On June 1st, actress Kitano Kii showed off herself in a wedding dress for the first time at the awards ceremony,�"The 5th Great Nationwide Proposal Contest 2011~Kizuna".

Kitano, who has had experience in being proposed to in the past, said, "I'm so happy right now," as she smiled sweetly in her pure white dress. "I feel like I'd like to wear this kind of thing while I'm still in my 20s," she said, talking about her desire to get married.

She also revealed her assertive side, stating,"I don't have a partner right now, but someone who understands the wonderfulness of a dress would be good. I'm kind of a 'take charge' type, so it might be ok for me to say 'I'll make you happy' and propose myself."

The dress Kitano wore is from the Lovers' Sanctuary dress brand designed by Katsura Yumi. The long dress' skirt is a separate piece detachable from the main dress, and Kitano removed it, transforming it into a minidress, and stating, "I want to wear a short-length dress." She said enthusiastically about her ideal proposal, "I think just straightforwardly saying 'I love you' would make my heart move the most."

The event is held every year on the first Sunday in June, known as "Proposal Day", and is part of the larger "Koibito no Seichi" project aimed at stimulating the region and countering the falling birth rate.

For the 5th event this year, out of the around 1,000 proposals and stories collected, the winner's theme was, "What I want to say to a guy after he suffered through the water outage from the earthquake", and the winning words were, "There's a shortage of water and electricity, but there's no shortage to my love."

Romantic? Cheesy? Both?

You decide.

Source: Oricon