After spending years searching for 'the one' many people give up hope of ever marrying. Yasmin Eleby isn't one of those people.

After spending years searching for 'the one' many people give up hope of ever marrying. Yasmin Eleby isn't one of those people.

She recently tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony, but it wouldn't exactly be considered a traditional wedding. Eleby decided to marry herself.

The reason why she settled on the wedding for one is because she made a vow to herself that if she wasn't married by the time she turned 40, she'd still say 'I Do', only without the second person that's usually involved.

In a Skype interview, she told KRIV Fox 26 News, "It was about me showing self-love, and showing that I'm confident and comfortable enough in my own skin. I'm standing on my own. I don't have to have someone there to complete me."

The wedding doubled as not only a symbol of self-devotion but also a celebration representing her first 40 years on Earth. The unconvention