Something old something loo

Updated 11.48 Fri Jun 20 2008

Keywords: competition, winner, fashion, design, designer, wedding, USA, contest, dress, paper, roll, toilet

A woman from Illinois in the US beat hundreds of contestants to win the fourth toilet paper wedding dress competition.

Six majestic gowns made from toilet paper, glue and packing tape were on display at Ripley's Believe It Or Not in New York's Times Square when the winner of the Cheap and Chic Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest was announced.

"It wasn't like working on fabric because you didn't have to keep it on grain, you could just tape and paste wherever you needed it." - Runner up, Terri Glover.

First-place winner Katrina Chalifoux, used seven rolls of toilet paper to create the intricate floral bodice and cascading train on her dress, which she said took several weeks to complete.

She said she was "very surprised by the win" and thought one of the other dresses would be successful.

Contest runner up Terri Glover did some extensive research before designing her dress.

She said she looked at wedding magazines and combined the ideas she liked.

She said: "This helped me know how I needed to make the shape work, but it wasn't like working on fabric because you didn't have to keep it on grain, you could just tape and paste wherever you needed it."

The winner took home more than £500 in prize money and a trip to New York.