Nigerian wigmaker Helen Williams has made the world's longest handmade wig, measuring 351.28 meters (1,152 ft 5 in).
Helen burned through 11 days and spent over 2,000,000 naira (£2,031; $2,493) making the wig.
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Subsequent to building the underlay with wig-cap netting and black fabric joined to a bike helmet, she finished the wig utilizing 1,000 heaps of hair, 12 jars of hair spray, 35 tubes of hair glue, and 6,250 barrettes.
“Finding the materials to make the longest wig was not an easy task,” Helen said. “My experience as a wigmaker helped a lot.”
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| Helen William making the wig |
Helen has been working as an expert wigmaker for eight years, delivering somewhere in the range of 50 to 300 hairpieces each week.
“I have trained hundreds of students and have made thousands of wigs,” she revealed.
In spite of having such broad experience, making the record-breaking hairpiece was not a basic accomplishment for Helen.
“At some point, I felt exhausted,” she shared.“However, friends and family encouraged me. I did not want to let them down, so I maintained my focus. The outcome is the longest handmade wig in the world.”
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| Helen William stretched her wig |
The greatest test Helen confronted was finding a space to have the hairpiece spread out in an orderly fashion and precisely estimated, as none of the scenes she visited - including a few running tracks - were sufficiently long to oblige it.
She eventually decided to do it beside the Lagos–Abeokuta Expressway, a long road connecting the cities of Lagos and Abeokuta.
Helen presently keeps the hairpiece in her office, where she welcomes anybody to come and check it "at whatever point they need to out".
Having grown up perusing the yearly Guinness World Records book every year, Helen is thrilled at now being a record holder herself.
“It will take a while for me to digest,” she said.Helen Williams from Lagos, Nigeria has achieved a new record for the longest handmade wig which stretches an incredible 351.28 metres (1,152 ft 5 in) 👏 pic.twitter.com/gwGdqjF8Wp
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) November 14, 2023“This achievement is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I still cannot believe it.”
My advice to everyone out there is: dreams are attainable. However, the journey is a very rough one. – Helen Williams
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