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I’m a proud traveller & I’m marrying my cousin – my dress has 80,000 rhinestones, 22 fox skins and it GLOWS in the dark
MOST girls dream of their wedding dress from a very young age, but not many can say theirs is encrusted with 80,000 rhinestones.
That's the case for Annie, 27, who is set to marry her first cousin Josh - which is legal in the American state of North Carolina.
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Annie hopes for the biggest, blingiest gown in gypsy wedding history, inspired by Winter Wonderland.
The bride-to-be and her cousin Josh are both Romanichal gypsies, and share the same grandfather - and according to Josh, they "just clicked straight away."
Speaking on the TLC show , he says: "It didn't matter to her and it didn't matter to me. I can't help the fact that I love her. "
According to the Annie, it's not uncommon for Romanichal gypsies to marry their first cousins, and she plans on doing so in the dress of all dresses.
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Wanting to go big on her special day, Annie enlists the help of renowned Gypsy dressmaker Sandra Celli, from Boston, who happily takes on the challenge.
With just five days to make a dreamy Gypsy gown, plus three bridesmaids dresses, Sandra pulls through with all the glitz and glam she promised.
"You'll be shocked and surprised and fall over when you see it," she promises Annie, and she does not disappoint.
Annie's dream dress is encrusted with 80,000 rhinestones and trimmed with 22 fox skins, certainly fulfilling the the "winter wonderland" brief.
What's more, the huge dress has lightbulbs attached to the train, with a matching light-up crown, making it glow-in-the-dark as well.
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It also has a huge fur collar and matching fluffy sleeves, making it perfect for the chilly weather.
Clearly impressed, Annie squeals with excitement, when she spots her dress, and says: "This is the best Romani dress I've ever laid my eyes on in history."
Blown away, her mum, Jet, adds: "She looks like a real snow queen in that dress."
When her big day finally arrives, the glam bride chooses a horse and cart to transport her and the bridesmaids - but getting out proves to be a struggle.
Covered in lightbulbs and a massive train is not easy to move around in, particularly when wearing stilettos.
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Eventually making it inside, Annie comes face to face with her soon-to-be husband, and walks down the aisle - but not without dodging candles on the way.
Meanwhile, a nervous Josh awaits his bride at the alter.
"It means the world to me to become his wife, " Annie tells the camera, and mum's pretty proud too.
"Its important to me being a Romani mother that Annie gets married to Josh. If I die I'll be leaving this world with peace," she says.
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