{"id":35657,"date":"2013-05-15T17:42:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T21:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=35657"},"modified":"2013-05-23T09:07:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T13:07:53","slug":"kellys-announces-21st-bride-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/05\/kellys-announces-21st-bride-of-the-year","title":{"rendered":"Kelly\u2019s Announces 21st Bride of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michaella Forbes-Conliffe is Kelly\u2019s 21st Bride of the Year,\u00a0Merrilyn Wallace-Bain Runner Up<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Kelly’s 21st Bride of the Year is Mrs.\u00a0Michaella Forbes-Conliffe,\u00a0 a registered nurse with the Public Hospital Authority.\u00a0She will reign over Bridal events at Kelly’s House and Home, Mall at Marathon,\u00a0in 2013, during the company\u2019s 85th Anniversary Year.<\/p>\n

“Our Bride of the Year is always a young woman of very special qualities, attractive and community minded, giving back to others,” said Mrs. Nancy \u00a0B. Kelly, President of Kelly’s House and Home. \u00a0She adds, “These young role models, our Brides of the Month, represent women who have shown special qualities of giving back to their communities. We feel they will go on to make positive contributions through their churches and other civic organizations. \u00a0You are all winners!”<\/p>\n

In an emotional tribute, Mrs. Kelly said, \u201cIn March, my late husband David and I would have been married 50 years. I wish you all a lot of love and\u00a0 I advise you all to enjoy the\u00a0 fun and compromise and to remember\u00a0 the team effort you must make.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to see any divorces!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Kelly was married for 46 years to David Kelly, CBE, Olympic sailor and\u00a0philanthropist, who spent nearly 60 years in retail.<\/p>\n

As Retiring Bride of the Year Mrs. Shonel Wilson-Clarke turned over her crown, the new Bride of the Year\u00a0Michaella Forbes-Conliffe\u00a0said, ” Oh my God, I\u2019m just so stunned! But, prepared and ready to work with Kelly\u2019s Bridal Department.\u201d<\/p>\n

She met her banker husband, Nigel, while shopping. He proposed \u201crather romantically. At the end of a carpet of rose petals, there were 11 red roses, each holding a message. He held the 12th red rose in his hand with the message \u2018Will you marry me?\u201d Of course she said \u201cYes!\u201d<\/p>\n

She urges brides to be to \u201cPut God first in everything and be true to your partner.\u00a0 Be as much help as you can be in the community,especially to the children\u2019s homes and with the elderly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her hobbies are travelling, reading, nursing the sick and\u00a0 and meeting people. \u00a0She chose Kelly’s for her bridal selections “because they have such a wide selection quality merchandise, reasonable prices and because of the excellent customer service give by\u00a0 their bridal consultants.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Bride of the Year, another brainy beauty, receives the Kelly\u2019s \u00a0House and Home $1,000 gift certificate and a wealth of other prizes including: a Noritake \u201cPembroke Gold” china service for six; a beverage server by Arthur Court; a Kitchenaid 10 piece porcelain pot set; a Hamilton Beach 40 oz Smoothie Smart Blender, a 5-opening collage picture frame by Melannco and a Wilton Decorator Preferred Deluxe Tool Caddy.<\/p>\n

RUNNER UP<\/p>\n

Scores were so close that Kelly\u2019s once again announced a runner up, Mrs. Merrilyn Wallace-Bain, a medical intern at the Public Hospital Authority \u00a0She \u00a0receives a $250 gift certificate,\u00a0 a large Kitchenaid covered roaster; a 5-opening collage picture frame by Melannco, a Wilton Decorator Preferred Deluxe Tool Caddy, a Cuisinart Stainless Steel Chopper and a 6-tea light candle holder by Elements. She married Ramon Bain after six years of long-distance courtship. He proposed at Cafe Martinique.<\/p>\n

\"\"An independent panel of judges chooses\u00a0Kelly’s Bride of the Year \u00a0from Kelly’s 12 Brides of the Month. The Brides of the Month for 2012 were:\u00a0January-Alexandria Taylor-Gabriel; February-Kelly Bostwick-Toote; March-Michaella Forbes-Conliffe; April-Alexandria Woodside-Johnson; May-Keenya Farrington-Stubbs; June-Merrilyn Wallace-Bain; July-Leandra Pratt-Roker; August-Cephia Pinder-Moss; September-Denricka Kerr-Taylor; October-Kalesa Gibbs-Simmons; November-Anna Cunningham-Williamson; December- Nezera Rolle-Khan.<\/p>\n

Judges for the event were Mrs. Cypriana Fleischer, Mr. Vincent Vaughn; Mr. Nelson Georges (who has served every year) and Mrs. Gwen Bayles, retired\u00a0Kelly’s Bridal Department Manager.<\/p>\n

Kelly’s Bridal Department Head, Ms Beverley Maycock, urges prospective brides to come meet her, “and enter the Bride of the Year and Month competition. It is as easy as registering your bridal choices at Kelly\u2019s! Just register\u00a0your wedding date and make your bridal choices including china and crystal at Kelly\u2019s House and Home, Mall at Marathon. We even have furniture \u00a0and patio furnishings\u00a0Your bridegroom can select tools and grills, also, from our wide selection of the very best products.”<\/p>\n

A former Kelly\u2019s Bride of the Month recalls, \u201cI am so glad my mother insisted that I register my choices for fine china, crystal and flatware at Kelly\u2019s, because that is just about the only way most of us are ever going to be able to obtain them. Using them adds such quality to your life!\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelly\u2019s Brides are invited to special\u00a0events\u00a0during the year of their wedding. Kelly\u2019s Brides of the Month and Bride of the Year are guests of honour at these events.<\/p>\n

Mrs.\u00a0Karen Darville, Sr. Buyer at Kelly’s \u00a0adds, \u201cRemember to register your Bridal Gift Choices at Kelly\u2019s Bridal Registry\u00a0three\u00a0months\u00a0before your wedding if possible. Enter our famous\u00a0Bride of the Month and Bride of the Year\u00a0Promotions! ”<\/p>\n

Mrs. Judith Adderley, Human Resources Manager at Kelly’s, was the MC for the Bride of the Year Event. \u00a0She thanked the participants, judges and staff “for another wonderful year.” All with love from Kelly\u2019s.<\/p>\n

By P.S. News\/Features <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Captions:<\/em><\/span>
\nTop – Kelly\u2019s 21st Bride of the Year and Runner-Up\u2014Kelly\u2019s Vice President Greg Kelly welcomes the company\u2019s 21st Bride of the Year\u00a0 Mrs. Michaella Forbes-Conliffe (right) and Runner Up\u00a0Mrs. Shonel Wilson-Clarke (left). Kelly\u2019s House and Home at the Mall of\u00a0 Marathon is celebrating its 85th Anniversary this year. \u00a0Photo by Vincent Vaughan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Side – Nancy Kelly on Brides–“Our Bride of the Year is always a young woman of very special qualities, attractive and community minded, giving back to others,” said Mrs. Nancy \u00a0B. Kelly, President of Kelly’s House and Home. \u00a0 She adds, “These young role models, our Brides of the Month, represent women who have shown special qualities of giving back to their communities. We feel they will go on to make positive contributions through\u00a0their churches and other civic organizations. \u00a0You are all winners!\u201d \u00a0Photo by Vincent Vaughan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kelly’s 21st Bride of the Year is Michaella Forbes-Conliffe, a registered nurse. She will reign over Kelly’s bridal events during the company\u2019s 85th Anniversary Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[422,163],"class_list":["post-35657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-people","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}