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Susanne Eman, 800-Pound Bride, Fitted For World's Biggest Wedding Gown (VIDEO)

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Susanne Eman of Casa Grande, Arizona, is getting married this summer in a wedding dress that will fit around her 107-and-a-half inch waistline.

Most brides have specific ideas about their wedding dress, such as style, fabric and design, but bride-to-be Susanne Eman was also particular about another facet: color.

"I like an off-whitish, not completely white. Because if I wear completely white, I guarantee I'm going to spill something on it," Eman told Inside Edition.

That could happen to any bride, but, to be fair, the odds of making a mess on a wedding gown increase exponentially when you're 800 pounds like Eman, whose average caloric intake is 30,000 calories a day.

Eman is currently on a quest to become the fattest woman ever, beating the 1200 pound mark once held by Rosalie Bradford, who died in 2006, but what good is a goal if you don't have someone to share it with?

Luckily, Eman found love recently with Parker Clack, a 35-year-old chef she met on the Internet, and she is having fun getting ready for the big day.

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"Oh, he's wonderful. He loves to cook," she told Inside Edition. "That helps out. His food is soooo good."

But preparing for the big day meant going to a bridal shop to pick the right dress -- one that wouldn't show food stains.

Making the dress will be a monumental task for seamstress Judy Goff, who estimates Eman's gown will be much larger than any bridal gown she's made -- or seen.

"Okay, we have about 15 feet here and we need 45 feet, so about three times this amount to complete her dress," Goff told Inside Edition.

For the record, Eman's gown will have to fit around her 107-and-a-half inch waistline -- that's nine feet around.

Although it would possible for Eman to go the whole nine yards with her dress -- literally and figuratively -- she is taking some steps to make it so Goff doesn't run out of fabric entirely.

"I want to go sleeveless because it's going to be summer time," said Eman.

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Eldienne
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12:33 AM on 07/28/2012
The last time I saw Susanne was when she appeared on Dr. Phil about two months ago - and he did what Dr. Oz couldn't do, and convinced her that she had to lose weight or she would die. All he had to do was show her pictures of Rosalie Bradford, and other super-obese people who passed away. So this snapped her out of her delusional thinking that carrying so much weight is not harmful to her, and I would like to know what progress she is making in losing it.
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10:48 PM on 06/29/2012
There is just SO MUCH WRONG with this woman AND the man who supposedly loves her enough to marry her. If he really loved her, he would try to help her to LOSE THE WEIGHT so she can live longer to be with him, not keep shoveling food in her face until she explodes! If he's a chef, why can't he make healthy, nutrious, low-fat, low-carb, high-protein meals to help her SHED some of the weight as I'm sure the meals he is feeding her are laden with fat and salt and calories and carbs. There has to be some underlying reason he's marrying her and it has nothing to do with "I love her just the way she is" -- I'm sorry and I don't mean to be rude, but she looks like a Sharpei dog with all those rolls on her legs. What man is attracted to a woman who sits on the bed (or chair or couch) all day and EATS? There's something wrong with both of them and I suggest extensive psychological testing on both.
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jhensley1998
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10:39 PM on 06/29/2012
I find it hard to believe that anybody would willingly WANT to be that fat. Seriously, if her life's ambition is to be the "fattest woman in the world," then she has serious mental problems. I read about her in The Enquirer and she says that she wants people to know that it's okay to be fat. WHAT????? First, it is NEVER okay to be fat, and especially not anywhere near how fat she is. She is literally killing herself bite-by-bite and her "fiance" is helping to do that. Also, I have to wonder HOW the hell did she find a man to marry her? What about sex? I mean, seriously, being that big, how the hell does she manage that? It would be impossible! What man wants to be saddled with a woman he can't have sex with? How does she live? Every ordinary, mundane task, like going to the bathroom and bathing, would take tremendous effort for her to do.
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12:38 AM on 07/28/2012
I heard on the news about a woman who weighed as much as Susann, but lost 100 lbs. so far by just having sex with her ex-husband up to 7 days a week!
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08:28 PM on 11/11/2012
I have heard being a feeder (what her fiance is) is a fetish of sorts - controlling someones diet and feeding them to such extremes this happens is a turn on to some. The internet has destroyed far too much of my innocence.
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nullhogarth
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01:55 PM on 06/08/2012
If she's 800 pounds, I'm the queen of rumania. She looks somewhere shy of 500 to me. At her height, if she makes 800, she won't be mobile at all. 1200? Forget it - she'll be dead long before that, or have limbs cut off from diabetes, reducing her weight considerably. It is already clear that her circulation is compromised. Death is not far off.
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Fleeting907
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01:26 PM on 06/01/2012
How does she go to the bathroom or even bathe herself in all the places that need cleaning? How does she even make a living and pay all her finances? I sure hope she doesn't get a disability check because that is the last thing that our tax money needs to go to.

All the everyday little tasks that we have to do in order to get by in this world are 100x more difficult for her... why on earth would anyone want that for themselves? People like her and her Fiance (shame on him!), need to seek mental help. I'm not one for classifying what, or who, is normal or not normal, but this just isn't right. No one in their right mind would do this to themselves.
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Sonja Dupor
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07:29 AM on 09/30/2012
From the looks of it, she would eat that disability check in a day or two. 30,000 calories a day?
No way a disability check could support this. I can't imagine her food bill.
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12:39 PM on 05/29/2012
Disgusting, disturbing, ick ick ick!!!
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calilibra
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02:24 AM on 05/29/2012
ok, so why in the hell is this woman letting this man make her bigger. i mean do whatever, but most brides want to loose a couple lbs before the wedding. she should be thinking about her kids also, and stop being so selfish.
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stereolab
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01:37 AM on 05/29/2012
She's insane and so is her would-be husband. Unfortunately, she probably won't live long enough to beat the record.
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12:29 PM on 05/28/2012
If he's going to carry her across the [very wide] threshhold, he'd better get a forklift.
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meggymay
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11:42 PM on 05/27/2012
This woman is gluttonous and I really do have to say, disgusting. There are people starving in this country and around the world. If this super morbidly obese woman would share her food instead of being gluttonous, the world hunger problem would be solved!
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12:33 PM on 05/27/2012
I won't say anything mean about her size, save for the fact that I believe what she is doing to herself defies logic. She really needs help. Her fiance, on the other hand, should be ashamed of himself. He is actively aiding and abetting her untimely death. Sad. Just sad.
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William A
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06:39 AM on 05/27/2012
He's a classic feeder. A control freak.
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Twizzler
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01:21 AM on 05/29/2012
Yes! He looks to be more than just a Fat Admirer or Enabler. "Fat Girls and Feeders" documentary is available on You Tube-- it's fascinating!!
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11:43 PM on 05/30/2012
Bingo!! It's sad that she doesn't realize he's helping to slowly kill her and whittle more away at her self esteem
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Twizzler
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07:37 PM on 05/26/2012
I bet he gets off on killing her slowly. Each bite, an inch closer to delicious murder.
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calilibra
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02:22 AM on 05/29/2012
yep, and i bet he already has that insurance policy all ready to go.
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MerryMarjie
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08:40 AM on 06/01/2012
I'm not so sure she could get ANY insurance. She is a living risk.
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weezlemomma
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04:49 PM on 05/26/2012
The hatred that is spewed at someone simply because of their size never ceases to astound me
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William A
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06:40 AM on 05/27/2012
Most people are, rightfully, upset at her husband to be, whom is clearly enabling and exploiting her addiction.
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12:34 PM on 05/27/2012
People are not upset with her size. Her fiances feeding her, and her own foolish pursuit of a dubious title are what is causing an uproar.
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Twizzler
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01:24 AM on 05/29/2012
Exactly --She's a mother of two and will soon be unable to roll out of bed.
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firststatemate
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11:34 AM on 05/26/2012
This should be published under "sad news" more appropriately than "weird news". Most people who commit suicide understand what they are doing and most often choose a quick method---ideally as painless as possible. But when I saw this woman's story on Dr. Phil, it was obvious that she was completely oblivious to the fact that she is killing herself and setting herself up for a slow, painful death. Dr. Phil seemed to make some progress with her and got her to agree to treatment at a NC wellness facility. I look forward to seeing a more positive follow-up.
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Carla van der Meer
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12:35 PM on 05/27/2012
She was actually upset that she didn't weigh more.
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