An American bride-to-be who called off her engagement a week before the big day has donated her dream wedding to a couple she has never met earlier this week (October 15).

Kolbie Sanders, 24, turned heartbreak into generosity by offering up her $3,500 venue to strangers after she split with her fiance Skylar Cotton.

The University of Texas at Tyler student told friends on Facebook that she had just 24 hours to find a couple prepared to get married at Belle Vue wedding venue in a week.

She was inundated with messages from hundreds of husbands and brides-to-be desperate to win her big day.