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2. Mail-order bride - Wikipedia

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   In 1620, the Virginia Company recruited mail-order brides for the Jamestown colony, sponsoring the emigration of 140 women in hopes of reducing desertion by the settlers and to avoid the men marrying women from the local Native American tribes. They were sometimes referred to as "tobacco wives", because each male colonist who married a mail ...

3. Cherry Blossoms (marriage agency) - Wikipedia

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   According to company president Mike Krosky, Cherry Blossoms operates in over a hundred countries, with a focus on China, South America, and Southeast Asia (especially the Philippines). [2] The company is often mentioned in news articles about the " mail order bride " industry.

4. 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 ...

5. Mai Ratima - Wikipedia

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   Mai Ratima (Korean: 마이 라띠마; RR: Ma-i Rattima) is a 2013 South Korean film that portrays the unlikely love affair of a Korean man in his 30s living on the bottom rung of society and a mail-order bride from Thailand in her 20s. [1] It is actor-director Yoo Ji-tae's first feature film.

6. 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 ...

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