FeaturedOffbeatTotally Bizarre! WOW: Couple Breaks Guinness World Records With 130 Bridesmaids And 100 Ushers At A Wedding (PHOTOS, VIDEO) By Eseme MacDonald | Lifestyle Contributor Feb 24, 2015 Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailTelegramCopy URL Must read Why Should Small Businesses Invest In Packaging? Apr 25, 2024 5 Essentials To Starting A Sustainable Business Apr 25, 2024 10 Ways Regenerative AI is Changing Work Apr 24, 2024 Dangote Predicts Diesel Price Cut to Drive Down Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Apr 11, 2024 Eseme MacDonald | Lifestyle Contributor A newlywed couple have taken a place in the Guinness World Book Of Records after they broke two world records by having 130 bridesmaids and 100 ushers at their wedding on Sunday, February 22, 2015.Amy Ewing and Radio DJ Alex Simmons tied the knot with 230 friends at Rudding Park in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Mirror UK reports. Couple Breaks Record With 130 Bridesmaids And 100 Ushers At A Wedding in Couple Breaks Record With 130 Bridesmaids And 100 Ushers At A Wedding in North Yorkshire. (Photo Credit: Mirror UK) The couple succeeded in breaking a Double Guinness World Record, beating ‘Most ushers to one groom’, previously at 47, and ‘Most bridesmaids to one bride’, previously 126.It was first time these records have been attempted together at the same wedding and the first time they had been attempted in the UK. Both records have been lodged and approved by The Guinness Book of World Records. Couple Breaks Record With 130 Bridesmaids And 100 Ushers At A Wedding in North Yorkshire. (Photo Credit: Mirror UK) Couple Breaks Record With 130 Bridesmaids And 100 Ushers At A Wedding in North Yorkshire. (Photo Credit: Mirror UK) The 26-year-old bride, Amy,a law student and the groom Alex, 32, who won the £110,000 wedding in a competition, had to know all of their helpers and couldn’t just have random guests. They met at a charity event in summer 2014 and started a relationship with plans to tie the knot at the end of 2015. Amy called for the attendance of girlfriends across the globe while her TV presenter husband’s groomsmen included rugby players Danny Kirmond and Jamie Jones-Buchanan. Couple Breaks Record With 130 Bridesmaids And 100 Ushers At A Wedding in North Yorkshire. (Photo Credit: Mirror UK) Couple Breaks Record With 130 Bridesmaids And 100 Ushers At A Wedding in North Yorkshire. (Photo Credit: Mirror UK) All the items used at the wedding was donated by local companies – including 130 identical bridesmaid dresses worth £35,000 and suits worth £13,000. The couple from Leeds, West Yorks, already have four children between them from previous relationships and are expecting the first child of their own. They saw a competition on Facebook run by bridal shop owner Abbi Lewis, who was looking to pull off a record-breaking wedding and wanted a couple to take part. Couple Breaks Record With 130 Bridesmaids And 100 Ushers At A Wedding in North Yorkshire. (Photo Credit: Mirror UK) The duo initially planned a small wedding, but determined Abbi managed to blag everything for free and pulled together the massive event in just five months. The groom said, “I wouldn’t say I had to convince Amy but I hadn’t known her long. When we entered the competition we weren’t even engaged. “We knew we had to take the opportunity. “There is no way with kids we would have been able to afford this ourselves. “This had made our dreams come true. “The fact we can have everyone there is amazing. Before their record, the most ushers at a wedding was 47, a record set by Arulanantham Suresh Joachim in September 2003 in Canada. The most bridesmaids was set in November 2013 in Sri Lanka by Champika Shirani Siriwardana, with 126. Share this:TwitterFacebookTelegramWhatsAppMastodonMorePrintEmailLinkedInRedditTumblrPinterestPocketLike this:Like Loading... TagsbreaksbridesmaidCoupleNorth YorkshirerecordushersWedding Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailTelegramCopy URL Previous articleDHQ Releases Video Showing Aerial Bombardment Of Boko Haram Camps [WATCH]Next articleFire Razes Ebonyi House Of Assembly More articles 10 Facts About Masturbation They Don’t Want You To Know Apr 25, 2024 5 Essentials To Starting A Sustainable Business Apr 25, 2024 Zulu Adigwe, Renowned Nollywood Actor and Star of ‘Basi and Company’, Passes Away Apr 24, 2024 - Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - Latest article 10 Facts About Masturbation They Don’t Want You To Know Apr 25, 2024 Ayogu Eze, Former Nigerian Senator and Founding Member of the PDP, Dies at 66 Apr 25, 2024 10 Reasons You Should Give Up Diet Coke Apr 25, 2024 Why Should Small Businesses Invest In Packaging? Apr 25, 2024 Leo Igwe: A Question-to-Question Approach to Critical Thinking in Schools [MUST READ] Apr 25, 2024
