#BrideOfTheYear: Your bride has been crowned
Noelle and Sholan were not able to afford a honeymoon making their prize so much more special: two nights surrounded by luxury at Rhino River Lodge in one of their gorgeous double en-suite rooms, including two game drives and three meals daily valued at R10,600.
The votes are in and Noelle Pillay of KwaDukuza was named the 2018/19 North Coast Courier Bride of the Year!
The blushing bride married her best friend Sholan in KwaDukuza on February 16.
Noelle and Sholan were not able to afford a honeymoon making their prize so much more special: two nights surrounded by luxury at Rhino River Lodge in one of their gorgeous double en-suite rooms, including two game drives and three meals daily valued at R10,600.
Rhino River Lodge is a Big 5 safari lodge in KZN situated along the shore of the Msunduze River in the southern section of the Zululand Rhino Reserve, 30kms north of the Hluhluwe Game Reserve. The private game lodge offers an intimate safari experience, with excellent game viewing on open safari vehicles with their knowledgeable guides.
The bride of the year will also receive a fabulous gift from Printwild – a voucher for a PrintWild A4 white contemporary framed print, valued at R766 – to put a frame around her photos from her special day.
She also looks forward to a pamper session at Salon Amika in Salt Rock with a Filorga skin peel valued at R400.
ALSO READ: #VOTE: 2019 Bride of the Year!
We chatted to Noelle about their love story:
How did your love story begin?
We met in 2013 at a family function as my cousin was dating Sholan’s sister. We had just finished school and were not really looking for anything serious. We became firm friends and maintained our friendship for a number of years. Sholan became my best friend and in 2017 we helped each other through some challenging times. It was during this dark period in our lives that things evolved and we crossed the friendship line into something deeper. We knew then that this would not just be another casual relationship.
Tell us about the proposal?
In December 2017 we took a trip to Cape Town and on New Year’s eve, Sholan asked me to be his life partner. Two months after that on Valentine’s day I came home from work to find my apartment filled with rose petals and flowers and Sholan on bended knee. He proposed that night and a year and two days later we were married.
Which song played when you walked down the aisle?
Wifey from contemporary R&B group Next.
Finish the sentence: Love is…
… Patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking and it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs and love never fails. This sums up exactly what love means to us.
Getting married to my partner was…
Amazing. I got to marry my soul mate and my best friend.
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