2026 Vegas Wedding Dress Of The Year Contest Seeks Entries
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- Category: Las Vegas
- Published on Wednesday, 18 March 2026 10:00
- Written by A&E Contributing Editor
The Wedding Capital of the World™, Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya and the Vegas Wedding Chamber invite all to submit entries for the 2026 Vegas Wedding Dress of the Year contest before the Jan. 3, 2027 deadline.
The winning dress will be seen by travelers from around the world at the Wedding Capital of the World's display beginning February 2027 inside Harry Reid International Airport, where it will illustrate Las Vegas' reigning status as the world's most desirable destination wedding location.
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"We encourage everyone with a 2026 Vegas wedding to submit the most stunning bridal photo taken in their wedding dress," said Goya. "Thousands of elegant, fun, stylish and romantic weddings—with heart-melting love stories behind them—take place in Las Vegas every year. We created this contest to celebrate them on a global stage."
To qualify for the contest, entries must depict a bride in a dress worn during a wedding in Las Vegas during the 2026 calendar year. Anyone is able to nominate a dress for 2026 Vegas Wedding Dress of the Year, and the dress must be available for display in Las Vegas during the 2027 calendar year. Clark County will cover the cost of shipping and insurance via their preferred vendor.
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Submissions will be accepted via a form linked in the bio of the Wedding Capital of the World's Instagram page @vegasweddingcapital. Complete submissions will include:
An uploaded photo of the bride in her dress worn at a wedding in Clark County, Nevada during the 2026 calendar year.
Bride's Instagram handle.
Date of the wedding.
Location of where the photo was taken.
Up to 300 words describing why the dress should be the 2026 Vegas Wedding Dress of the Year.
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Acknowledgment that the winner must be willing to send the dress, or replica, for display as the 2026 Vegas Wedding Dress of the Year at the ongoing display site alongside the associated wedding story and photo.
Submission must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027. The Wedding Capital of the World will post select photo submissions on its Instagram page @vegasweddingcapital and invite the submitter to collaborate on the post.
The selection committee, comprising members of the Wedding Capital of the World and the Vegas Wedding Chamber, will choose the winning dress. The winner will be contacted by Friday, Jan. 22, 2027. The selected dress must be delivered to the Office of the County Clerk, Government Center located at 500 S Grand Central Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89106 by Monday, Feb. 1, 2027.
For more information and to participate in this contest, click here.
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ABOUT THE VEGAS WEDDING CHAMBER
As the only 501(c)(6) Chamber of Commerce in the world solely dedicated to the Wedding Industry, the Vegas Wedding Chamber stands as a beacon in the wedding industry, promoting the growth and success of Las Vegas as the world's leading wedding destination.
ABOUT THE OFFICE OF THE CLARK COUNTY CLERK, NEVADA
The Office of the Clark County Clerk, Nevada, overseen by the Honorable Lynn Marie Goya, issues more than 75,000 marriage licenses per year, making it the wedding location with the highest marriage rate in the world. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's annual Marriage Rate by State report, Nevada has 24.6 marriages per 1,000 population.
The U.S. marriage rate is 6.1 per thousand; Hawaii's rate is 12.5 per thousand with Utah at 11.2 per thousand. Internationally, marriage rates for countries typically range from 5 to 10 per thousand population. Las Vegas was originally recognized with its iconic title as the "Wedding Capital of the World" on Sept. 23, 1953, when the London Daily Herald used it in an article highlighting the city's popularity for destination weddings. Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya and the Office of the Clark County Clerk have won numerous local, national and international awards in recognition of her commitment to good government, including awards for innovation, saving tax dollars, environmental stewardship, constituent outreach, efficiency and the transformation of the "Vegas wedding" brand from "The Hangover" to one of fun, stress-free excitement.
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The office is also responsible for numerous other government services, including passport acceptance, lobbyist registration, fictitious firm name certificates and maintaining the permanent records for the Clark County Commissioners. For more information on the Office of the Clark County Clerk, visit clarkcountynv.gov/clerk/about.
ABOUT THE WEDDING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD™
With more than five million weddings and counting and more weddings per 1,000 people than any other place on the globe, Las Vegas remains the undisputed Wedding Capital of the World™. For over a century, a "Vegas wedding" has captured public imagination as the ultimate stress-free, fun, glamorous and romantic wedding, whether it is a spur-of-the-moment occasion or an elaborately planned extravaganza. Offering weddings for every budget—including elopements at iconic Las Vegas chapels, elaborate nuptial celebrations at the Strip's most elegant resorts and everything in between—the destination delivers dream weddings of every description for every budget. For more information about the Wedding Capital of the World™ or the Office of the Clark County Clerk, Nevada, visit weddings.vegas.