Most extreme weddings ever: big days that were so special they broke world records

These people took the saying “go big or go home” very seriously when they got married.

As we head into wedding season, let’s take a look at some of the most extreme weddings in history, from a bride who had over 100 bridesmaids to the couple who tied the knot deep underwater.

Most flower girls in a wedding

Charlene Pearson and Leon Watts (both Australia) recruited 253 flower girls to walk down the aisle at their wedding.

Their ceremony took place in Hita, Japan, in 2017 and the couple said they attempted their record to bring joy to Hita after it was hit by an earthquake the previous year.

Most bridesmaids to one bride

Tina Ackles (USA) is clearly a very popular lady.

She had 168 bridesmaid by her side in 2015 when she got married in Florida.

Tina was a member of the American Business Women's Association, as were all of her bridesmaids.

Oldest bride

Minnie Munro (Australia) was 102 years old when she got married in 1991.

She tied the knot with a younger man - Dudley Reid, 83.

Oldest bridegroom

Harry Stevens was aged 103 when he got married to Thelma Lucas, 84.

They committed to each other in a ceremony at Caravilla Retirement Home, Wisconsin, USA, in 1984.

Read about more record breakers like this in our Human Body section.

Deepest underground wedding ceremony

Adrian Waters and Susan Bethell (both UK) made their wedding day one to remember by saying “I do” 137.16 m (450 ft) below the surface in 1999.

Their ceremony took place deep in the Llechwedd Slate Caverns, in Blenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales.

Deepest underwater wedding

Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan) and Sandra Smith (USA) took their nuptials beneath the waves in 2013 when they got married 130 m (426 ft 6.1 in) underwater.

Their ceremony took place in the Song Hong underwater cave system in Thailand.

Most marriage vows renewals by the same couple

As of 2011, Lauren Lubeck Blair and David E. Hough Blair (both USA) had married each other 101 times.

They first tied the knot in 1984 and loved it so much they kept doing it again and again in different locations.

Longest wedding veil

Maria Paraskeva, a bride from Cyprus, went all out when it came to her wedding veil.

At a length of 6,962.6 m (22,843 ft 2.11 in), it could have comfortably ran alongside 63 football fields.

Maria said it had been her dream to break this record ever since she was a little girl.

Largest wedding bouquet

In 2023, siblings Roshan Samuel and Angelina Sky (both India) created a bouquet made of 9,400 flowers as a token of love for their parents Prem Kumar and Ceceliya Prem, who renewed their vows on their 25^th anniversary.

The bouquet measured 136.7 m in length.

Largest wearable cake dress (supported)

When it comes to the cake, it doesn’t get much more extreme than one you can literally wear.

In 2023, Natasha Coline Kim Fah Lee Fokas of SweetyCakes (Switzerland) created a wedding cake dress that weighed an extraordinary 131.15 kg (289 lb 13 oz).

It may have been made of traditional ingredients, but this creation was far from ordinary.

The cake was worn by a model when it was unveiled at the Swiss World Wedding fair.

Read about more records like this in our Food and Drink section.

Most bridal bouquets caught

Jamie Jackson (USA) takes being a wedding guest so seriously that she caught 50 wedding bouquets following ceremonies between 1996 and 2016.

She became somewhat of a local celebrity around Utah and even earned the nickname “The Bouquet Slayer”.

Jamie also considered herself a bit of a good luck charm after just four of the 50 weddings ended in divorce.