Here’s our installment for strange true facts: longest body parts.
The human hair grows mostly on our head, armpits, hands and legs, nose, ears, and even face. Except on our sole of the hands and feet and our lips. Most men have hairs growing on their faces called beard, mustache and sideburns.
Some religious sects, don’t cut hairs, believing that the hair is sacred.
Here’s a list of longest hair.
Longest Hair NASHQA Entertainment (Image credit: Nashqa)
1) Asha Mandela
Asha Mandela recorded Longest Dreadlocks Hair (image credit:: Natreview)
Asha Mandela Longest Dreadlocks Hair recorded ( Natreview)
On Decemebr 10, 2010, Asha Mandela was recognized for her longest dreadlocks hair, by Guinness Book of World Records. (source:)
2) Tran Van Hay
Tran Van Hay of Vietnam, Longest hair among male category (xcitefun)
Tran Van Hay, Longest Hair ( credit:xcitefun)
Tran Van Hay of Vietnam, dedicated his life as herbalist, curing people for free, and was inspired by the Buddhist monks. His unwashed hair, was over 6.8 meters long and weighing more than 10.5 kilogram. Every time he had his haircut, he became ill, and the most serious when at aged 25 he had his haircut again, since that time, he never had haircut again, and washed his hair few times and the last one was 11 years ago. Tran Van Hay died at age 79 from natural cause of death.
3) Sadhu Monks
Sadhu Monks, with long dreadlocks Hair
The Indian monks known as Sadhu, uncut their hairs with their religious beliefs and the dreadlocks of the hair is very “sacred”, and symbolizes spiritual understanding, and matted hair is a symbol of “control of power”.
India man with 9 ft long dreadlocks hair
4) Andrei, Longest Hair Men Category in Russia
Man with Longest Hair in Russia (englishrussia)
Andrei, Russian with longest hair (image credit: englishrussia)
Andrei was named longest hair in men category in Russia with it’s 1 meter 5 cm long 3.5ft.
5) Xie Qiuping, Guangxi Province, China
Xie Qiuping, Longest Hair recorded from Guangxi, China (credit image:millionface)
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Xie Qiuping, Recorded longest hair(credit:millionface)
Xie Qiuping is from Guangxi Province, China, and began to have her hair, uncut since 1973, at the age of 13. On May 8, 2004, she was recognized for having the longest hair in female category with 18ft 5.54 inches (5.627 cm).
6) Radhakant Baijpai, Longest Ear-Hair
Radhakant Baijpai, Longest Ear-Hair ( image credit: Funz)
Radhakant Baijpai, Longest Ear-Hair
Radhakant Baijpai, Longest Ear-Hair recorded
Radhakant Baijpai holds the record of longest ear-hair, measuring 13.2 centimeters (5.19 inches), hails from Maya Ganji, Uttar Pradesh India.
Anthony Victor, Longest Ear-Hair from India ( Credit image: virgin media)
Also from India, Anthony Victor was recognized for longest ear hair measuring 18.1 centimeter (7.12 inches) at longest point middle of pinna.
7) Longest Beard and Moustache
Ravan Longest Beard and Moustache from India (credit: telegraph.uk)
Longest Beard in India
Longest Moustache and Beard ( : lin-tan)
Singh, New Record holder of Longest Beard ( catatanshofa)
Singh is the new record holder for the Longest Beard, after Hans Langseth of Norway died, the former record holder for longest beard measuring 17 feet 6 inches or 5.4 meters.
Hans Langseth of Norway, Longest Beard holder ( radioantena)
Hans Langseth of Norway was recorded having the longest beard measuring 17 feet 6 inches or 5.4 meters until his death.
Longest Beard Female Category
Vivian Wheeler from Illinois, holds the longest beard Female category (rolsohu)
Vivian Wheeler from Illinois started shaving when she was seven years old, but quit shaving since 1993, allowing her beard to grow. She now hold the record for Longest Beard in female category, measuring 11 inches (27.9 cm)
9) Frank Ames, Longest Eyebrow Hair
Frank Ames from New York, record holder of longest eyebrow hair ( image credit: mazamail)
New Yorker Frank Ames realized in 2003 that the hair from his eyebrows was unusually long, so long that he deserved to be in the Guinness Book of World Records. So he decided to contact the venerable institution to be included. Much to his surprise, there was no category for eyebrow hair or contenders, so he was immediately proclaimed the record-holder. When asked how he managed to grow his 9.6-centimeter hairs, he replied, “I don’t know why it grows like that, it just always has.”
10) Longest sideburns
Jon Siebenaler has sideburns measuring 8.5quot; in length. The sideburns were documented on May 27, 2009 in Polson Montana. Kevin Gelinas served as a witness.
Longest Horse Hair from Oregon
Linus, a pecheron stallion recorded in 1887, Horse with the Longest Hair
Longest Toe Nails
Longest Toe Nails
11) Longest legs
The longest legs (female) belong to Ekaterina Lisina (Russia) and measure 132.8 cm (52.2 in) long for the left leg, and 132.2 cm (52.0 in) long for the right leg, as measured in Penza, Russia, on 13 June 2017.
The leg measurements are taken from the heel to the top of the hip.
A New York student is set to take the title of the woman with the longest legs in the US. At nearly 6ft5in, Ms Burt is the youngest and tallest in her family, but says they are all of similar height. In an interview with Barcroft TV, Ms Burt said she was teased at school, where she was called “tree” and “giraffe,” and was recruited for the basketball team for her height. But she says her legs are more of an asset now that she is older, with people appreciating her height rather than ridiculing it.
Ana Hickmann, former title holder for Longest legs
Model and now TV host, too, Hickmann is not only one of the world’s tallest models, but also one of the models with the longest legs. She was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as “The model with the longest legs”, measuring 46.5.
Dji Dieng, the Supermodel with the longest legs
Dji Dieng, Supermodel with Longest Legs
Dji Dieng, was born on July 13th, hails from Thies, Senegal but now a French nationality, is a Supermodel with longest legs recorded measuring 123 cm and tall as 6’0 or 182.5 cm.
Svetlana Pankratova, World’s Longest Legs recorded from Russia
Svetlana Pankratova
Svetlana Pankratova, the 6’7 tall new title holder as the World’s Longest Legs records, measuring under 52 inches of overall length and long legged 65.8%. Pankratova is from the country of Russia.
13) Longest Neck
Longest Neck in the world are from Padaung Tribes in Burma image credit: Funnyjunk
Female tribe with longest neck in the world image credit: funnyjunk
The Padaung tribe of Burma, inserts copper coil in their necks, adding coil every year as they grow older to elongate their neck as their traditional customs. They start inserting coils at the young age of two or three.
Boy with longest neck image credit: funnyjunk
14) Longest Tongue in the World
Annika, 12 year old student from Germany, with longest tongue 7 cm (image credit: guardian)
Annika, 12 year old student from Germany with her longest tongue measuring 7 cm.
The longest tongue (female) measures 9.75 cm (3.8 in) from the tip to the middle of lip and was achieved by Chanel Tapper (USA), California, USA on 29 September 2010.
The longest tongue on a dog measures 18.58 cm (7.31 in) and belongs to Mochi, a female St. Bernard owned by Carla and Craig Rickert (both USA) and was measured in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA, on 25 August 2016.
Mochi was rescued by the Rickert family when she was two years old. “We love her unconditionally despite that crazy, long tongue that causes people to stare and laugh,” said her owner Carla Rickert.
15) Mehmet Ozyurek, Man with Longest Nose in the World
Mehmet Ozyurek, World’s Longest Nose recorded ( credit: funz)
Mehmet Ozyurek, Turkey image source: tuxboard
Mehmet Ozyurek was born in 1949 and lives in Artvin, Turkey. On July 6, 2007, his nose was measured 3.5 inches (8.8cm) and was named World’s Longest Nose.