Brides.com Users Reveal Thoughts on Celebrity Engagements

43 Percent In Sync with Jennifer Love Hewitt's Opinion About Weight Pressure as Bride-to-Be

NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring marks the kickoff of wedding season, and with no shortage of celebrity bridal news, 100 Brides.com users logged on to reveal their thoughts about the engagements of Fergie, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Alba and Katherine Heigl. Brides.com is Conde Nast's premier destination bridal Web site and "Your #1 Source for Weddings."

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060925/NYM014LOGO )

-- Along with her rumored pregnancy, Black Eyed Peas star Fergie wants to
keep all details about her future wedding to TV star Josh Duhamel a
secret, and 64 percent of Brides.com respondents agreed that she should
have her privacy. However, 28 percent said that when the bride is as
famous as Fergie is, all that attention comes with the territory.

-- Just-engaged Jennifer Love Hewitt recently defended her size 2 figure
against tabloid name-calling. While 43 percent of Brides.com
respondents agreed that they too feel pressure about their weight, 18
percent responded that they don't feel pressured at all, and 39 percent
admitted that they sometimes do but are generally happy with the way
they look.

-- Jennifer Love Hewitt's new fiance, Scottish actor Ross McCall, proposed
to her with an antique engagement ring that had been in his family for
more than a century. Although 57 percent of Brides.com respondents
share Jennifer's love of wearing a family heirloom, 43 percent of
brides-to-be liked the idea of having a ring that was hers and hers
alone.

-- Jessica Alba announced her engagement to boyfriend Cash Warren along
with her pregnancy. She said she'll wait until after she gives birth to
get married. Fashionwise, 67 percent of Brides.com respondents said
they'd do the same thing, and 33 percent said they'd wear their wedding
dress while pregnant.

-- Katherine Heigl, of 27 Dresses fame, married musician Josh Kelley on
Dec. 22 in Park City, Utah, because she wanted to have a Christmas
theme. About 31 percent of Brides.com respondents said they'd choose
the same holiday, and New Year's was the second most popular (29
percent); Halloween was the third most popular wedding-theme choice
with 22 percent of the votes, followed by Valentine's Day (18 percent).

-- Grey's Anatomy co-star T.R. Knight served as a "bridesman/groomsman" to
Katherine. Some 77 percent of Brides.com respondents said they too
would ask a guy to stand by her side if he was her best friend; 23
percent thought that guys should stick to the groomsmen side.

Brides.com is a premier bridal destination site, with more than 1.2 million unique users every month and 60 percent year-over-year growth in traffic. Brides.com's dedicated editorial team creates original content, develops interactive tools, cultivates an engaged community and provides an array of beautiful imagery and video to empower the bride throughout her wedding-planning process. Brides.com commands a superior market position by aggregating content from three national magazines -- Brides, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride -- and 16 local bridal magazines.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact:

Photo:

Source: Brides.com

CONTACT: Bethridge Goode, +1-212-630-4902,
bethridge_goode@condenast.com

Web site: http://www.brides.com/

2008-04-23 13:27:20 0343425 PRNEWSWIRE