Guinness World Records is all about celebrating the things that make us unique. ❤️
Whether your hair is incredibly long or your feet really large, we’ve all got something that makes us special!
So let’s take a look back at the best human body records of 2024…
Longest hair on a living person (female)
Aliia Nasyrova from Ukraine has hair as long as Rapunzel’s. 🤩
Measuring 257.33 cm (8 ft 5.3 in), it is officially the longest hair on a living person (female).
Isn’t she stunning?!
Her locks are even longer than the world’s TALLEST MAN. 🤯
Aliia hopes her record can "inspire people to enjoy human beauty and be natural."
She told us: “I hope my story will inspire readers to love their natural beauty. I am a painter and I believe that every person is beautiful, even if they look ‘different’.”
That’s so true!
Greatest height differential of a married couple
Larry McDonnell and Jessica Burns-McDonnell (both from the USA) inspired us with their incredible love story. 😍
Jessica is 177.8 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall and Larry, who has diastrophic dwarfism, stands at 91.44 cm (3 ft), meaning they have a record height difference of 86.36 cm (2 ft 9 in)…
But of course, that didn’t stop them from being friends for years and, eventually, falling in love, getting married and having 4 kids together!
Widest tongue (female)
Imagine eating ice cream with the world's widest tongue!
Brittany Lacayo from Texas, USA, has the world's widest tongue on a woman, which measures 7.90 cm (3.11 in) at its widest point – that’s wider than a Post-it note or a cupcake. 🧁
Do you have a wide tongue? 🤪
Largest hands and feet on a living teenager
Eric Kilburn Jr., a 16-year-old from USA, has the world’s largest hands AND feet on a living teenager.
Let’s talk numbers…
His feet measure an impressive 34.30 cm (13.50 inches), with his shoes being an American size 23 (the equivalent of a size 22 for the UK).
This is over DOUBLE the average shoe size for an adult man, which typically ranges from 8.5 to 9. 👀
And his hands are just as extraordinary: measuring an amazing 23.20 cm (9.13 inches), they are the largest hands on a living teenager.
For reference, the average hand size for his age is 19.04 cm (just over 7.4 inches).
Wow. 😮
Smallest hands on a person (female)
From the Eric’s huge hands, to Jyoti's tiny hands.
Jyoti Amge from India, the world’s shortest woman, turned 31 in December – and she also bagged a new world record!
We measured her hands and they were just verified as the world’s smallest hands on a person (female). 🤯
Her left hand measures 2.79 in (7.1 cm) and right hand measures 2.83 in (7.2 cm).
That’s shorter than the height of a salt shaker. 🧂
We can’t wait to see what other amazing records will get broken in 2025!
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