10 Most Lavish Weddings Ever

8) Liza Minnelli & David Gest

Date: March 16, 2002

Estimated cost of the wedding: $3.5 million

The wedding between Oscar-winning artiste Liza Minnelli and David Gest was one of the most lavish weddings ever, held at Marble Collegiate Church of New York City on 16 March 2002. The wedding ceremony created huge buzz in the media world with an estimated cost of $3.5 million, where the cost of floral decors alone was about $700,000 and $40,000 was spent on 12-tier cake. This lavish wedding witnessed top notch guest like Michael Jackson featured as Best Man and Elizabeth Taylor as Maid of Honor. Nearly 850 guests were invited and among them are superstars Diana Ross, Lauren Bacall and Mia Farrow to name a few. However, the couple divorced the next year.

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