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Outrageous Celebrity Wedding Dresses: Famous Brides Who Wore Unconventional Gowns (PHOTOS)

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Leigh Blickley
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If anyone can pull off a camouflage and orange wedding gown ... it's Mama June.

The "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" star is the latest celebrity to take a risk on her special day and slip into something other than a white dress.

A lot of famous brides have opted to flaunt a non-traditional look on their wedding day, including newlyweds Keira Knightley, who donned a short tulle frock that she had worn before, and Melissa Gilbert, who opted to wear a red dress as she walked down the aisle.

Here are some other brides who said "I Do" to the unconventional -- and at times, outrageous:

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Non-Traditional Celebrity Wedding Dresses
Mama June (01 of18)
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Honey Boo Boo's mom wore a camo dress as she married Sugar Bear in Georgia on May 5. (credit:PCN)
Sarah Jessica Parker(02 of18)
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The fashion icon famously wore black on her wedding day in 1997 -- she married Matthew Broderick. "I’m not kidding. White it up," she told Harper's Bazaar of her black dress. "I’d wear a beautiful, proper wedding dress, like I should have worn that day [if I renewed my vows].” See the dress here. (credit:AP)
Keira Knightley(03 of18)
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Knightley sported a short tulle dress -- which she reportedly wore to the BAFTAs in 2008 -- as she tied the knot with James Righton in France on May 4. (credit:X17online.com)
Melissa Gilbert(04 of18)
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The "Little House on the Prairie" star wore a red dress as she married "Thirtysomething" actor Timothy Busfield in Santa Barbara, Calif., in April 2013. (credit:Melissa Gilbert/Twitter)
Jessica Biel(05 of18)
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Biel wed Justin Timberlake in Italy in 2012 wearing a pink Giambattista Valli gown. (credit:People)
Anne Hathaway(06 of18)
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Hathaway wed Adam Shulman in a custom pink Valentino gown in 2012. (credit:Splash News)
Amber Tamblyn(07 of18)
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Tamblyn tied the knot with David Cross in a yellow dress in 2012. (credit:Twitter)
Reese Witherspoon(08 of18)
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Witherspoon married Jim Toth in 2011 in a blush pink gown. (credit:People Magazine)
Nicole Richie(09 of18)
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Richie wore not one, not two, but THREE custom-made Marchesa gowns at her wedding to Joel Madden in 2010. (credit:Hello)
Sofia Coppola(10 of18)
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The director married Thomas Mars in purple Azzedine Alaia in 2011. (credit:AFP)
Jenna Dewan-Tatum(11 of18)
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When "Step Up" co-stars Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Channing Tatum tied the knot in 2009, Dewan-Tatum wore a blush strapless gown with a feathered skirt (click for photos). (credit:Getty)
Portia de Rossi(12 of18)
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When Portia de Rossi married Ellen DeGeneres in 2008 she donned a Zac Posen gown that featured a blush tulle skirt. DeGeneres wore a suit. (credit:People)
Pamela Anderson(13 of18)
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Anderson wore a tight white mini-dress before slipping into a white bikini and sailor hat as she married Kid Rock in 2006. (credit:FameFlynet)
Dita Von Teese(14 of18)
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When Dita Von Teese married Marilyn Manson in December 2005, she wore a royal purple gown by Vivienne Westwood. Von Teese and Manson split in 2007. (credit:Steven Klein/Vogue)
Julianne Moore(15 of18)
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Moore married Bart Freundlich in this lilac Prada frock in 2003. (credit:WireImage)
Gwen Stefani(16 of18)
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Stefani got hitched in this ombre gown in 2002. (credit:WireImage)
Elizabeth Taylor(17 of18)
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The always-original Taylor wed Richard Burton for the first time in 1964 in this yellow dress. The pair divorced but then reconciled and when they re-married in 1975, Elizabeth wore green. (credit:Getty Images)
Marilyn Monroe(18 of18)
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Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe chose an unconventional fur-collared brown suit for her city hall wedding ceremony to baseball player Joe DiMaggio in 1954. (credit:Getty)
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