A video countdown features six unusual wedding stories.
6. A Japanese video game allows players to marry a virtual anime character, with some players taking the simulation too seriously.
5. A Chinese man marries a silicone doll, claiming he did it to hurt others' feelings and because the doll doesn't have feelings.
4. An Italian woman, Laura Messi, marries herself in a ceremony with 70 guests, as a form of self-love and acceptance.
3. A 49-year-old model, Elisabeth Code, gets engaged to her dog but doesn't follow through with the wedding.
2. Lauren Atkins marries a cardboard cutout of Robert Pattinson in Las Vegas, after becoming obsessed with the Twilight actor.
1. A father, diagnosed with terminal cancer, throws a mock wedding for his 11-year-old daughter so she can experience the special day with him before he passes away.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. There is a video game called "Net Sum to Double Ex" that allows players to choose an anime character to have a virtual date.
2. A Japanese studio created the game for singles who are forever alone.
3. Some players took the simulation to the extreme and thought it was real.
4. A Chinese man married a silicone doll in 2015.
5. The man hired a team of makeup artists to prepare the doll for the wedding.
6. The wedding was shown on social networks and went viral.
7. The man said he married the doll because he liked her appearance and wanted to hurt other people's feelings.
8. Laura Messi, a 40-year-old Italian woman, married herself in a ceremony with 70 guests.
9. Elisabeth Code, a 49-year-old model, planned to marry her dog but was unable to find a church that would allow it.
10. Lauren Atkins, a 25-year-old woman, married a cardboard cutout of Robert Pattinson in Las Vegas.
11. James Set, a 62-year-old man with pancreatic cancer, organized a wedding for his 11-year-old daughter and her future husband before he passed away.
12. The wedding was held on March 14, 2014, and was documented by photographer Lynsey Villatoro.