She survived Survivor and now Jacqui Patterson has ticked off another bucket list item by taking out her category in a world body building contest at the Gold Coast. She competed on last year’s season of the reality show Australian Survivor, recently won the over 50’s category at the World ICN bodybuilding titles against five other competitors.
“I love a challenge, and having a goal. This (strength training) is something I’ve always wanted to do. I live and breather fitness.”
At our May meeting our special guest was Byron based Marriage Celebrant and local identity, Jacqui Patterson, aka ‘The Champagne Celebrant’. The following is a summary of Jacqui’s talk. ‘Never too old, never too late’.
Jacqui introduced herself and explained she was called different names by the various people who know her even as ‘that woman who goes to the gym at 5am 6 times a week’.
She explained that while she might speak for a living she was no public speaker. More Julia Morris than a Julia Gillard. Jacqui loves a large crowd. She was honoured to be asked to speak to us today and hoped we would enjoy her talk.
Jacqui is one of six siblings with the best mum and dad of all time. She grew up in Lismore and has done everything from pumping gas to cleaning toilets to getting fired from Woolies for mocking customers then finally after quite a lot of clock watching fell into her dream job of becoming a Marriage Celebrant in Byron Bay!
"Living close to the beach on the beautiful Byron coastline and I never sit still. I’m high energy, quick witted, love a laugh and a chat and will give just about anything a go.
Not only do I swim, surf, fly trapeze, trampoline, walk, run, ride, I am partial to a glass of bubbles! Oh yeah, I love chatting about weddings!
Ching Ching"
"I’m fortunate enough to be a full-time Marriage Celebrant at Byron Bay consequently it allows me to be very generous with my time. Doing weddings gives me a deep satisfaction just from making two people ecstatic on the most important day of their lives. It’s an incredible high!
The raw emotion, the excitement and the flood of genuine feelings gets me every time. When the bride and groom are buzzing, I am resonating with them. Tears, laughter, joy – bring it on!
Ask me for all the top venues and locations (and a few of the secrets). Guaranteed I can hook you up with all the best wedding services and I am just a phone call away."
