Long hair is one of the best women's jewelry, bestowed by nature itself. Taking care of them is difficult, but the result is worth it, because a luxurious braid or other beautiful female hairstyle with long hair immediately attracts admiring attention to its owner.
However, some girls go beyond reason in their love of hair. They grow their hair year after year to become famous, to hide any blemishes on the scalp, or for some other reason.
We present you a photo of people with the longest hair in the world.
10. Baby Chanko
Hair length is unknown.
This adorable Japanese girl, who has over 390 thousand followers on Instagram, is unique in that she was born with a luxurious "lion" mane. Usually, this length and thickness of hair is at a later age, but Chanko was lucky.
Thanks to a shock of shiny black hair, not only ordinary people, but also the bosses of the Pantene company drew attention to her. And she appeared in commercials alongside Japanese celebrity Sato Kondo, who is aging beautifully and is not ashamed to show off her graying hair.
9. Stefania Smirnaya
Hair length - 1.1 meters.
In 2017, a little resident of Stavropol entered the Russian Book of Records as the girl with the longest hair at the age of 10. At that time, the length of her curls was 117 centimeters.
8. The Seven Sutherland Sisters
The total hair length is 14 meters (according to other sources - 11 meters).
Sometimes hair can bring wealth and fame, as seven girls born to a poor priest have demonstrated throughout America. They were given names:
- Victoria;
- Sarah;
- Isabel;
- Naomi;
- Dora;
- Grace;
- Mary.
Their mother adored long hair, and regularly washed her daughters' heads with her own product, which was supposed to enhance the growth and density of their curls. The product smelled bad, which made peers laugh at the sisters. But it worked, and each of the girls boasted wavy, silky, and very long hair.
Already in adolescence, the seven Sutherland sisters, with the blessing of their father, began performing in various freak shows, touring the United States. At the same time, they did not just show everyone their hair, but performed as singers and coupletists. They became fabulously wealthy by 19th century standards, and their enterprising father patented his wife's hair tonic and began selling for big money.
Unfortunately, the end of the Sutherland Sisters' Corporation was a sad one. In the 20s of the last century, short haircuts entered American fashion, and the tonic began to bring less and less income. The head of the family passed away and the sisters, who relied on his commercial ideas, did not know what to do next. The final blow was a fire that destroyed the posh Sutherland home. And all that remains of the once famous Rapunzel family is a photo of the longest hair in the Wild West.
7. Nilanshi Patel
Hair length - 1, 8 meters.
Seventeen-year-old Nilanshi Patel, nicknamed the "Indian Rapunzel", has not cut her hair for 10 years. And this decision led her to the Guinness World Record: the longest hair for a teenager.
Patel, who lives in the Indian state of Gujarat, began growing her hair continuously after a failed haircut at age six.
She recalls how she cried because she had a bad haircut, and immediately decided that she would no longer have her hair cut. Today, her thick, wavy hair reaches down to her ankles, and looks like a dark river flowing down her back.
Patel says she washes her hair once a week and, surprisingly, it takes her only half an hour to dry her hair. And it takes at least an hour to comb.
“Mom helps me braid and comb my hair,” says Nilanshi, explaining that her parents have always supported her decision to grow her hair. The girl braids her hair in a long braid or puts her hair in a "bun" and claims that they do not interfere with her leading an active lifestyle and even playing sports.
6. Ni Linmey
Hair length - 2.5 meters.
Either the climate in China favors hair growth, or the local cuisine, but in our selection there are three people from the Middle Kingdom at once. And Ni Linmei is the shortest of them all.
She has been growing her hair for 14 years and is very proud of this fact. She was often offered to cut them off and make a wig for a lot of money, but the Chinese woman invariably refused.
5. Asha Mandela
Hair length - 2.6 meters.
Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she has earned the nickname "Black Rapunzel" because she has held the Guinness World Record for "World's Longest Dreadlocks" since 2008.
Mandela first started growing curls around the age of 20, after she moved from Trinidad and Tobago to New York and thought about a more natural hairstyle.
“When I first started, it was more of a spiritual journey that had nothing to do with fashion or fame,” - quoted Mandela newspaper International Business Times.
However, over the years, wearing so much hair on your head has become a real feat. To maintain their beautiful appearance, Asha has to wash them once a week, using up to six bottles of shampoo per wash. And dreadlocks dry within two days.
Doctors are worried about Asha's health, as she has already suffered two heart attacks, and the weight of her hair presses on her head and spine, bending it. However, Mandela has no desire for a haircut, as that "would be tantamount to suicide."
4. Tatiana Pismennaya
Hair length - 2.75 meters.
We have indicated the maximum length of the braid of the longest-haired woman in Russia. However, Tatiana could not walk for a long time with hair of this length. They dragged along the ground, could catch on to something, and passengers repeatedly stepped on them in public transport.
Therefore, Tatiana cut her hair to a length of two meters. And yet they are still longer than 99% of the world's population.
3. Ake Yizheng
Hair length - 5.5 meters.
This Chinese gentleman is the visible embodiment of what will happen if you do not have a haircut for 50 years or more. According to Ake, he stopped cutting his hair at the age of 23, and that was in the late 70s of the last century. He was even offered over three thousand yuan if he parted with excessively long hair on his head, but Ake refused.
However, long hair is not at all synonymous with "unkempt". Twice a month Yizheng visits the hairdresser, where he gets his hair washed and tidied up. This takes at least three hours, and 2-3 hairdressers are involved in the procedure.
It is curious that Ake Yizheng's record is not officially registered, like his predecessor, a Vietnamese named Tran Van Hei. In the photo of the longest hair in the world, this elderly man looks more like a victim of a giant snake wrapped around him. His hair was 6 meters long and weighed over 10 kilograms.
In 2010, Tran Van Haye died of natural causes at the age of 79.
2. Xie Qiuping
Hair length - 5.6 meters.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest hair in women belongs to a Chinese woman who began to grow it in 1973, at the age of 13.
Her record was recorded back in 2004 and since then not a single owner of long hair has been able to even come close to the length of Xie Qiuping's hair.
“This is not a problem at all. I'm used to it, ”Xie Qiuping said and added that she has to always keep straight to keep her head under the weight of her hair.
1. Savjibhai Ratwa
Hair length - 15 meters.
We are used to the fact that long hair is the prerogative of women. However, as you can see, in the list of the longest-haired people in the world, men successfully compete with women for the palm. So a resident of India has grown the longest hair among living men, even if this is not yet recognized by the Guinness Book of Records.
Ratwa takes great care of his diet so that his hair gets the nourishment it needs and grows well. He only eats vegetarian, homemade food and tries to avoid spicy foods.
“I intend to apply for this (getting into the Guinness Book of Records) if someone calls me to help with the process,” he said. Luckily, a local non-profit organization agreed to help him with all the documentation. If Savjibhai Ratwa successfully applies, he has a good chance of winning the title of the man with the longest hair on Earth.