UP woman sets Guinness World Record for Longest Hair (Post No.3)
Compiled by London Swaminathan Date-30 Nov 2023 ; Post No.3 UP woman sets Guinness record for longest hair on a living person Smita Srivastava’s hair measures an astonishing 236.22 cm (7 feet 9 inches). A 46-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh, who has been growing her hair since she was 14, has bagged the Guinness World Record for the world’s longest hair on a living person. Smita Srivastava ’s hair measures an astonishing 236.22 cm (7 feet 9 inches). She was inspired by her mother and credits her genes for the “healthy growth” of her long locks. “In Indian culture, goddesses traditionally had very long hair. In our society, it is considered inauspicious to cut hair, so that is why women used to grow hair,” Srivastava told the Guinness World Records (GWR) website. “Long hair enhances the beauty of women,” she said. She also wanted to emulate the style of Bollywood actresses from the 1980s, who had “long and beautiful hair”. She usually washed her hair twice per w...
