{"id":888450,"date":"2026-09-11T18:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T18:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888450\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T18:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T18:42:21","slug":"wedding-of-the-week-couple-emigrated-to-australia-as-roommates-and-ended-up-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888450\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding of the week: Couple emigrated to Australia as roommates and ended up married"},"content":{"rendered":"

A move from the Philippines to Bunbury for work turned into a love story for a couple who first met as housemates in 2023.<\/p>\n

31-year-old Leanne Salvador and 38-year-old Jose Paypon were oth recruited to work at a local company, the pair were placed in the same rental property, where their friendship gradually blossomed into a relationship.<\/p>\n

On their wedding day, the couple celebrated their Filipino heritage by including a traditional prosperity dance.<\/p>\n

With loved ones travelling from overseas for the occasion, Leanne and Jose said the most special part was having family and friends together to celebrate their marriage and culture.<\/p>\n

When and where<\/p>\n

Leanne and Jose married on August 8, 2026, at St Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in Bunbury, followed by a reception at Dalyellup Community Centre.<\/p>\n

\"LeanneCamera IconLeanne and Jose’s sweet wedding ceremony in Bunbury. Credit: Dream Photography by MJ Cajegas\/SuppliedAttire<\/p>\n

Leanne found her dress on Facebook Marketplace for $50 and made it her own by styling it with a pearl veil, belt and white fur bolero. Jose wore a suit purchased from the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\"LeanneCamera IconLeanne and Jose’s sweet wedding ceremony in Bunbury. Credit: Dream Photography by MJ Cajegas\/Supplied\"LeanneCamera IconLeanne and Jose’s sweet wedding ceremony in Bunbury. Credit: Dream Photography by MJ Cajegas\/SuppliedHoneymoon<\/p>\n

They currently don\u2019t have any honeymoon plans.<\/p>\n

\"LeanneCamera IconLeanne and Jose’s sweet wedding ceremony in Bunbury. Credit: Dream Photography by MJ Cajegas\/Supplied<\/p>\n

If you would like to be featured, submit your wedding details and high-res photos to weddings@wanews.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Include details of when, where, dress information, honeymoon, and anything that made your big day special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A move from the Philippines to Bunbury for work turned into a love story for a couple who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,1625,44,30329],"class_list":["post-888450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}