After a last minute decision to enter The 1998 Dress Contest sponsored by The Newlywed Web Ring (the Original Contest link no longer exists), I submitted the picture below and was chosen as one of the top fifteen dresses (Dress #15). Then, I learned that my dress was selected as a semi-finalist as one of the top ten dresses (Dress #1). How exciting! There were so many beautiful dresses. It was an honor to be among the chosen ones.

Unfortunately, I was not picked as one of the top five dresses. I was routing for Dress #1 myself, but honestly, they were all great. Good luck to all of them...

And the winner in the 1998 Dress Contest as of November 21, 1998 was Dress #1 (The site has since removed the page with the winner which is why I removed the link; I should have stated her name.) Anyway, all I can say is that I know how to pick 'em. Congrats!

NOTE:  The picture below does not do justice to the real thing; besides, I had small proofs of the professional pictures and had trouble scanning. The detail is totally lacking (to view a better picture of the dress I found in Brides magazine, click here; details here).