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  2. Mail-order bride - Wikipedia

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    A mail-order bride is a woman who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage. In the twentieth century, the trend primarily involved women living in developing countries seeking men from more developed nations. Men who list themselves in such publications are referred to as "mail-order husbands", although this is much less ...

  3. Cherry Blossoms (marriage agency) - Wikipedia

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    Cherry Blossoms is the oldest and one of the largest international social networking companies.It was established in 1974 as a catalog specializing in women from Asia. The agency printed catalogs of "personals" listings, selling addresses to customers who were then able to correspond directly with the women.

  4. Bride buying - Wikipedia

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    One of the most common forms of modern-day bride-buying is mail-order brides. It is estimated that there are 90 agencies that deal with the selling and purchasing of mail order brides. [ 6 ] These agencies have websites that list the addresses, pictures, names and biographies of up to 25,000 women that are seeking husbands, with American ...

  5. A Foreign Affair (company) - Wikipedia

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    A 2011 The Today Show segment featured AFA and one of its founders in light of the mail-order bride industry's growth following the 2008 recession. The segment explored some common negative perceptions about the mail-order bride industry, including concerns that relationships precipitated by websites like AFA might not be completely equal; for ...

  6. Romance tours - Wikipedia

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    Romance tours are just one part of the mail-order bride business, which may also include catalogs, CD-ROMs and the Internet. [4] The traditional romance tour, seen by some as superficial, [1] is being somewhat replaced by the internet as technology evolves. However, the two are closely linked as a man eventually has to meet his prospective wife ...

  7. Timeline of online dating - Wikipedia

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    Cherry Blossoms' mail-order bride catalog launches. Slater calls Cherry Blossoms "one of the oldest mail-order bride agencies". Started by John Broussard. 1976 Great Expectations is founded. Video dating service started by Jeffrey Ullman. [5] [6] The service achieved some notability, but it never overcame stigma. There were also apparently ...

  8. Marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A mail-order bride is a foreign woman who contacts American men and immigrates for the purpose of marriage. Initially, it was conducted through mailed catalogs, but now, more often, on the internet. Prospective brides are typically from developing nations such as South/Southeast Asia , the Philippines , Thailand , Sri Lanka , India , Macao ...

  9. Mail Order Bride (1964 film) - Wikipedia

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    Mail Order Bride is a 1964 American Western comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Buddy Ebsen, Keir Dullea and Lois Nettleton.The screenplay concerns an old man who pressures the wild son of a dead friend into marrying a mail-order bride in an attempt to settle him down.