An Italian fitness instructor who became fed up of searching for Mr Right for 20 years has found the answer staring her in the face all along – and has married herself.
Laura Mesi invited 70 of her nearest and dearest to her wedding, complete with a white dress, bridesmaids, and a diamond ring.
The 40-year-old paid £8,700 for the ceremony, which is not legally recognised, and even went to Egypt on her honeymoon – by herself.
Photographs from the big day in Lissone, Lombardy, show Ms Mesi walking down the aisle on her own and cutting a wedding cake topped with a solitary female figurine.
An Italian fitness instructor who became fed up of searching for Mr Right for 20 years has found the answer staring her in the face all along – and has married herself
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Laura Mesi invited 70 of her nearest and dearest to her wedding after failing to find a soulmate
![Photographs from the big day in Lissone, Lombardy, show Ms Mesi walking down the aisle on her own and cutting a wedding cake topped with a solitary female figurine](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/28/01/44CCD13400000578-4927700-image-a-20_1506559100467.jpg)
Photographs from the big day in Lissone, Lombardy, show Ms Mesi walking down the aisle on her own and cutting a wedding cake topped with a solitary female figurine
![The 40-year-old paid £8,700 for the ceremony, which is not legally recognised, and even went to Egypt on her honeymoon - by herself](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/28/01/44CCD05B00000578-4927700-The_40_year_old_paid_8_700_for_the_ceremony_which_is_not_legally-m-22_1506559124642.jpg)
The 40-year-old paid £8,700 for the ceremony, which is not legally recognised, and even went to Egypt on her honeymoon – by herself
![An emotional Ms Mesi sheds a happy tear with friends and family after marrying herself](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/28/01/44CCD0F200000578-4927700-image-a-47_1506560054428.jpg)
An emotional Ms Mesi sheds a happy tear with friends and family after marrying herself
She decided to take part in the ceremony after a 12-year relationship ended in 2015, promising to marry herself should she not met someone before turning 40.
‘I told friends and family that if I had not found my soul-mate by my 40th birthday I would marry myself,’ she told La Repubblica newspaper.
‘If one day I find a man with whom I can plan a future I’ll be happy, but my happiness does not depend on him.
‘This is my fairytale wedding – only without a Prince Charming.’
Last year, a woman from Brighton married herself in a similar ceremony, admitting the idea was a ‘little bonkers’.
Self-marriage – often dubbed ‘sologamy’ – is a growing trends around the world, with proponents claiming the ceremony celebrates self-love and acceptance.
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The bride (pictured with her cake) described her big day as her ‘fairytale wedding’, minus Prince Charming
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Self-marriage – often dubbed ‘sologamy’ – is a growing trends around the world, with proponents claiming the ceremony celebrates self-love and acceptance
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Ms Mesi decided to take part in the ceremony after a 12-year relationship ended in 2015, promising to marry herself should she not met someone before turning 40