World’s largest lady needs to half her body weight to realise wedding dreams

A bride-to-be wanting to shed a pound or two so they look their best on the wedding day is about as normal as the groom having no say in the colour of the flower arrangements.

Charity Pierce is taking this one step further though… or perhaps step is the wrong word; Ms Pierce is hoping to lose as much as 20 stone to realise her dream of just walking down the aisle.

The 38-year-old holds the unfortunate title of being ‘the world’s fattest woman’, tipping the scales at 54 and a half stone. Her fiancé Tony Saur is 17 years younger and 30 stone lighter than she is.

The pair’s ambitions to share a first dance together, however, depends on Ms Pierce losing half her body weight just so that she qualifies for a life-saving gastric bypass operation, aka a stomach stapling. If she doesn’t, then the future Mrs Saur, who has been housebound because of her weight and illness since 2001, will have to say the words “I do” from the comfort of her own living room.

Ms Pierce is hoping to appear on American TV show ‘My 600lb Life’ to find the help and money she needs to lose weight. She said: “I’m determined not to have to get married at home – I want to be able to walk up the aisle.

“We both love country music so I plan to wear a wedding dress, cowboy boots and cowgirl hat and Tony will be in jeans and cowboy boots.

“I want a big area, lots of people there and I want to dance all night and have the best honeymoon ever.”

You can see more of her full story in a video by Barcroft TV below.