I’m a spoiled bride and made my dad pay £35k for a wedding dress after my brother said I looked like a ‘chicken’

MOVING to her dream £13,000 wedding dress, Christina Singh admired the huge ruffles and tight corset.

She felt stunning and was the icing on the cake for the bride whose father insisted money was no object on his daughter’s big day.

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However, her brother delivered some brutal home truths because despite the exorbitant price, he was far from impressed – he said she looked like a chicken.

Christina, 27, was delighted when her parents told her there was no budget for her wedding and she decided to go for a dress made by renowned wedding dress designer Pnina Tornai.

Her father even made her dressing dreams come true and arranged a meeting with the designer herself.

“Wherever we go, we get a lot of compliments… We’re like a couple of movie stars.

Bride Cristina

Speaking about Christina on TLC’s Say Yes To The Dress, her mother, Sarina, explains: “I spoil her, her father spoils her even more.

“She always gets what she wants and always gets the best.”

“I know I’m my dad’s favorite,” Christina added.

Christina, who is planning a huge wedding with over 500 guests, needed a huge dress.

Describing herself and her future husband as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, she says:

“Everywhere we go we receive a lot of compliments.

“We’re like a couple of movie stars.”

The dress, with a mermaid cut with ruffles and embroidered with thousands of jewels, caught Christina’s attention as soon as she saw it online.

“This dress is exactly what I want,” she says.

“Glitzy and glamorous, this could be the dress.”

And on the day of the big test, Christina couldn’t wait to hear her family’s opinion, but the answer wasn’t what she expected.

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With uncontrollable laughter, his brother scoffs: “You look like a bird.

“I think it looks like a chicken or an ostrich.”

Her father also shared his own criticism of the dress.

“I don’t like the blouse, you can see it,” he complains, referring to the dress’s transparent bodice.

“But that’s the style!” Christina argues, much to her father’s disapproval.

“No, no, no, no, no,” he responds.

However, Pnina thought Christina looked stunning in the dress and called her a “diva.”

Trying to convince Cristina’s father to change his mind about the dress, the designer says: “It’s just that fashion is sexier today”.

“I’m from the old school,” admits the father.

Christina then tried on three more dresses, but loved them all so much that she couldn’t decide.

In the end, Christina’s father agreed to spend a whopping £35,000 on a custom-made dress, which combines aspects of the hen dress and the other dresses she tried on.

It features a beaded lace bodice and a mermaid train that flows elegantly to the floor.

“This dress will be worth every penny,” says Christina beaming.

Say Yes To The Dress is available to watch on demand on Amazon Prime and Discovery+.

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