A Russian oligarch’s son married his mysterious bride last weekend in the most lavish wedding ceremony the world has ever seen.
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Kazakh billionaire Mikhael Gutseriev’s son Said, 28, married 20-year-old Khadija Uzhakhovs in a $1 billion ceremony.
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Little is known of Khadija except that she’s a first-year dentistry student at Moscow university, but Said’s dad must like her — he spent $1 million on a bespoke Elie Saab dress for the bride.
Over 600 guests, including the president of Ingushetia, where the bride’s family are from, arrived in a fleet of Rolls Royces and Bentleys and were personally greeted by billionaire Mikhael.
The luxury Moscow restaurant that hosted the reception was covered from floor to ceiling with flowers for the occasion.
Although the unbelievably lavish ceremony has drawn criticism as Ingushetia is one of the poorest regions in Russia with the country’s highest unemployment rates.
But the bride smiled anyway, despite being weighed down by her 25-pound dress that left her needing help to move.
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Reportedly, Khadjia was found after a four-year search for Said’s bride with strict demands that the bride must be “beautiful”, ” a virgin” and “shy”.
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And they celebrated finding “perfect” Khadija with a nine-tier wedding cake taller than any of the guests.
And after a swanky dinner, J. Lo arrived to provide music and entertainment — although she was said to be surprised that the guests didn’t know the words to her songs.
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Spanish crooner Enrique Iglesias also rocked up to serenade the newlyweds.
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And as if that wasn’t enough, Sting performed some songs, too.
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The lucky guests’ gift bags included a gold box engraved with the couple’s names and wedding date.
And to top it all off, Said and Khadija are apparently having a second celebration in London this week with Beyonce and Elton John rumored to be performing. Phew.