undecided on the song for our first dance. Craig likes a track by Imagine Dragons, but we are both also keen on Ed Sheeran’s “No Strings,” so we’ll have to see who wins out with that one!”

The team at UKbride are looking forward to hearing all about Justine and Craig’s journey and are so happy for this wonderful couple! We are so pleased we can help them create the wonderful memories they’ll have from their wedding day and wish them all the luck in the world. A huge congratulations to Justine and Craig from the UKbride team!

This means the competition for next year is now open! While we're busy finalising our prize partners for 2025, you can ensure you’re in the running to win by joining UKbride today for FREE! Maximise your chances to win this once-in-a-lifetime prize by becoming a Power User and automatically receiving 100 more chances to be the next winner of our Dream Wedding Prize worth up to £25,000! Plus, you’ll get entry into our exclusive Power User monthly prize draws, additional discounts from our wedding suppliers and advanced wedding planning tools!

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