Women dies during "trash the dress" shoot

[summer]

BBC

Maria Pantazopoulos had wanted photos taken near Dorwin Falls
A Canadian woman has drowned during a photoshoot as she posed in her wedding dress in water at a Quebec park.

Estate agent Maria Pantazopoulos, 30, was apparently pulled under the water when her dress became saturated.

She is thought to have been staging a "trash the dress" photoshoot, where a newlywed bride is pictured ruining her wedding outfit, local media say.

Photographer Louis Pagakis said he jumped in to try to save her, but could not stop her from drowning.

"She had her wedding dress on and she said 'take some pictures of me while I swim a little bit in the lake,'" Mr Pagakis told CTV News.

"She went in and her dress got heavy, I tried everything I could to save her. I jumped in, I was screaming and yelling. We tried our best."

Ms Pantazopoulos's body was recovered several hours later from the water, near the Dorwin Falls in Rawdon.

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He wasn't at the shoot, I believe.

Turns out swimming in a ballgown is a bad plan.

[ttt]

Another article:

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193579/Maria-Pantazopoulos-The-wedding-dress-shoes-bride-fell-drowned-photo-shoot.html

The husband wasn't there. It was only her, the photographer, and an assistant.

This totally sounds like an episode of Law & Order, btw.

[dylanite]

It's hard for me not to laugh at her for dying given she preferred to waste the dress rather than donate that expensive fucker. No serious. I'm lol'ing.

[basilosaurus]

Aug 26, 2012 14:42:22 GMT -5 dylanite said:

It's hard for me not to laugh at her for dying given she preferred to waste the dress rather than donate that expensive fucker. No serious. I'm lol'ing.

I'll join you.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Yeah, I don't get trashing the dress, and the first rule of swimming is don't go in with ill-fitting clothes. Tragic and sad, definitely, but I think this is some of the stupidest, most self-indulgent behavior I've seen. It's up there with those morning-after pics post from the other day. Why is it necessary to ruin your wedding dress? And capture it on film? Hi, I have so much money, I like to drop a lot of it on a dress I'll wear once and destroy. That is some diamond shoes bullshit right there.

[ttt]

Well to be fair she didn't mean to go swimming. She was standing on a rock in the middle of a very fast moving river and fell in and couldn't swim because her dress was too heavy.

[PinkSquirrel]

Aug 26, 2012 14:42:22 GMT -5 dylanite said:

It's hard for me not to laugh at her for dying given she preferred to waste the dress rather than donate that expensive fucker. No serious. I'm lol'ing.

Most dresses can still be given away after a stop at the cleaners with the vast majority of trash the dress shoots.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Aug 26, 2012 18:43:40 GMT -5 PinkSquirrel said:

Aug 26, 2012 14:42:22 GMT -5 dylanite said:

It's hard for me not to laugh at her for dying given she preferred to waste the dress rather than donate that expensive fucker. No serious. I'm lol'ing.

Most dresses can still be given away after a stop at the cleaners with the vast majority of trash the dress shoots.

Then why do it? For another chance to get your picture taken?

[earlgreyhot]

I get the draw, and it's very possible the session was part of her grand wedding photography package. You spend all this cash on a dress and you want to get as much enjoyment out of it as possible. And pictures last longer, yo. I'm sure she and the photographer were so into getting "the shot" they didn't stop to access the risks. I can't even imagine the shock of the family...it's just so STUPID.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Would a photographer be required to carry liability insurance for doing photo shoots that are on locations like this?

[dylanite]

Aug 26, 2012 18:43:40 GMT -5 PinkSquirrel said:

Aug 26, 2012 14:42:22 GMT -5 dylanite said:

It's hard for me not to laugh at her for dying given she preferred to waste the dress rather than donate that expensive fucker. No serious. I'm lol'ing.

Most dresses can still be given away after a stop at the cleaners with the vast majority of trash the dress shoots.

They might wanna reconsider the term if that's the case.

[sunny]

it's awful because it's gotta be a huge shock to the family and husband. and yes they will second guess that day forever and think what-if. it was a freak accident because she didn't mean to go *in* the water (ok well stories are conflicting) but it's such an easy story line to grab hold of that everyone will talk about it and it wasn't a dignified way to die so yes it's also gotta be embarrassing because it just sounds stupid and vain.

[IIOY]

I have honestly never heard of a "trash the dress" photo shoot.

[Michelle]

A very sad and tragic thing to happen.

I also couldn't help but notice that her photographer was wearing a superman t-shirt and then shudder.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193579/Maria-Pantazopoulos-The-wedding-dress-shoes-bride-fell-drowned-photo-shoot.html

[JLN]

Aug 26, 2012 14:42:22 GMT -5 dylanite said:

It's hard for me not to laugh at her for dying given she preferred to waste the dress rather than donate that expensive fucker. No serious. I'm lol'ing.

And you noticed where she was swimming, yes? DORWIN.

[ringstrue]

Isn't that how Ophelia died? Or have I forgotten my last of Shakespeare?

TTD was originally about taking an opportunity to take the photos of you in your dress you can't take on your wedding day. So, you can get it sandy, wet, dirty, etc.. But yeah, its a whole nother session of pictures that you'll Put in your den? Submit to modeling agencies?? I'm not quite sure.

I could see them getting out certain thing from a dress but somehow I doubt a dress that's been dragged through the lake is gonna look good ever again.

[Jermys]

I'm glad I'm not the only one laughing. What a stupid, wasteful thing to do.

[Deleted]

Aug 26, 2012 18:30:55 GMT -5 ttt said:

Well to be fair she didn't mean to go swimming. She was standing on a rock in the middle of a very fast moving river and fell in and couldn't swim because her dress was too heavy.

"She had her wedding dress on and she said 'take some pictures of me while I swim a little bit in the lake,'" Mr Pagakis told CTV News.

"She went in and her dress got heavy"

I never really got trash the dress shoots either. You'd think by that tme you'd be sick to death of having your picture taken and why just waste an expensive dress like that? Someone mentioned that they could be cleaned but I doubt it can be restored to pristine condition, and to even attempt to clean it is going to cost you more money so it just seems asanine to me.

[StrawberryBlondie]

I have a friend that got married at the beach and kind of did a trash the dress thing - more that they just took pictures in the water so the bottom of her dress (and his pants) got wet - like up to the knee. Those were really cool.

i really don't get the ones where the bride stands under a waterfall or something.

[ttt]

I'm telling you, Law & Order episode. The photographer put oil on the rocks so she would slip and then pretended to try to save her. Her husband hired him to do it because of the huge life insurance policy. But the evidence about the life insurance policy will get thrown out in court because the detectives made an illegal search of their apartment, so the DA will have to find another way to prove the motive.

[MrsAxilla]

Aug 26, 2012 19:59:53 GMT -5 ttt said:

I'm telling you, Law & Order episode. The photographer put oil on the rocks so she would slip and then pretended to try to save her. Her husband hired him to do it because of the huge life insurance policy. But the evidence about the life insurance policy will get thrown out in court because the detectives made an illegal search of their apartment, so the DA will have to find another way to prove the motive.

You need a hobby.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Aug 26, 2012 19:59:53 GMT -5 ttt said:

I'm telling you, Law & Order episode. The photographer put oil on the rocks so she would slip and then pretended to try to save her. Her husband hired him to do it because of the huge life insurance policy. But the evidence about the life insurance policy will get thrown out in court because the detectives made an illegal search of their apartment, so the DA will have to find another way to prove the motive.

I'm holding you to this. I will expect this episode in February or March.

[marie427]

Aug 26, 2012 19:59:53 GMT -5 ttt said:

I'm telling you, Law & Order episode. The photographer put oil on the rocks so she would slip and then pretended to try to save her. Her husband hired him to do it because of the huge life insurance policy. But the evidence about the life insurance policy will get thrown out in court because the detectives made an illegal search of their apartment, so the DA will have to find another way to prove the motive.

But the only L&O show left is SVU. There would need to be a sex crime in there somewhere.

[heyjude]

What is wrong with you people that you laugh about this poor girl dying? JFC. It might be time to step away from the Internet if that's your response.

[basilosaurus]

So, for the record, am I no longer allowed to laugh at any Darwin award winners or just this one?

[SmartyCat]

Yeah, my dress has been hanging in my closet for 7 years . . . I can't throw any stones here over "wasting" a dress.

[dylanite]

This makes me laugh too.

[dev22]

Aug 26, 2012 22:35:17 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

So, for the record, am I no longer allowed to laugh at any Darwin award winners or just this one?

No laughing ever

[basilosaurus]

I will retract my laughter if she fell in unintentionally. Otherwise the stupid games, stupid prizes rule applies.

And of course it would be tragic if it were my friend/family member. But it's not. I can feel bad for her family and still consider it a Darwin award with some entitlement sprinkled in.