Nigerian Lady Sets New Guinness World Record For Longest Handmade Wig, Video Trends Online

• A Nigerian lady has become a Guinness World Records title holder with her handmade wig
• The lady, Helen Williams, made a wig measuring 351.28 metres, according to the Guinness World Records
• Helen set out to accomplish the task earlier in 2023, and she spent 11 days making the wig, which has now entered the record books

Helen Williams, a Nigerian lady who makes wigs, has become a Guinness World Records title holder.

This was made known by the Guinness World Record in a tweet shared on Tuesday, November 14.

According to the Guinness World Records, Helen has become the world title holder for the longest handmade wig.

Helen set the world record with her wig measuring 351.28 metres. She spent 11 days and more than N2 million in making the wig.

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The GWR said on its website:

"Nigerian wigmaker Helen Williams has created the world’s longest handmade wig, measuring 351.28 metres (1,152 ft 5 in). Helen spent 11 days and over two million naira (£2,031; $2,493) making the wig. After constructing the underlay with wig-cap netting and black fabric attached to a bicycle helmet, she completed the hairpiece using 1,000 bundles of hair, 12 cans of hair spray, 35 tubes of hair glue, and 6,250 hair clips."

While speaking on the challenges she faced while making the wig, Helen said sourcing the materials was difficult.

She told the GWR:

“Finding the materials to make the longest wig was not an easy task. My experience as a wigmaker helped a lot. At some point, I felt exhausted. 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 has kept the wig in her office for anyone willing to visit and look at it.

Watch the video below:

Nigerians praise Helen

@mrlurvy said:

"Na tough tough task we dey do. Make God help us."

@Doinggood_ said:

"I told you guys that Nigerians are coming to fill your record book."

Alan Fisher dethrones Hilda Baci

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported that less than a year after Nigerian chef Hilda Baci broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon, Alan Fisher from Ireland dethroned her.

The Guinness World Record has clarified that records could be broken at any time, and it is not true that a year must not pass first.

Fisher cooked for 119 hours 57 minutes in his restaurant in Japan, effectively surpassing Hilda's 93 hours and 11 minutes.

Source: Legit.ng