Bizarre Facts

Weddings are often about excess, but in 2018, a bride in Cyprus took it to a world-record-breaking level. Maria Paraskeva wanted to fulfill a childhood dream, so she commissioned a wedding veil that would literally stop traffic. When she walked down the aisle (or rather, the streets of Larnaca), her lace veil trailed behind her for a staggering **6,962.6 meters**.

To visualize that length, it is nearly **7 kilometers** or **4.3 miles**. If you laid it out on a sports field, it would span the length of more than **63 American football fields** laid end-to-end. It was so long that it required a team of 30 volunteers and over six hours just to unroll and deploy it properly across the town.

The logistics of moving in such a garment were a nightmare, but the visual was undeniable. The veil covered the streets like a river of white lace. Maria successfully broke the Guinness World Record, proving that in the world of weddings, sometimes 'more' is not just more—it's miles and miles more.