Children's author and charity fundraiser Chris Green, of Embsay, near Skipton, has been dubbed “Rhino Boy” as he has pledged to run 40 marathons and other events dressed as a Rhino to raise money for Save the Rhino on January 2020. (Photo by South West News Service/Yorkshire Post)

Hundreds of Marilyn Monroe impersonators wearing blonde wigs take part in the Marilyn Jetty Swim in coastal suburb of Brighton Adelaide to raise money for cancer charity in Adelaide, SA Australia on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Amer Ghazzal/Alamy Live News)

Palestinian children, with empty containers, wait in a line for food, distributed by charity organizations, since Palestinians are unable to obtain basic food supplies due to the embargo imposed by Israeli forces in Rafah, Gaza on February 25, 2024. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Sydneysiders take part in the “AIME Strut the Streets” in an attempt to break the Guiness record for the world's largest swimwear parade on December 7, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. The event was organised to raise funds and awareness for the not for profit charity organisation, the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams)

A competitor gestures as he crawls beneath barbed wire during the Tough Guy event in Perton, central England February 1, 2015. The annual event to raise cash for charity challenges thousands of international competitors in a cross country run followed by an assault course consisting of obstacles including water, fire and tunnels. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)

A Santa hangs down the facade of the Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, with the help of the Charity Firemen of Barcelona, as he visits children admitted to the medical center, in Barcelona, Spain, 19 December 2022. (Photo by Alejandro Garcia/EPA/EFE)

Canada's Charity Williams, left, is tackled by United States' Alex Sedrick, center, and Naya Tapper during a Vancouver Sevens women's rugby match Saturday, February 24, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)

The “Doggie moms” are women (and sometimes men) carrying dressed up toy dogs in purses everywhere they go. Through their dogs, they meet regularly, often for animal-related charity events, and for each occasion have their dog wear hundreds of dollars in bedazzled outfits.