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US woman holds Guinness record for longest locks

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20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 | Update: 20 Aug 2022 00:15:56
US woman holds Guinness record for longest locks

A Florida woman who holds the Guinness World Record for the longest locks has revealed that her hair tendrils have grown to 110 feet in length.

Asha Mandela the 60-year-old Clermont, Florida, USA resident’s locs measured 5.96m (19 ft 6.5 in) on 11 November 2009.

On this day, Asha’s luxurious locks are even longer and according to her bio on Instagram they now measure up to 33.5 m (110 ft), Guinness World Records reports.

Asha first began growing out her lovely locks over 40 years ago, after moving from the island of Trinidad and Tobago to New York, USA.

Her beautifully maintained locks, which weigh an astonishing 19kg, are her crowning glory.

“I don’t like the term dreadlocks because I don’t think there’s anything dread about my locks,” Asha told Guinness World Records. “I refer to my own hair as my royal crown of locks or my cobra.”

However, not everyone was on board with Asha’s decision at first, including her two sisters, who didn’t like the “Rasta business or the dreadlock stuff”.

Despite taking a little bit of time to be convinced, they came to accept and embrace Asha’s hairstyle and lifestyle.

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