Pink Lobster Dating ran an incredible competition on April 1st to win an invitation to Ellen Page's and Samantha Thomas's wedding with all expenses paid...
Here's what was on offer:
We are honoured to announce the wedding of Ellen Page and Samantha Thomas taking place this year, 2016.
What is even more exciting is that that we (Emma Ziff and Juliette Prais) have been given a personal invite to the Wedding taking place this year at a secret location (of course). This is going to be the lesbian wedding of the century!!!!
As Ellen is a good friend of ours we asked if we could bring along two guests... and guess what it could be you?
The two winners will travel to the secret location all expenses paid.
And imagine if you meet the woman of your dreams there too... what a great story to tell the grand-kids.
Hundreds and hundreds of you applied... and hundreds and hundreds of you forgot that it was April Fool's day.
Here's our top two entries who were the wittiest, funniest and made the most effort. (We of course asked their permission to post). Read and enjoy...
Storm Greenwood
Why Should We Pick You:
In 2014 I came out as bisexual, after many years of trying to ignore my feelings towards women. Ellen came out three days after I did and had a profound impact on my sense of belonging and in my understanding of what it means to be LGBT. Reading interviews with her and seeing her truly come into her own was an amazing experience. Like Ellen, I'd also suffered from panic attacks before coming out and it was amazing to know that I wasn't alone in being mentally affected by being closeted.
Write a Wedding speech for Ellen and Samantha:
Ellen and Samantha are an inspiration to Queer women the world over. The fact that they have proudly shared their love and been outspoken advocates for the LGBT community has meant so much for me and other young LGBT women. You can see from the way they look at eachother, that they have found what they were searching for. On top of being an aesthetically pleasing couple, they also enrich eachothers lives and perspectives and make eachother happy. I wish them all the love and happiness that any of us can possibly imagine!
How would you plan your ideal lesbian wedding?:
I'd have a beautiful outdoor ceremony at my sister's farm in the English countryside. We'd have a wooden marquee, strung with wild flowers and exchange our vows in flowing white dresses. The ceremony itself would just be for close family and friends and then we'd have a huge party in one of the barns. The barn would be strung with fairylights and all the tables would be laden with flowers. Everyone could pitch tents in the fields and we could all dance the night away.
Alice G
Why Should We Pick You:
Being the ultimate Romantic, I adore weddings. They are the only thing that makes me cry (that, and RSPCA adverts.) Seeing two people totally in love, and in sync, especially on a wedding day, is a pleasure that can penetrate an entire room. It is not hard to get caught up in those hedonistic and almost excruciating feelings of pure joy. It doesn't matter that it's two celebrities who are getting married, what matters is the passion they have for each other, and it would be an honour to share in that (especially as the only aisle I'm likely to go up in the next year is the wine aisle in Sainsbury's...) But it would also be amazing to be part of LGTBQ history, as their status as public figures will no doubt make this a high-profile wedding, and the message it sends out to the community is more important than I have space here to write.
Write a Wedding speech for Ellen and Samantha:
It was that great poetess, the ever alluring, and somewhat heroine in our community, Sappho, who I believe sums up perfectly the words that the eyes cannot speak when Ellen looks at Samantha:
Awed by her splendour,
Stars near the lovely
Moon cover their own
Bright faces
When she
Is near and lights
Earth with her shine
This is a union in the truest sense of the word, for it is not hard to see that these two individuals have become one heart, formed from the deepest of loves and strongest of connections. Long may it beat.
How would you plan your ideal lesbian wedding?:
1. Find a willing participant.
2. Make a Pintrest board ("dog ring bearer outfits", "romantic gin cocktails", "how to make your own wedding rings", "two brides one wedding" etc).
3. Scrap all Pintrest ideas and employ a close group of friends to plan the ultimate party.
4. Go on a pre-wedding weight-loss regime. I.e. only drink diet tonic with my gin.
5. Travel to a unique, disgustingly sentimental, location with close friends and family members, not forgetting to bring the fiance.
6. Become the happiest girl alive knowing that there is another human being in the world willing to put up with me. Forever.